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.
Babe Herman (4-5-4 across 13 tracked bouts) and Kid Kaplan (121-22-16) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 7 times. They share 1 common opponent.
Babe Herman vs Kid Kaplan — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Kid Kaplan leads 2–1- Kid Kaplan wonKaplan vs HermanDec 18, 1925 · UD
- DrawKaplan vs HermanAug 27, 1925 · PTS
- DrawKaplan vs HermanJul 3, 1923 · PTS
- DrawKaplan vs HermanJun 12, 1923 · PTS
- DrawKaplan vs HermanJun 2, 1923 · PTS
- Kid Kaplan wonKaplan vs HermanMar 8, 1923 · PTS
- Babe Herman wonKaplan vs HermanDec 18, 1922 · PTS
The Numbers
- 4-5-4
- Record
- 121-22-16 (edge)
- 46.2%
- Win %
- 81.1% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 27 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 22.31%
- 25% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 22%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1
- Bouts per year
- 10.7 (edge)
- 13
- Bouts tracked
- 160
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Reach
- 63″ (159 cm)
- 124
- Age
- 124
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBabe Herman · 4 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
3
Other
0
Kid Kaplan · 121 wins
KO/TKO
27
Decision
75
Other
19
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (13 and 160 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Babe Herman
WLWLW
W1 streak · last fought Jan 28, 1929
Kid Kaplan
LWLWW
L1 streak · last fought Feb 20, 1933
Common Questions
- Have Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan ever fought each other?
- Yes. Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan have met 7 times and Kid Kaplan leads the series 2-1 with 4 draws.
- Who has the better record, Babe Herman or Kid Kaplan?
- Babe Herman is 4-5-4 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Kaplan is 121-22-16. Kid Kaplan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Babe Herman or Kid Kaplan?
- Babe Herman has 1 knockout win and Kid Kaplan has 27. Kid Kaplan has more.
- Do Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan have any common opponents?
- Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan share 1 common opponent: Sammy Mandell. Kid Kaplan fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan?
- This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Babe Herman and 160 bouts tracked for Kid Kaplan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.