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Babe Davis vs John Henry Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Babe Davis

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

John Henry Lewis

Babe Davis (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and John Henry Lewis (101-11-5) 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.

Davis

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lewis

101

Wins58 KO · 57%

11

Losses

5

Draws117 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

Lewis leads 1–0

Babe Davis and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

Babe Davis and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met1937Apr 9Series
Babe DavisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John Henry LewisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Davis 0 · Lewis 6 of 6 measurable rows
DavisLewis
Record†
0-4101-11-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 58
0
58 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—56%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 11.7
0.2
11.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 117
4
117

† 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
Babe Davis: No height on file
John Henry Lewis: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Babe Davis: No reach on file
John Henry Lewis: 71″
Agenot held
Babe Davis: No date of birth
John Henry Lewis: Died aged 59
Stance
Babe Davis: Not recorded
John Henry Lewis: Orthodox

Babe Davis left, John Henry Lewis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Babe Davis0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Babe Davis: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Davis yet.

John Henry Lewis101 wins · from 117 tracked bouts

John Henry Lewis: 101 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (56%) and 44 on the cards (44%). Counted from 117 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 56%44 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Babe Davis 4, John Henry Lewis 117 — 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

Babe Davis last boxed on Apr 9, 1937 — 32,701 days ago. Davis had lost four straight.LLLL

Williams Jul 1911Williams Jul 1911Chaney Dec 1912Lewis Apr 19370.2 tracked bouts per year

John Henry Lewis had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Louis. Lewis last boxed on Jan 25, 1939.WWWWL

Ray May 1938Ceccarelli Aug 1938Adamick Sep 1938Gainer Oct 1938Louis Jan 193911.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Babe Davis and John Henry Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. Babe Davis and John Henry Lewis met once on April 9, 1937, and John Henry Lewis won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LApr 9, 1937 · Lewis · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Davis or Lewis?
Babe Davis is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Henry Lewis is 101-11-5. John Henry Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Davis0–40%

Lewis101–11–588.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Davis or Lewis?
Babe Davis has 0 knockout wins and John Henry Lewis has 58. John Henry Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Davis0

Lewis5857.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Davis and Lewis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Babe Davis and John Henry Lewis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Davis and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Babe Davis and 117 bouts tracked for John Henry Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Davis4bouts

Lewis117bouts

How They Win ↓

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