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Adolph Wolgast vs Steve Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Adolph Wolgast

Steve Ketchel

Adolph Wolgast (87-33-23) and Steve Ketchel (0-3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Wolgast

87

Wins40 KO · 46%

33

Losses

23

Draws144 tracked bouts

Ketchel

Tracked record

0–3–2

counted from 5 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Adolph Wolgast and Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Adolph Wolgast and Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1915Jul 31Series
Adolph WolgastFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Steve KetchelFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Wolgast 4 · Ketchel 1 of 5 measurable rows
WolgastKetchel
Record†
87-33-23 (edge)0-3-2
Win %0–100%
68.9% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.98%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
46%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.1
10.1 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 144
144
5

† 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 Wolgast: 5′4″
Steve Ketchel: No height on file
Agenot held
Adolph Wolgast: Died aged 67
Steve Ketchel: No date of birth
Stance
Adolph Wolgast: Orthodox
Steve Ketchel: Not recorded

Adolph Wolgast left, Steve Ketchel 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 Wolgast87 wins · from 144 tracked bouts

Adolph Wolgast: 87 tracked wins — 40 by KO/TKO (46%), 19 on the cards (22%) and 28 by another method or unrecorded (32%). Counted from 144 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

40 by KO/TKO 46%19 on the cards 22%28 by another method or unrecorded 32%

Steve Ketchel0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Steve Ketchel: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ketchel yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Adolph Wolgast 144, Steve Ketchel 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Wolgast better on 1 · even on 1

Wolgast

Opponent

Ketchel

  • Adolph Wolgast

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    WhiteEven

    Steve Ketchel

    0–1 against

    Result unrecorded, ND

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1912

  • Adolph Wolgast

    3–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1913

    Win, TKO 40

    1910

    Win, NWS

    1909

    NelsonWolgast better

    Steve Ketchel

    Draw, PTS

    1912

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

Adolph Wolgast drew the most recent tracked bout with Lee Morrissey. Wolgast last boxed on Sep 6, 1920.LDWLD

France Sep 1919Morrissey Sep 1919Kane Oct 1919Alvarez Dec 1919Morrissey Sep 192010.1 tracked bouts per year

Steve Ketchel last boxed on Sep 26, 1946 — 29,247 days ago. Ketchel had lost two straight.LDDLL

White Apr 1912Nelson Sep 1912Wolgast Jul 1915Louis Jan 1937Savold Sep 19460.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Adolph Wolgast and Steve Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Adolph Wolgast and Steve Ketchel met once on July 31, 1915, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJul 31, 1915 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wolgast or Ketchel?
Adolph Wolgast is 87-33-23 and Steve Ketchel is 0-3-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Adolph Wolgast has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Wolgast87–33–2368.9%

Ketchel0–3–220%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wolgast or Ketchel?
Adolph Wolgast has 40 knockout wins and Steve Ketchel has 0. Adolph Wolgast has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wolgast4046%

Ketchel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Wolgast and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Adolph Wolgast and Steve Ketchel share 2 common opponents: Charley White and Battling Nelson. Adolph Wolgast fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Charley WhiteLL

Battling NelsonWD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wolgast and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 144 bouts tracked for Adolph Wolgast and 5 bouts tracked for Steve Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wolgast144bouts

Ketchel5bouts

How They Win ↓

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