Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Melvin Bartholomew (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) and Sandy Saddler (145-16-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Melvin Bartholomew vs Sandy Saddler — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sandy Saddler leads 1–0- Sandy Saddler wonSaddler vs BartholomewMay 9, 1947 · UD
The Numbers
- 2-5
- Record
- 145-16-2 (edge)
- 28.6%
- Win %
- 89.6% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 104 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 71.72%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 72% (edge)
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 5 (edge)
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 13.5 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 163
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′9″ (174 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 70″ (178 cm)
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- Age
- 100
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Featherweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMelvin Bartholomew · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Sandy Saddler · 145 wins
KO/TKO
104
Decision
41
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 163 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedMelvin Bartholomew
LPTS · Jul 1952LUD · Jul 1947WUD · Mar 1947WKO R3 · Jul 1945Sandy Saddler
WRTD R2 · May 1947
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Melvin Bartholomew
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Jul 11, 1952
Sandy Saddler
LWWWL
L1 streak · last fought Apr 14, 1956
Common Questions
- Have Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler ever fought each other?
- Yes. Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler met once on May 9, 1947, and Sandy Saddler won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Melvin Bartholomew or Sandy Saddler?
- Melvin Bartholomew is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sandy Saddler is 145-16-2. Sandy Saddler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Melvin Bartholomew or Sandy Saddler?
- Melvin Bartholomew has 1 knockout win and Sandy Saddler has 104. Sandy Saddler has more.
- Do Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler have any common opponents?
- Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler share 1 common opponent: Joe Brown. Sandy Saddler fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Melvin Bartholomew and 163 bouts tracked for Sandy Saddler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.