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Billy Hood (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Ken Overlin (136-19-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Billy Hood vs Ken Overlin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Hood

Tracked record

1–5

6 tracked bouts

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Ken Overlin

136–19–10

169 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

Ken Overlin leads 1–0

The Numbers

1-5
Record
136-19-10 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

16.7%
Win %
85.5% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
24 (edge)
KO rate
17.65%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
18% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

4
Times stopped
2 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
1
Bouts per year
14.5 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

6
Bouts tracked
169

Tale of the Tape

Height
5′9″ (175 cm)
Reach
70″ (178 cm)
Age
116
Stance
Orthodox
Division
Middleweight
Nationality
American

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Hood · 1 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0

Ken Overlin · 136 wins

KO/TKO
24
Decision
112
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 169 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared
  • Billy Hood

    LKO R2 · Sep 1940

    Ezzard Charles

    Ken Overlin

    DMD · Mar 1942WUD · Jun 1941

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Billy Hood

LLLLL

L5 streak · last fought Sep 23, 1940

Ken Overlin

WWWWD

W4 streak · last fought Sep 26, 1942

Common Questions

Have Billy Hood and Ken Overlin ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Hood and Ken Overlin met once on July 20, 1936, and Ken Overlin won by KO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Billy Hood or Ken Overlin?
Billy Hood is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ken Overlin is 136-19-10. Ken Overlin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Billy Hood or Ken Overlin?
Billy Hood has 0 knockout wins and Ken Overlin has 24. Ken Overlin has more.
Do Billy Hood and Ken Overlin have any common opponents?
Billy Hood and Ken Overlin share 1 common opponent: Ezzard Charles. Ken Overlin fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Hood and Ken Overlin?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Hood and 169 bouts tracked for Ken Overlin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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