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

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Charley Retzlaff

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Joe Louis

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.

Retzlaff

Tracked record

3–2

counted from 5 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 Retzlaff and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Charley Retzlaff and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1936Jan 17Series
Charley RetzlaffFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Retzlaff 1 · Louis 6 of 7 measurable rows
RetzlaffLouis
Record†
3-266-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
60%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
1
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
79% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
1
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
5
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 Retzlaff: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Charley Retzlaff: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot comparable
Charley Retzlaff: Died aged 65
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Charley Retzlaff: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Charley Retzlaff 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 Retzlaff3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Charley Retzlaff: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%), 1 on the cards (33%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%1 on the cards 33%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

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 Retzlaff 5, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Louis better on 1 · even on 1

Retzlaff

Opponent

Louis

  • Charley Retzlaff

    Win, SD

    1932

    BraddockEven

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 8

    1937

  • Charley Retzlaff

    Loss, KO 1

    1933

    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 Retzlaff has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Retzlaff last boxed on Jan 17, 1936.WWWLL

Heeney Mar 1931Braddock May 1932Heeney Mar 1933Levinsky May 1933Louis Jan 19361 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 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.
The meeting

LJan 17, 1936 · Louis · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Retzlaff or 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.
Records · win %

Retzlaff3–260%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Retzlaff or Louis?
Charley Retzlaff has 1 knockout win and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Retzlaff1

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Retzlaff and 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.
2 shared opponents

James J. BraddockWW

King LevinskyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Retzlaff and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Retzlaff5bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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