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

Charley Norkus

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Ezzard Charles

Charley Norkus (1-5 across 6 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.

Norkus

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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 Norkus and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Charley Norkus and Ezzard Charles have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1955Feb 18Series
Charley NorkusFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ezzard CharlesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Norkus 1 · Charles 6 of 7 measurable rows
NorkusCharles
Record†
1-595-25-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
78.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—54.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
55% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.2
1.5
6.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
6
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 Norkus: No height on file
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Charley Norkus: No reach on file
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Agenot held
Charley Norkus: No date of birth
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Stance
Charley Norkus: Not recorded
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox

Charley Norkus 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 Norkus1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Charley Norkus: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 Norkus 6, Ezzard Charles 121 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Norkus better on 1 · Charles better on 1

Norkus

Opponent

Charles

  • Charley Norkus

    Loss, UD

    1958

    MooreCharles better

    Ezzard Charles

    3–0 against

    Win, KO 8

    1948

    Win, MD

    1947

    Win, UD

    1946

  • Charley Norkus

    Loss, TKO 5

    1954

    JacksonNorkus better

    Ezzard Charles

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1955

    Loss, UD

    1955

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 Norkus last boxed on May 26, 1958 — 24,983 days ago. Norkus had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Starza Dec 1954Charles Feb 1955Harris Oct 1956Pastrano Dec 1956Moore May 19581.5 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 Norkus and Ezzard Charles ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Norkus and Ezzard Charles met once on February 18, 1955, and Ezzard Charles won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 18, 1955 · Charles · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Norkus or Charles?
Charley Norkus is 1-5 across the 6 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 %

Norkus1–516.7%

Charles95–25–178.9%

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

Norkus0

Charles5254.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Norkus and Charles have any common opponents?
Charley Norkus and Ezzard Charles share 2 common opponents: Archie Moore and Tommy Hurricane Jackson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Archie MooreLW

Tommy Hurricane JacksonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Norkus and Charles?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Charley Norkus and 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Norkus6bouts

Charles121bouts

How They Win ↓

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