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.
Steve Martinez (1-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Vernon Forrest (41-3) 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.
Steve Martinez vs Vernon Forrest — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Vernon Forrest leads 1–0- Vernon Forrest wonForrest vs MartinezApr 16, 1999 · TKO · R1
The Numbers
- 1-3
- Record
- 41-3 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 93.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 29 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 70.73%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 71%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 5 (edge)
- 0.3
- Bouts per year
- 2.8 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 45
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (184 cm)
- —
- Age
- 55
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlySteve Martinez · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Vernon Forrest · 41 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
12
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 45 respectively), 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
Steve Martinez
LLNCWL
L2 streak · last fought Feb 2, 2019
Vernon Forrest
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Sep 13, 2008
Common Questions
- Have Steve Martinez and Vernon Forrest ever fought each other?
- Yes. Steve Martinez and Vernon Forrest met once on April 16, 1999, and Vernon Forrest won by TKO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Steve Martinez or Vernon Forrest?
- Steve Martinez is 1-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Vernon Forrest is 41-3. Vernon Forrest has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Steve Martinez or Vernon Forrest?
- Steve Martinez has 1 knockout win and Vernon Forrest has 29. Vernon Forrest has more.
- Do Steve Martinez and Vernon Forrest have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Steve Martinez and Vernon Forrest have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Steve Martinez and Vernon Forrest?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Steve Martinez and 45 bouts tracked for Vernon Forrest. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.