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Adolph Wolgast vs Willie Gradwell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Adolph Wolgast

Willie Gradwell

Adolph Wolgast (87-33-23) and Willie Gradwell (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Wolgast

87

Wins40 KO · 46%

33

Losses

23

Draws144 tracked bouts

Gradwell

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Wolgast leads 1–0

Adolph Wolgast and Willie Gradwell have met 1 time; Wolgast leads 1–0.

Adolph Wolgast and Willie Gradwell have met 1 time; Wolgast leads 1–0.
Met1916May 3Series
Adolph WolgastFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie GradwellFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Wolgast 5 · Gradwell 1 of 6 measurable rows
WolgastGradwell
Record†
87-33-23 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
68.9% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.98%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
46% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.1
10.1 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 144
144
3

† 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″
Willie Gradwell: No height on file
Agenot held
Adolph Wolgast: Died aged 67
Willie Gradwell: No date of birth
Stance
Adolph Wolgast: Orthodox
Willie Gradwell: Not recorded

Adolph Wolgast left, Willie Gradwell 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%

Willie Gradwell1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Willie Gradwell: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Adolph Wolgast 144, Willie Gradwell 3 — 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 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

Willie Gradwell last boxed on Apr 30, 1920 — 38,892 days ago. Gradwell had won once since losses to Adolph Wolgast and Benny Leonard.LLW

Wolgast May 1916Leonard Jul 1918Walker Apr 19200.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Adolph Wolgast and Willie Gradwell ever fought each other?
Yes. Adolph Wolgast and Willie Gradwell met once on May 3, 1916, and Adolph Wolgast won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WMay 3, 1916 · Wolgast · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wolgast or Gradwell?
Adolph Wolgast is 87-33-23 and Willie Gradwell is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Gradwell1–233.3%

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

Wolgast4046%

Gradwell0

The Numbers ↓
Do Wolgast and Gradwell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Adolph Wolgast and Willie Gradwell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wolgast and Gradwell?
This comparison is drawn from 144 bouts tracked for Adolph Wolgast and 3 bouts tracked for Willie Gradwell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wolgast144bouts

Gradwell3bouts

How They Win ↓

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