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Michael Lerma vs Verno Phillips — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Michael Lerma

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Verno Phillips

Michael Lerma (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Verno Phillips (42-11-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Lerma

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Phillips

42

Wins21 KO · 50%

11

Losses

1

Draw56 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

Phillips leads 1–0

Michael Lerma and Verno Phillips have met 1 time; Phillips leads 1–0.

Michael Lerma and Verno Phillips have met 1 time; Phillips leads 1–0.
Met2003Sep 5Series
Michael LermaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Verno PhillipsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Lerma 1 · Phillips 6 of 7 measurable rows
LermaPhillips
Record†
1-642-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
78.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
1.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
7
56

† 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
Michael Lerma: No height on file
Verno Phillips: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Michael Lerma: No reach on file
Verno Phillips: 69″
Age4 yrs apart
Michael Lerma: 52
Verno Phillips: 56
Stance
Michael Lerma: Not recorded
Verno Phillips: Orthodox

Michael Lerma left, Verno Phillips right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Michael Lerma1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Michael Lerma: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Verno Phillips42 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Verno Phillips: 42 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (50%), 20 on the cards (48%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 50%20 on the cards 48%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Michael Lerma 7, Verno Phillips 56 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Lerma better on 1 · Phillips better on 2

Lerma

Opponent

Phillips

  • Michael Lerma

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    2000

    Win, SD

    1999

    CandeloPhillips better

    Verno Phillips

    Win, UD

    2006

  • Michael Lerma

    Loss, UD

    2002

    OumaLerma better

    Verno Phillips

    0–3 against

    Loss, UD

    2004

    Loss, UD

    2001

    Loss, UD

    2001

  • Michael Lerma

    Loss, UD

    2001

    McKartPhillips better

    Verno Phillips

    Win, UD

    2003

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

Michael Lerma last boxed on Apr 17, 2004 — 8,219 days ago. Lerma had lost five straight.LLLLL

Candelo Aug 2000McKart Apr 2001Ouma Feb 2002Phillips Sep 2003Santos Apr 20041.4 tracked bouts per year

Verno Phillips last boxed on Nov 29, 2008 — 6,532 days ago. Phillips had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Paul Williams.WWWWL

Candelo Apr 2006Reid Aug 2006Sanchez Feb 2007Spinks Mar 2008Williams Nov 20082.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Michael Lerma and Verno Phillips ever fought each other?
Yes. Michael Lerma and Verno Phillips met once on September 5, 2003, and Verno Phillips won by UD.
The meeting

LSep 5, 2003 · Phillips · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lerma or Phillips?
Michael Lerma is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Verno Phillips is 42-11-1. Verno Phillips has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lerma1–614.3%

Phillips42–11–178.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lerma or Phillips?
Michael Lerma has 0 knockout wins and Verno Phillips has 21. Verno Phillips has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lerma0

Phillips2150%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lerma and Phillips have any common opponents?
Michael Lerma and Verno Phillips share 3 common opponents: Juan Carlos Candelo, Kassim Ouma and Bronco McKart. Verno Phillips fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Juan Carlos Candelo1–1W

Kassim OumaLL

Bronco McKartLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lerma and Phillips?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Michael Lerma and 56 bouts tracked for Verno Phillips. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lerma7bouts

Phillips56bouts

How They Win ↓

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