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Charley Massera vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Massera

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Joe Louis

Charley Massera (2-6-1 across 9 tracked bouts) and Joe Louis (66-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Massera

Tracked record

2–6–1

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 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

Louis leads 1–0

Charley Massera and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Charley Massera and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1934Nov 30Series
Charley MasseraFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Massera 1 · Louis 6 of 7 measurable rows
MasseraLouis
Record†
2-6-166-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
27.8%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
79% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
1.9
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
9
72

† 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 Massera: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Charley Massera: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot held
Charley Massera: No date of birth
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Charley Massera: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Charley Massera left, Joe Louis 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 Massera2 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Charley Massera: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Charley Massera 9, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Louis better on 3

Massera

Opponent

Louis

  • Charley Massera

    Loss, KO 3

    1938

    GalentoLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 4

    1939

  • Charley Massera

    Loss, PTS

    1936

    LewisLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 1

    1939

  • Charley Massera

    Loss, SD

    1934

    LevinskyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 1

    1935

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

Charley Massera last boxed on Jan 5, 1938 — 32,432 days ago. Massera had lost five straight.LLLLL

Levinsky Feb 1934Louis Nov 1934Rosenbloom Apr 1935Lewis May 1936Galento Jan 19381.9 tracked bouts per year

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Charley Massera and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Massera and Joe Louis met once on November 30, 1934, and Joe Louis won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LNov 30, 1934 · Louis · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Massera or Louis?
Charley Massera is 2-6-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Massera2–6–127.8%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Massera or Louis?
Charley Massera has 0 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Massera0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Massera and Louis have any common opponents?
Charley Massera and Joe Louis share 3 common opponents: Tony Galento, John Henry Lewis and King Levinsky. Joe Louis fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Tony GalentoLW

John Henry LewisLW

King LevinskyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Massera and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Charley Massera and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Massera9bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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