Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Bill Connell vs Lou Esa — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Connell

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Lou Esa

Bill Connell (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Lou Esa (19-6-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Connell

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Esa

19

Wins16 KO · 84%

6

Losses

1

Draw26 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

Connell leads 1–0

Bill Connell and Lou Esa have met 1 time; Connell leads 1–0.

Bill Connell and Lou Esa have met 1 time; Connell leads 1–0.
Met1979Jul 31Series
Bill ConnellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Lou EsaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Connell 1 · Esa 4 of 5 measurable rows
ConnellEsa
Record†
1-119-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
75% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 16
0
16 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
84% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 26
2
26

† 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
Bill Connell: No height on file
Lou Esa: 6′6″
Agenot held
Bill Connell: No date of birth
Lou Esa: 74
Stance
Bill Connell: Not recorded
Lou Esa: Orthodox

Bill Connell left, Lou Esa right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Connell1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Bill Connell: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Lou Esa19 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

Lou Esa: 19 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (84%) and 3 on the cards (16%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 84%3 on the cards 16%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Connell 2, Lou Esa 26 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bill Connell last boxed on Sep 8, 1979 — 17,208 days ago. Connell had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Scott Frank.WL

Esa Jul 1979Frank Sep 1979

Lou Esa last boxed on Aug 18, 1981 — 16,498 days ago. Esa had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Tate Oct 1977Connell Jul 1979Starkey Mar 1980Funches Apr 1980Schmidt Aug 19814.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Connell and Lou Esa ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Connell and Lou Esa met once on July 31, 1979, and Bill Connell won by UD.
The meeting

WJul 31, 1979 · Connell · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Connell or Esa?
Bill Connell is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lou Esa is 19-6-1. Lou Esa has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Connell1–150%

Esa19–6–175%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Connell or Esa?
Bill Connell has 0 knockout wins and Lou Esa has 16. Lou Esa has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Connell0

Esa1684.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Connell and Esa have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Connell and Lou Esa have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Connell and Esa?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bill Connell and 26 bouts tracked for Lou Esa. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Connell2bouts

Esa26bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

4 suggested matchups

Compare Connell with…

Compare Esa with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.