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.
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.
Booker Beckwith vs Ezzard Charles — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ezzard Charles leads 1–0- Ezzard Charles wonCharles vs BeckwithJul 27, 1942 · KO · R9
The Numbers
- 2-2
- Record
- 95-25-1 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 78.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 52 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 54.74%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 55% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 6.4 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 124
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 73″ (185 cm)
- —
- Age
- 105
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBooker Beckwith · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Ezzard Charles · 95 wins
KO/TKO
52
Decision
43
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 124 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedBooker Beckwith
LKO R4 · Feb 1947Ezzard Charles
WUD · Nov 1952WUD · Sep 1948WKO R4 · Mar 1947WUD · Nov 1946LUD · Jan 1943Booker Beckwith
WUD · Jan 1942Ezzard Charles
WUD · Dec 1951WUD · May 1951WMD · Feb 1949WUD · Dec 1942WUD · Oct 1942
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Booker Beckwith
LLWW
L2 streak · last fought Feb 3, 1947
Ezzard Charles
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 1, 1959
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Booker Beckwith or Ezzard 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Booker Beckwith or Ezzard Charles?
- Booker Beckwith has 0 knockout wins and Ezzard Charles has 52. Ezzard Charles has more.
- Do Booker Beckwith and Ezzard 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Booker Beckwith and Ezzard Charles?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Booker Beckwith and 124 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.