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Melvin Bethea vs Rocky Lockridge — record, stats and common opponents compared

Melvin Bethea

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Rocky Lockridge

Melvin Bethea (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Rocky Lockridge (44-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bethea

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Lockridge

44

Wins36 KO · 82%

9

Losses

0

Draws54 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

Lockridge leads 1–0

Melvin Bethea and Rocky Lockridge have met 1 time; Lockridge leads 1–0.

Melvin Bethea and Rocky Lockridge have met 1 time; Lockridge leads 1–0.
Met1979Mar 13Series
Melvin BetheaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rocky LockridgeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Bethea 0 · Lockridge 4 of 4 measurable rows
BetheaLockridge
Record†
0-144-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
0
36 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—81.82%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—82%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
1
54

† 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 Bethea: No height on file
Rocky Lockridge: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Melvin Bethea: No reach on file
Rocky Lockridge: 68″
Agenot held
Melvin Bethea: No date of birth
Rocky Lockridge: Died aged 60
Stance
Melvin Bethea: Not recorded
Rocky Lockridge: Orthodox

Melvin Bethea left, Rocky Lockridge 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 Bethea0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Melvin Bethea: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bethea yet.

Rocky Lockridge44 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Rocky Lockridge: 44 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (82%) and 8 on the cards (18%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 82%8 on the cards 18%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Melvin Bethea 1, Rocky Lockridge 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Melvin Bethea last boxed on Mar 13, 1979 — 17,400 days ago. Bethea had lost the most recent, to Rocky Lockridge.L

Lockridge Mar 1979

Rocky Lockridge has lost two straight, after one straight win. Lockridge last boxed on Apr 22, 1992.LLWLL

Lopez Jul 1988Lopez Mar 1989Zena Jun 1989Ruelas Jan 1992Mitchell Apr 19923.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Melvin Bethea and Rocky Lockridge ever fought each other?
Yes. Melvin Bethea and Rocky Lockridge met once on March 13, 1979, and Rocky Lockridge won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LMar 13, 1979 · Lockridge · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bethea or Lockridge?
Melvin Bethea is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Rocky Lockridge is 44-9. Rocky Lockridge has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bethea0–10%

Lockridge44–983%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bethea or Lockridge?
Melvin Bethea has 0 knockout wins and Rocky Lockridge has 36. Rocky Lockridge has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bethea0

Lockridge3681.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bethea and Lockridge have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Melvin Bethea and Rocky Lockridge have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bethea and Lockridge?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Melvin Bethea and 54 bouts tracked for Rocky Lockridge. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bethea1bout

Lockridge54bouts

How They Win ↓

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