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Charley Jerome vs Ezzard Charles — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Jerome

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Ezzard Charles

Charley Jerome (0-3 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Jerome

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Charley Jerome and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Charley Jerome and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1940Dec 2Series
Charley JeromeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Jerome 1 · Charles 5 of 6 measurable rows
JeromeCharles
Record†
0-395-25-1 (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
1 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
0.9
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
3
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
Charley Jerome: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Charley Jerome: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Charley Jerome: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Charley Jerome: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Charley Jerome 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
Charley Jerome0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Charley Jerome: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jerome 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 — Charley Jerome 3, Ezzard Charles 121 — 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

Charley Jerome last boxed on Dec 2, 1940 — 31,366 days ago. Jerome had lost three straight.LLL

Freeman May 1937Freeman Jun 1937Charles Dec 19400.9 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 Charley Jerome and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Jerome and Ezzard Charles met once on December 2, 1940, and Ezzard Charles won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LDec 2, 1940 · Charles · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jerome or Charles?
Charley Jerome is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Jerome0–30%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Jerome0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jerome and Charles have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Charley Jerome and Ezzard Charles have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jerome and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Charley Jerome and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jerome3bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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