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Adolph Wiater vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Adolph Wiater

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Joe Louis

Adolph Wiater (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Joe Louis (66-3) 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.

Wiater

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 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

Louis leads 1–0

Adolph Wiater and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Adolph Wiater and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1934Sep 26Series
Adolph WiaterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Wiater 1 · Louis 4 of 5 measurable rows
WiaterLouis
Record†
0-166-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
1
72

† 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
Adolph Wiater: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Adolph Wiater: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot comparable
Adolph Wiater: Died aged 88
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Adolph Wiater: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Adolph Wiater left, Joe Louis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Adolph Wiater0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Adolph Wiater: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wiater yet.

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Adolph Wiater 1, Joe Louis 72 — 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

Adolph Wiater has lost the most recent, to Joe Louis. Wiater last boxed on Sep 26, 1934.L

Louis Sep 1934

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Adolph Wiater and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Adolph Wiater and Joe Louis met once on September 26, 1934, and Joe Louis won by PTS.
The meeting

LSep 26, 1934 · Louis · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wiater or Louis?
Adolph Wiater is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Wiater0–10%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wiater or Louis?
Adolph Wiater has 0 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wiater0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wiater and Louis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Adolph Wiater and Joe Louis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wiater and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Adolph Wiater and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wiater1bout

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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