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.
Charley Retzlaff (3-2 across 5 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 2 common opponents.
Charley Retzlaff vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Joe Louis leads 1–0- Joe Louis wonLouis vs RetzlaffJan 17, 1936 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 3-2
- Record
- 66-3 (edge)
- 60%
- Win %
- 95.7% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 52 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78.79%
- 33%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 79% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 2.2 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 72
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′2″ (187 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 76″ (193 cm)
- 121
- Age
- 112
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCharley Retzlaff · 3 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
1
Joe Louis · 67 wins
KO/TKO
53
Decision
13
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 72 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Charley Retzlaff
LLWWW
L2 streak · last fought Jan 17, 1936
Joe Louis
LWLLW
L1 streak · last fought Dec 10, 1966
Common Questions
- Have Charley Retzlaff and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Charley Retzlaff and Joe Louis met once on January 17, 1936, and Joe Louis won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Charley Retzlaff or Joe Louis?
- Charley Retzlaff is 3-2 across the 5 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Charley Retzlaff or Joe Louis?
- Charley Retzlaff has 1 knockout win and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
- Do Charley Retzlaff and Joe Louis have any common opponents?
- Charley Retzlaff and Joe Louis share 2 common opponents: James J. Braddock and King Levinsky. Joe Louis fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charley Retzlaff and Joe Louis?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Charley Retzlaff and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.