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

Billy Hood

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Ezzard Charles

Billy Hood (1-5 across 6 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 2 common opponents.

Hood

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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 Hood and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Billy Hood and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1940Sep 23Series
Billy HoodFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Hood 1 · Charles 6 of 7 measurable rows
HoodCharles
Record†
1-595-25-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
78.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—54.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
55% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
4 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
6
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 Hood: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Billy Hood: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Billy Hood: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Billy Hood: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Billy Hood 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 Hood1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Billy Hood: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 Hood 6, Ezzard Charles 121 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Charles better on 1 · even on 1

Hood

Opponent

Charles

  • Billy Hood

    Loss, PTS

    1936

    LesnevichCharles better

    Ezzard Charles

    Win, RTD 7

    1949

  • Billy Hood

    Loss, KO 3

    1936

    OverlinEven

    Ezzard Charles

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, MD

    1942

    Loss, UD

    1941

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

Billy Hood last boxed on Sep 23, 1940 — 31,435 days ago. Hood had lost five straight.LLLLL

Freeman Oct 1935Lesnevich Mar 1936Overlin Jul 1936Freeman Apr 1938Charles Sep 19401 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 Billy Hood and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Hood and Ezzard Charles met once on September 23, 1940, and Ezzard Charles won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 23, 1940 · Charles · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hood or Charles?
Billy Hood is 1-5 across the 6 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 %

Hood1–516.7%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Hood0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hood and Charles have any common opponents?
Billy Hood and Ezzard Charles share 2 common opponents: Gus Lesnevich and Ken Overlin. Ezzard Charles fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Gus LesnevichLW

Ken OverlinL0–1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hood and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Hood and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hood6bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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