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

Billy Ketchell

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Ken Overlin

Billy Ketchell (2-2-1 across 5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ketchell

Tracked record

2–2–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Overlin

136

Wins24 KO · 18%

19

Losses

10

Draws167 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

Overlin leads 1–0

Billy Ketchell and Ken Overlin have met 1 time; Overlin leads 1–0.

Billy Ketchell and Ken Overlin have met 1 time; Overlin leads 1–0.
Met1934Apr 6Series
Billy KetchellFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken OverlinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ketchell 1 · Overlin 5 of 6 measurable rows
KetchellOverlin
Record†
2-2-1136-19-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
85.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—17.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
18% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.3
0.2
14.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
5
167

† 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 Ketchell: No height on file
Ken Overlin: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Billy Ketchell: No reach on file
Ken Overlin: 70″
Agenot held
Billy Ketchell: No date of birth
Ken Overlin: Died aged 58
Stance
Billy Ketchell: Not recorded
Ken Overlin: Orthodox

Billy Ketchell left, Ken Overlin 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 Ketchell2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Billy Ketchell: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Ken Overlin136 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Ken Overlin: 136 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (18%) and 112 on the cards (82%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 18%112 on the cards 82%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Ketchell 5, Ken Overlin 167 — 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 Ketchell last boxed on Sep 1, 1936 — 32,919 days ago. Ketchell had won once since a draw with Jersey Joe Walcott.LLWDW

Levinsky Mar 1915Overlin Apr 1934Latzo Apr 1934Walcott Jul 1936Walcott Sep 19360.2 tracked bouts per year

Ken Overlin has won four straight since a draw with Fred Apostoli. Overlin last boxed on Sep 26, 1942.DWWWW

Apostoli Jun 1942Donnelly Aug 1942LaBoa Sep 1942Hartnek Sep 1942Lewis Sep 194214.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Ketchell and Ken Overlin ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Ketchell and Ken Overlin met once on April 6, 1934, and Ken Overlin won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 6, 1934 · Overlin · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ketchell or Overlin?
Billy Ketchell is 2-2-1 across the 5 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.
Records · win %

Ketchell2–2–150%

Overlin136–19–1085.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ketchell or Overlin?
Billy Ketchell has 0 knockout wins and Ken Overlin has 24. Ken Overlin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ketchell0

Overlin2417.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ketchell and Overlin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Ketchell and Ken Overlin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ketchell and Overlin?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Billy Ketchell and 167 bouts tracked for Ken Overlin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ketchell5bouts

Overlin167bouts

How They Win ↓

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