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Ray Barnes vs Sugar Ray Robinson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ray Barnes

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Ray Barnes (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6) 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.

Barnes

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Robinson

174

Wins109 KO · 63%

19

Losses

6

Draws202 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

Robinson leads 1–0

Ray Barnes and Sugar Ray Robinson have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.

Ray Barnes and Sugar Ray Robinson have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.
Met1950Apr 28Series
Ray BarnesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray RobinsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Barnes 0 · Robinson 5 of 5 measurable rows
BarnesRobinson
Record†
0-2174-19-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 109
0
109 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.64%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 12
0
12 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8
0.8
8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 202
2
202

† 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
Ray Barnes: No height on file
Sugar Ray Robinson: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Ray Barnes: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Robinson: 72″
Agenot held
Ray Barnes: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Robinson: Died aged 67
Stance
Ray Barnes: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Robinson: Orthodox

Ray Barnes left, Sugar Ray Robinson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ray Barnes0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Ray Barnes: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Barnes yet.

Sugar Ray Robinson175 wins · from 202 tracked bouts

Sugar Ray Robinson: 175 tracked wins — 110 by KO/TKO (63%) and 65 on the cards (37%). Counted from 202 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

110 by KO/TKO 63%65 on the cards 37%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ray Barnes 2, Sugar Ray Robinson 202 — 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

Ray Barnes last boxed on Apr 28, 1950 — 27,933 days ago. Barnes had lost two straight.LL

Hardwick Dec 1947Robinson Apr 19500.8 tracked bouts per year

Sugar Ray Robinson had won three in a row before losing a decision to Joey Archer. Robinson last boxed on Nov 10, 1965.NCWWWL

Morrison Sep 1965McCullough Sep 1965Schmidt Oct 1965Bent Oct 1965Archer Nov 19658 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ray Barnes and Sugar Ray Robinson ever fought each other?
Yes. Ray Barnes and Sugar Ray Robinson met once on April 28, 1950, and Sugar Ray Robinson won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 28, 1950 · Robinson · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barnes or Robinson?
Ray Barnes is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sugar Ray Robinson is 174-19-6. Sugar Ray Robinson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barnes0–20%

Robinson174–19–688.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barnes or Robinson?
Ray Barnes has 0 knockout wins and Sugar Ray Robinson has 109. Sugar Ray Robinson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barnes0

Robinson10962.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barnes and Robinson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ray Barnes and Sugar Ray Robinson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barnes and Robinson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Ray Barnes and 202 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Robinson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barnes2bouts

Robinson202bouts

How They Win ↓

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