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Buddy Keener vs Pete Rademacher — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buddy Keener

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Pete Rademacher

Buddy Keener (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Pete Rademacher (15-7-1) 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.

Keener

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Rademacher

15

Wins8 KO · 53%

7

Losses

1

Draw23 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

Rademacher leads 1–0

Buddy Keener and Pete Rademacher have met 1 time; Rademacher leads 1–0.

Buddy Keener and Pete Rademacher have met 1 time; Rademacher leads 1–0.
Met1959Nov 12Series
Buddy KeenerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pete RademacherFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Keener 1 · Rademacher 3 of 4 measurable rows
KeenerRademacher
Record†
0-115-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
67.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 8
0
8 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
1
23

† 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
Buddy Keener: No height on file
Pete Rademacher: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Buddy Keener: No reach on file
Pete Rademacher: 77″
Agenot held
Buddy Keener: No date of birth
Pete Rademacher: Died aged 91
Stance
Buddy Keener: Not recorded
Pete Rademacher: Orthodox

Buddy Keener left, Pete Rademacher right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buddy Keener0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Buddy Keener: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Keener yet.

Pete Rademacher15 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Pete Rademacher: 15 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (53%) and 7 on the cards (47%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 53%7 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Keener 1, Pete Rademacher 23 — 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

Buddy Keener last boxed on Nov 12, 1959 — 24,452 days ago. Keener had lost the most recent, to Pete Rademacher.L

Rademacher Nov 1959

Pete Rademacher has won once since losing a decision to Karl Mildenberger. Rademacher last boxed on Apr 3, 1962.LLWLW

Logan Aug 1961Moore Oct 1961Turman Nov 1961Mildenberger Jan 1962Olson Apr 19625 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Keener and Pete Rademacher ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Keener and Pete Rademacher met once on November 12, 1959, and Pete Rademacher won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LNov 12, 1959 · Rademacher · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Keener or Rademacher?
Buddy Keener is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Pete Rademacher is 15-7-1. Pete Rademacher has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Keener0–10%

Rademacher15–7–167.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Keener or Rademacher?
Buddy Keener has 0 knockout wins and Pete Rademacher has 8. Pete Rademacher has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Keener0

Rademacher853.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Keener and Rademacher have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buddy Keener and Pete Rademacher have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Keener and Rademacher?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Buddy Keener and 23 bouts tracked for Pete Rademacher. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Keener1bout

Rademacher23bouts

How They Win ↓

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