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Booker Beckwith vs Ezzard Charles — record, stats and common opponents compared

Booker Beckwith

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Ezzard Charles

Booker Beckwith (2-2 across 4 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.

Beckwith

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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

Booker Beckwith and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Booker Beckwith and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1942Jul 27Series
Booker BeckwithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Beckwith 1 · Charles 6 of 7 measurable rows
BeckwithCharles
Record†
2-295-25-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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
0.7
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
4
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
Booker Beckwith: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Booker Beckwith: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Booker Beckwith: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Booker Beckwith: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Booker Beckwith 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
Booker Beckwith2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Booker Beckwith: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 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 — Booker Beckwith 4, Ezzard Charles 121 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Charles better on 2

Beckwith

Opponent

Charles

  • Booker Beckwith

    Loss, KO 4

    1947

    BivinsCharles better

    Ezzard Charles

    4–1 against

    Win, UD

    1952

    Win, UD

    1948

    Win, KO 4

    1947

    Win, UD

    1946

    Loss, UD

    1943

  • Booker Beckwith

    Win, UD

    1942

    MaximCharles better

    Ezzard Charles

    5–0 against

    Win, UD

    1951

    Win, UD

    1951

    Win, MD

    1949

    Win, UD

    1942

    Win, UD

    1942

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

Booker Beckwith last boxed on Feb 3, 1947 — 29,115 days ago. Beckwith had lost two straight, after two straight wins.WWLL

Krieger May 1941Maxim Jan 1942Charles Jul 1942Bivins Feb 19470.7 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 Booker Beckwith and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Booker Beckwith and Ezzard Charles met once on July 27, 1942, and Ezzard Charles won by KO in round 9.
The meeting

LJul 27, 1942 · Charles · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Beckwith or Charles?
Booker Beckwith is 2-2 across the 4 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 %

Beckwith2–250%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Beckwith0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Beckwith and Charles have any common opponents?
Booker Beckwith and Ezzard Charles share 2 common opponents: Jimmy Bivins and Joey Maxim. Ezzard Charles fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Jimmy BivinsL4–1

Joey MaximWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Beckwith and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Booker Beckwith and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Beckwith4bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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