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.
Battling Ortega (2-4-2 across 8 tracked bouts) and Ted "Kid" Lewis (232-46-23) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Battling Ortega vs Ted "Kid" Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- DrawLewis vs OrtegaOct 24, 1917 · PTS
The Numbers
- 2-4-2
- Record
- 232-46-23 (edge)
- 37.5%
- Win %
- 80.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 77 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 33.19%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 33% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.7
- Bouts per year
- 15 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 304
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
- —
- Age
- 131
- —
- Division
- Light Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Ortega · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Ted "Kid" Lewis · 232 wins
KO/TKO
77
Decision
111
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 304 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBattling Ortega
LKO R1 · Apr 1922LTKO R7 · Sep 1921Ted "Kid" Lewis
LNWS · May 1916LNWS · May 1916Battling Ortega
DPTS · Jun 1920Ted "Kid" Lewis
LNWS · Sep 1920LNWS · Sep 1919LPTS · Aug 1917WNWS · Aug 1917WNWS · May 1917
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Battling Ortega
LLWDL
L2 streak · last fought Apr 8, 1922
Ted "Kid" Lewis
WLLDW
W1 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1929
Common Questions
- Have Battling Ortega and Ted "Kid" Lewis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Ortega and Ted "Kid" Lewis met once on October 24, 1917, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Battling Ortega or Ted "Kid" Lewis?
- Battling Ortega is 2-4-2 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ted "Kid" Lewis is 232-46-23. Ted "Kid" Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Ortega or Ted "Kid" Lewis?
- Battling Ortega has 0 knockout wins and Ted "Kid" Lewis has 77. Ted "Kid" Lewis has more.
- Do Battling Ortega and Ted "Kid" Lewis have any common opponents?
- Battling Ortega and Ted "Kid" Lewis share 3 common opponents: Mike Gibbons, Mike O'Dowd and Willie Ritchie. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Ortega and Ted "Kid" Lewis?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Battling Ortega and 304 bouts tracked for Ted "Kid" Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.