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

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Billy Duncan

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Ezzard Charles

Billy Duncan (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Duncan

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Duncan and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Billy Duncan and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1946Apr 1Series
Billy DuncanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Duncan 1 · Charles 4 of 5 measurable rows
DuncanCharles
Record†
0-195-25-1 (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
1
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 Duncan: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Billy Duncan: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Billy Duncan: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Billy Duncan: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Billy Duncan 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 Duncan0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Billy Duncan: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Duncan 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 Duncan 1, 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 Duncan last boxed on Apr 1, 1946 — 29,429 days ago. Duncan had lost the most recent, to Ezzard Charles.L

Charles Apr 1946

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 Duncan and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Duncan and Ezzard Charles met once on April 1, 1946, and Ezzard Charles won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LApr 1, 1946 · Charles · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Duncan or Charles?
Billy Duncan is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Duncan0–10%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Duncan0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Duncan and Charles have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Duncan and Ezzard Charles have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Duncan and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Billy Duncan and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Duncan1bout

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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