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Carl Turner vs Ezzard Charles — record, stats and common opponents compared

Carl Turner

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Ezzard Charles

Carl Turner (0-2 across 2 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.

Turner

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Carl Turner and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Carl Turner and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1940Jun 29Series
Carl TurnerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Turner 1 · Charles 5 of 6 measurable rows
TurnerCharles
Record†
0-295-25-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—54.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—55%
Times stopped‡max 7
0 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.8
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
2
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
Carl Turner: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Carl Turner: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Carl Turner: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Carl Turner: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Carl Turner 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
Carl Turner0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Carl Turner: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Turner yet.

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 — Carl Turner 2, Ezzard Charles 121 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Charles better on 1

Turner

Opponent

Charles

  • Carl Turner

    Loss, UD

    1938

    BurleyCharles better

    Ezzard Charles

    2–0 against

    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

Carl Turner last boxed on Jun 29, 1940 — 31,534 days ago. Turner had lost two straight.LL

Burley Feb 1938Charles Jun 19400.8 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 Carl Turner and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Carl Turner and Ezzard Charles met once on June 29, 1940, and Ezzard Charles won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 29, 1940 · Charles · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Turner or Charles?
Carl Turner is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Turner0–20%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Turner0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Turner and Charles have any common opponents?
Carl Turner and Ezzard Charles share 1 common opponent: Charley Burley. Ezzard Charles fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Charley BurleyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Turner and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Carl Turner and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Turner2bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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