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Al Ketchel vs Freddie Welsh — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Ketchel

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Freddie Welsh

Al Ketchel (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Freddie Welsh (121-29-17) 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.

Ketchel

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Welsh

121

Wins34 KO · 28%

29

Losses

17

Draws167 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

Welsh leads 1–0

Al Ketchel and Freddie Welsh have met 1 time; Welsh leads 1–0.

Al Ketchel and Freddie Welsh have met 1 time; Welsh leads 1–0.
Met1913Apr 28Series
Al KetchelFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Freddie WelshFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ketchel 1 · Welsh 4 of 5 measurable rows
KetchelWelsh
Record†
0-4121-29-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.1%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—28%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
0.3
10.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
4
167

† 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

Reachnot held
Al Ketchel: No reach on file
Freddie Welsh: 69″
Agenot held
Al Ketchel: No date of birth
Freddie Welsh: Died aged 41

Al Ketchel left, Freddie Welsh right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Ketchel0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Al Ketchel: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ketchel yet.

Freddie Welsh121 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Freddie Welsh: 121 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (28%), 36 on the cards (30%) and 51 by another method or unrecorded (42%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 28%36 on the cards 30%51 by another method or unrecorded 42%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Ketchel 4, Freddie Welsh 167 — 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

Al Ketchel last boxed on Oct 8, 1925 — 36,907 days ago. Ketchel had lost four straight.LLLL

Welsh Apr 1913Terris Feb 1923Glick May 1923Wolgast Oct 19250.3 tracked bouts per year

Freddie Welsh has lost the most recent, to Archie Walker. Welsh last boxed on Apr 15, 1922.WWWDL

Jackson May 1921Murphy May 1921Forbes Aug 1921Tait Aug 1921Walker Apr 192210.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Ketchel and Freddie Welsh ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Ketchel and Freddie Welsh met once on April 28, 1913, and Freddie Welsh won by NWS.
The meeting

LApr 28, 1913 · Welsh · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ketchel or Welsh?
Al Ketchel is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Freddie Welsh is 121-29-17. Freddie Welsh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ketchel0–40%

Welsh121–29–1777.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ketchel or Welsh?
Al Ketchel has 0 knockout wins and Freddie Welsh has 34. Freddie Welsh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ketchel0

Welsh3428.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ketchel and Welsh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Ketchel and Freddie Welsh have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ketchel and Welsh?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Al Ketchel and 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ketchel4bouts

Welsh167bouts

How They Win ↓

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