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Billy Bengal vs Ezzard Charles — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Bengal

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Ezzard Charles

Billy Bengal (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bengal

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Billy Bengal and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Billy Bengal and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1941Feb 10Series
Billy BengalFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Bengal 1 · Charles 4 of 5 measurable rows
BengalCharles
Record†
0-295-25-1 (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
1 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
2
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
Billy Bengal: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Billy Bengal: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Billy Bengal: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Billy Bengal: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Billy Bengal 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
Billy Bengal0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Bengal: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bengal 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 — Billy Bengal 2, Ezzard Charles 121 — 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

Billy Bengal last boxed on Feb 10, 1941 — 31,299 days ago. Bengal had lost two straight.LL

Wade Jun 1940Charles Feb 1941

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 Billy Bengal and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Bengal and Ezzard Charles met once on February 10, 1941, and Ezzard Charles won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 10, 1941 · Charles · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bengal or Charles?
Billy Bengal is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Bengal0–20%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Bengal0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bengal and Charles have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Bengal and Ezzard Charles have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bengal and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Bengal and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bengal2bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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