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Al McCoy vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al McCoy

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Joe Louis

Al McCoy (5-5-2 across 12 tracked bouts) 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 1 common opponent.

McCoy

Tracked record

5–5–2

counted from 12 bouts 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

Al McCoy and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Al McCoy and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1940Dec 16Series
Al McCoyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR51Meeting

The Numbers

McCoy 1 · Louis 6 of 7 measurable rows
McCoyLouis
Record†
5-5-266-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
79% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
1.8
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
12
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
Al McCoy: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Al McCoy: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot held
Al McCoy: No date of birth
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Al McCoy: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Al McCoy 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
Al McCoy5 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Al McCoy: 5 tracked wins — 5 on the cards (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

5 on the cards 100%

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 — Al McCoy 12, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Louis better on 1

McCoy

Opponent

Louis

  • Al McCoy

    Loss, UD

    1940

    ConnLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 8

    1946

    Win, KO 13

    1941

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

Al McCoy last boxed on Dec 16, 1940 — 31,359 days ago. McCoy had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Freeman Jul 1937Olin Nov 1938Krieger Jul 1940Conn Oct 1940Louis Dec 19401.8 tracked bouts per year

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 Al McCoy and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Al McCoy and Joe Louis met once on December 16, 1940, and Joe Louis won by RTD in round 5.
The meeting

LDec 16, 1940 · Louis · RTD R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCoy or Louis?
Al McCoy is 5-5-2 across the 12 bouts 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 %

McCoy5–5–250%

Louis66–395.7%

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

McCoy0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCoy and Louis have any common opponents?
Al McCoy and Joe Louis share 1 common opponent: Billy Conn. Joe Louis fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Billy ConnLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCoy and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Al McCoy and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCoy12bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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