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Melvin Bartholomew vs Sandy Saddler — record, stats and common opponents compared

Melvin Bartholomew

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Sandy Saddler

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.

Bartholomew

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Saddler

145

Wins104 KO · 72%

16

Losses

2

Draws163 tracked bouts

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.

Head to Head

Saddler leads 1–0

Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler have met 1 time; Saddler leads 1–0.

Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler have met 1 time; Saddler leads 1–0.
Met1947May 9Series
Melvin BartholomewFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sandy SaddlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Bartholomew 0 · Saddler 6 of 6 measurable rows
BartholomewSaddler
Record†
2-5145-16-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
28.6%
89.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 104
1
104 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.72%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
72% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 13.5
1
13.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 163
7
163

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Melvin Bartholomew: No height on file
Sandy Saddler: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Melvin Bartholomew: No reach on file
Sandy Saddler: 70″
Agenot held
Melvin Bartholomew: No date of birth
Sandy Saddler: Died aged 75
Stance
Melvin Bartholomew: Not recorded
Sandy Saddler: Orthodox

Melvin Bartholomew left, Sandy Saddler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Melvin Bartholomew2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Melvin Bartholomew: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Sandy Saddler145 wins · from 163 tracked bouts

Sandy Saddler: 145 tracked wins — 104 by KO/TKO (72%) and 41 on the cards (28%). Counted from 163 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

104 by KO/TKO 72%41 on the cards 28%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Melvin Bartholomew 7, Sandy Saddler 163 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Saddler better on 1

Bartholomew

Opponent

Saddler

  • Melvin Bartholomew

    2–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1952

    Loss, UD

    1947

    Win, UD

    1947

    Win, KO 3

    1945

    BrownSaddler better

    Sandy Saddler

    Win, RTD 2

    1947

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Melvin Bartholomew last boxed on Jul 11, 1952 — 27,128 days ago. Bartholomew had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Brown Mar 1947Saddler May 1947Brown Jul 1947Bratton Jan 1949Brown Jul 19521 tracked bouts per year

Sandy Saddler had won three in a row before losing a decision to Larry Boardman. Saddler last boxed on Apr 14, 1956.LWWWL

Elorde Jul 1955Gallardo Dec 1955Elorde Jan 1956Monroe Feb 1956Boardman Apr 195613.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LMay 9, 1947 · Saddler · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bartholomew or 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.
Records · win %

Bartholomew2–528.6%

Saddler145–16–289.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bartholomew or Saddler?
Melvin Bartholomew has 1 knockout win and Sandy Saddler has 104. Sandy Saddler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bartholomew1

Saddler10471.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bartholomew and Saddler have any common opponents?
Melvin Bartholomew and Sandy Saddler share 1 common opponent: Joe Brown. Sandy Saddler fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Joe Brown2–2W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bartholomew and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bartholomew7bouts

Saddler163bouts

How They Win ↓

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