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Chet Gideon vs Joe Knight — record, stats and common opponents compared

Chet Gideon

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Joe Knight

Chet Gideon (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Joe Knight (125-19-18) 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.

Gideon

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 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

Knight leads 1–0

Chet Gideon and Joe Knight have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.

Chet Gideon and Joe Knight have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.
Met1938Apr 19Series
Chet GideonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe KnightFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gideon 0 · Knight 4 of 4 measurable rows
GideonKnight
Record†
0-1125-19-18 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 66
0
66 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.8%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—15.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
1
164

† 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
Chet Gideon: No height on file
Joe Knight: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Chet Gideon: No reach on file
Joe Knight: 74″
Agenot held
Chet Gideon: No date of birth
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Stance
Chet Gideon: Not recorded
Joe Knight: Southpaw

Chet Gideon left, Joe Knight right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Chet Gideon0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Chet Gideon: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gideon yet.

Joe Knight125 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Joe Knight: 125 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (53%), 58 on the cards (46%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 53%58 on the cards 46%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Chet Gideon 1, Joe Knight 164 — 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

Chet Gideon last boxed on Apr 19, 1938 — 32,326 days ago. Gideon had lost the most recent, to Joe Knight.L

Knight Apr 1938

Joe Knight has won four straight since losing a decision to Melio Bettina. Knight last boxed on Apr 19, 1938.LWWWW

Bettina Jun 1937Anderson Mar 1938Boyle Mar 1938McDuff Apr 1938Gideon Apr 193815.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Chet Gideon and Joe Knight ever fought each other?
Yes. Chet Gideon and Joe Knight met once on April 19, 1938, and Joe Knight won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 19, 1938 · Knight · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gideon or Knight?
Chet Gideon is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Knight is 125-19-18. Joe Knight has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gideon0–10%

Knight125–19–1882.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gideon or Knight?
Chet Gideon has 0 knockout wins and Joe Knight has 66. Joe Knight has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gideon0

Knight6652.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gideon and Knight have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Chet Gideon and Joe Knight have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gideon and Knight?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Chet Gideon and 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gideon1bout

Knight164bouts

How They Win ↓

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