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

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Vern Lester

Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6) and Vern Lester (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Robinson

174

Wins109 KO · 63%

19

Losses

6

Draws202 tracked bouts

Lester

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Robinson leads 1–0

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

Sugar Ray Robinson and Vern Lester have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.
Met1949Nov 13Series
Sugar Ray RobinsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Vern LesterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Robinson 5 · Lester 0 of 5 measurable rows
RobinsonLester
Record†
174-19-6 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
88.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 109
109 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
62.64%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
63%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 12
12 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8
8 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 202
202
2

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Vern Lester0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Vern Lester: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lester yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sugar Ray Robinson 202, Vern Lester 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Robinson better on 1

Robinson

Opponent

Lester

  • Sugar Ray Robinson

    5–1 against

    Win, TKO 13

    1951

    Win, SD

    1945

    Win, UD

    1945

    Win, UD

    1943

    Loss, UD

    1943

    Win, UD

    1942

    LaMottaRobinson better

    Vern Lester

    Loss, SD

    1948

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

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

Vern Lester last boxed on Nov 13, 1949 — 28,101 days ago. Lester had lost two straight.LL

LaMotta Oct 1948Robinson Nov 19491.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sugar Ray Robinson and Vern Lester ever fought each other?
Yes. Sugar Ray Robinson and Vern Lester met once on November 13, 1949, and Sugar Ray Robinson won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

WNov 13, 1949 · Robinson · KO R5

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

Robinson174–19–688.9%

Lester0–20%

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

Robinson10962.6%

Lester0

The Numbers ↓
Do Robinson and Lester have any common opponents?
Sugar Ray Robinson and Vern Lester share 1 common opponent: Jake LaMotta. Sugar Ray Robinson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jake LaMotta5–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Robinson and Lester?
This comparison is drawn from 202 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Robinson and 2 bouts tracked for Vern Lester. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Robinson202bouts

Lester2bouts

How They Win ↓

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