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Rubin Carter vs Tommy Settles — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rubin Carter

Tommy Settles

Rubin Carter (27-12-1) and Tommy Settles (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Carter

27

Wins19 KO · 70%

12

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Settles

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Carter leads 1–0

Rubin Carter and Tommy Settles have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.

Rubin Carter and Tommy Settles have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.
Met1962Feb 14Series
Rubin CarterFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy SettlesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Carter 3 · Settles 0 of 3 measurable rows
CarterSettles
Record†
27-12-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
68.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.37%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
1

† 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

Reachnot held
Rubin Carter: 72″
Tommy Settles: No reach on file
Agenot held
Rubin Carter: Died aged 76
Tommy Settles: No date of birth
Stance
Rubin Carter: Orthodox
Tommy Settles: Not recorded

Rubin Carter left, Tommy Settles right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Rubin Carter27 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Rubin Carter: 27 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (70%) and 8 on the cards (30%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 70%8 on the cards 30%

Tommy Settles0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Tommy Settles: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Settles yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rubin Carter 40, Tommy Settles 1 — 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

Rubin Carter has lost the most recent, to Juan Carlos Rivero. Carter last boxed on Aug 6, 1966.LLWDL

Morris Jan 1966Harrington Jan 1966Burford Feb 1966McClure Mar 1966Rivero Aug 19668.2 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Settles last boxed on Feb 14, 1962 — 23,624 days ago. Settles had lost the most recent, to Rubin Carter.L

Carter Feb 1962

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rubin Carter and Tommy Settles ever fought each other?
Yes. Rubin Carter and Tommy Settles met once on February 14, 1962, and Rubin Carter won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WFeb 14, 1962 · Carter · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Carter or Settles?
Rubin Carter is 27-12-1 and Tommy Settles is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Rubin Carter has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Carter27–12–168.8%

Settles0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Carter or Settles?
Rubin Carter has 19 knockout wins and Tommy Settles has 0. Rubin Carter has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Carter1970.4%

Settles0

The Numbers ↓
Do Carter and Settles have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Rubin Carter and Tommy Settles have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Carter and Settles?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Rubin Carter and 1 bout tracked for Tommy Settles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Carter40bouts

Settles1bout

How They Win ↓

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