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Bernie Reynolds vs Ezzard Charles — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bernie Reynolds

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Ezzard Charles

Bernie Reynolds (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Ezzard Charles (95-25-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Reynolds

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Charles

95

Wins52 KO · 55%

25

Losses

1

Draw121 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

Charles leads 1–0

Bernie Reynolds and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Bernie Reynolds and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1952Oct 8Series
Bernie ReynoldsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Reynolds 1 · Charles 5 of 6 measurable rows
ReynoldsCharles
Record†
0-395-25-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—54.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—55%
Times stopped‡max 7
3 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.3
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
3
121

† 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
Bernie Reynolds: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Bernie Reynolds: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Bernie Reynolds: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Bernie Reynolds: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Bernie Reynolds left, Ezzard Charles right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bernie Reynolds0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Bernie Reynolds: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Reynolds yet.

Ezzard Charles95 wins · from 121 tracked bouts

Ezzard Charles: 95 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (55%) and 43 on the cards (45%). Counted from 121 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 55%43 on the cards 45%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bernie Reynolds 3, Ezzard Charles 121 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Reynolds better on 1

Reynolds

Opponent

Charles

  • Bernie Reynolds

    Loss, KO 3

    1952

    MarcianoReynolds better

    Ezzard Charles

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 8

    1954

    Loss, UD

    1954

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

Bernie Reynolds last boxed on Feb 25, 1963 — 23,251 days ago. Reynolds had lost three straight.LLL

Marciano May 1952Charles Oct 1952Robinson Feb 19630.3 tracked bouts per year

Ezzard Charles has lost two straight, after one straight win. Charles last boxed on Sep 1, 1959.LLWLL

Zuany Sep 1958Fleeman Oct 1958Ashley Jul 1959Logan Jul 1959Green Sep 19596.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bernie Reynolds and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Bernie Reynolds and Ezzard Charles met once on October 8, 1952, and Ezzard Charles won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LOct 8, 1952 · Charles · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Reynolds or Charles?
Bernie Reynolds is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ezzard Charles is 95-25-1. Ezzard Charles has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Reynolds0–30%

Charles95–25–178.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Reynolds or Charles?
Bernie Reynolds has 0 knockout wins and Ezzard Charles has 52. Ezzard Charles has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Reynolds0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Reynolds and Charles have any common opponents?
Bernie Reynolds and Ezzard Charles share 1 common opponent: Rocky Marciano. Bernie Reynolds fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Rocky MarcianoLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Reynolds and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Bernie Reynolds and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Reynolds3bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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