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Babe Herman vs Kid Kaplan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Babe Herman

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Kid Kaplan

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.

Herman

Tracked record

4–5–4

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kaplan

121

Wins27 KO · 22%

22

Losses

16

Draws160 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

Kaplan leads 2–1 with 4 draws

Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan have met 7 times; Kaplan leads 2–1 with 4 draws.

Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan have met 7 times; Kaplan leads 2–1 with 4 draws.
Met1922Dec 181923Mar 81923Jun 21923Jun 121923Jul 31925Aug 271925Dec 18Series
Babe HermanFighter AWWonLLostDDrawDDrawDDrawDDrawLLost1–2–4W–L–D
Kid KaplanFighter BLLostWWonDDrawDDrawDDrawDDrawWWon2–1–4W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTSPTSPTSPTSUD7Meetings

The Numbers

Herman 2 · Kaplan 4 of 6 measurable rows
HermanKaplan
Record†
4-5-4121-22-16 (edge)
Win %0–100%
46.2%
81.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
1
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—22.31%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
25% (edge)
22%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.7
2.1
10.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 160
13
160

† 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
Babe Herman: No reach on file
Kid Kaplan: 63″
Agenot held
Babe Herman: No date of birth
Kid Kaplan: Died aged 69
Stance
Babe Herman: Not recorded
Kid Kaplan: Orthodox

Babe Herman left, Kid Kaplan 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 Herman4 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Babe Herman: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

Kid Kaplan121 wins · from 160 tracked bouts

Kid Kaplan: 121 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (22%), 75 on the cards (62%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (16%). Counted from 160 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 22%75 on the cards 62%19 by another method or unrecorded 16%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Babe Herman 13, Kid Kaplan 160 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Kaplan better on 1

Herman

Opponent

Kaplan

  • Babe Herman

    Loss, PTS

    1923

    MandellKaplan better

    Kid Kaplan

    Win, PTS

    1931

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

Babe Herman last boxed on Jan 28, 1929 — 35,692 days ago. Herman had won once since losing by stoppage to Sid Terris.WLWLW

Morgan Jun 1926Bass Sep 1926Bass Nov 1926Terris Apr 1927Terris Jan 19292.1 tracked bouts per year

Kid Kaplan had won one in a row before losing a decision to Herbert Lewis Hardwick. Kaplan last boxed on Feb 20, 1933.WWLWL

Rossi Jul 1932Petrolle Aug 1932Villa Sep 1932Holmes Oct 1932Hardwick Feb 193310.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 7 meetings

LDec 18, 1925 · Kaplan · UD

DAug 27, 1925 · Draw · PTS

DJul 3, 1923 · Draw · PTS

DJun 12, 1923 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Herman or 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.
Records · win %

Herman4–5–446.2%

Kaplan121–22–1681.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Herman or Kaplan?
Babe Herman has 1 knockout win and Kid Kaplan has 27. Kid Kaplan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Herman1

Kaplan2722.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Herman and Kaplan have any common opponents?
Babe Herman and Kid Kaplan share 1 common opponent: Sammy Mandell. Kid Kaplan fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sammy MandellLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Herman and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Herman13bouts

Kaplan160bouts

How They Win ↓

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