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Paul Berlenbach vs Tom Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Paul Berlenbach

Tom Burns

Paul Berlenbach (40-8-3) and Tom Burns (0-10 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Berlenbach

40

Wins33 KO · 83%

8

Losses

3

Draws54 tracked bouts

Burns

Tracked record

0–10

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Berlenbach leads 1–0

Paul Berlenbach and Tom Burns have met 1 time; Berlenbach leads 1–0.

Paul Berlenbach and Tom Burns have met 1 time; Berlenbach leads 1–0.
Met1924Dec 5Series
Paul BerlenbachFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom BurnsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Berlenbach 6 · Burns 0 of 6 measurable rows
BerlenbachBurns
Record†
40-8-3 (edge)0-10
Win %0–100%
81.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 33
33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
82.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
83%—
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
5.4 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
54
10

† 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
Paul Berlenbach: 5′10″
Tom Burns: No height on file
Reachnot held
Paul Berlenbach: 72″
Tom Burns: No reach on file
Agenot held
Paul Berlenbach: Died aged 84
Tom Burns: No date of birth
Stance
Paul Berlenbach: Orthodox
Tom Burns: Not recorded

Paul Berlenbach left, Tom Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Paul Berlenbach41 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Paul Berlenbach: 41 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (83%), 6 on the cards (15%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 83%6 on the cards 15%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Tom Burns0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Tom Burns: no tracked wins in the 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burns yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Paul Berlenbach 54, Tom Burns 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Berlenbach better on 2 · Burns better on 1

Berlenbach

Opponent

Burns

  • Paul Berlenbach

    1–3 against

    Loss, TKO 6

    1927

    Loss, UD

    1926

    Win, PTS

    1925

    Loss, KO 4

    1924

    DelaneyBurns better

    Tom Burns

    Loss, TKO 2

    1926

  • Paul Berlenbach

    Win, TKO 11

    1925

    SlatteryBerlenbach better

    Tom Burns

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1926

    Loss, NWS

    1926

  • Paul Berlenbach

    1–0–1 against

    Win, UD

    1926

    Draw, PTS

    1924

    StriblingBerlenbach better

    Tom Burns

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1925

    Loss, PTS

    1924

    Loss, NWS

    1923

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

Paul Berlenbach has lost the most recent, to Carl Knowles. Berlenbach last boxed on Sep 28, 1933.WWLNCL

Henderson Apr 1931Garfield Jul 1931Weiner Jul 1931Lopez Sep 1931Knowles Sep 19335.4 tracked bouts per year

Tom Burns last boxed on Oct 4, 1926 — 36,541 days ago. Burns had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Greb Aug 1925Stribling Dec 1925Slattery Jan 1926Delaney Jun 1926Slattery Oct 19260.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Paul Berlenbach and Tom Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Paul Berlenbach and Tom Burns met once on December 5, 1924, and Paul Berlenbach won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

WDec 5, 1924 · Berlenbach · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Berlenbach or Burns?
Paul Berlenbach is 40-8-3 and Tom Burns is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Paul Berlenbach has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Berlenbach40–8–381.4%

Burns0–100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Berlenbach or Burns?
Paul Berlenbach has 33 knockout wins and Tom Burns has 0. Paul Berlenbach has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Berlenbach3382.5%

Burns0

The Numbers ↓
Do Berlenbach and Burns have any common opponents?
Paul Berlenbach and Tom Burns share 3 common opponents: Jack Delaney, Jimmy Slattery and Young Stribling. Paul Berlenbach fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Jack Delaney1–3L

Jimmy SlatteryWL

Young Stribling1–0–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Berlenbach and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 54 bouts tracked for Paul Berlenbach and 10 bouts tracked for Tom Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Berlenbach54bouts

Burns10bouts

How They Win ↓

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