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

Billy Pryor

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Ezzard Charles

Billy Pryor (1-5-1 across 7 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 1 common opponent.

Pryor

Tracked record

1–5–1

counted from 7 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 Pryor and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Billy Pryor and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1942Apr 8Series
Billy PryorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Pryor 1 · Charles 6 of 7 measurable rows
PryorCharles
Record†
1-5-195-25-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
21.4%
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
2 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.1
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
7
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 Pryor: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Billy Pryor: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Billy Pryor: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Billy Pryor: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Billy Pryor 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 Pryor1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Billy Pryor: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 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 Pryor 7, Ezzard Charles 121 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Charles better on 1

Pryor

Opponent

Charles

  • Billy Pryor

    Loss, KO 4

    1941

    MarshallCharles better

    Ezzard Charles

    2–1 against

    Win, KO 2

    1947

    Win, KO 6

    1946

    Loss, TKO 8

    1943

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 Pryor last boxed on Apr 8, 1942 — 30,875 days ago. Pryor had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Zale Aug 1941Chase Oct 1941Chase Nov 1941Marshall Dec 1941Charles Apr 19421.1 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 Pryor and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Pryor and Ezzard Charles met once on April 8, 1942, and Ezzard Charles won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 8, 1942 · Charles · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pryor or Charles?
Billy Pryor is 1-5-1 across the 7 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 %

Pryor1–5–121.4%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Pryor0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Pryor and Charles have any common opponents?
Billy Pryor and Ezzard Charles share 1 common opponent: Lloyd Marshall. Ezzard Charles fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Lloyd MarshallL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pryor and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Billy Pryor and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pryor7bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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