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.
Big Boy Peterson (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Ernie Schaaf (58-14-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.
Big Boy Peterson vs Ernie Schaaf — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Ernie Schaaf wonSchaaf vs PetersonSep 4, 1928 · PTS
- Big Boy Peterson wonSchaaf vs PetersonMay 25, 1928 · UD
The Numbers
- 2-6
- Record
- 58-14-2 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 79.7% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 23 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 39.66%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 40% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 12.7 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 75
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
- 117
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBig Boy Peterson · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Ernie Schaaf · 58 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
30
Other
5
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 75 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedBig Boy Peterson
LPTS · Dec 1928Ernie Schaaf
LUD · Mar 1931WUD · Jun 1930WSD · Apr 1930LPTS · May 1929
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Big Boy Peterson
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1932
Ernie Schaaf
LWWLL
L1 streak · last fought Feb 10, 1933
Common Questions
- Have Big Boy Peterson and Ernie Schaaf ever fought each other?
- Yes. Big Boy Peterson and Ernie Schaaf have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Big Boy Peterson or Ernie Schaaf?
- Big Boy Peterson is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ernie Schaaf is 58-14-2. Ernie Schaaf has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Big Boy Peterson or Ernie Schaaf?
- Big Boy Peterson has 0 knockout wins and Ernie Schaaf has 23. Ernie Schaaf has more.
- Do Big Boy Peterson and Ernie Schaaf have any common opponents?
- Big Boy Peterson and Ernie Schaaf share 4 common opponents: Primo Carnera, Paulino Uzcudun and Young Stribling (and 1 other). Ernie Schaaf fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Big Boy Peterson and Ernie Schaaf?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Big Boy Peterson and 75 bouts tracked for Ernie Schaaf. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.