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Chuck Wepner vs Forest Ward — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Chuck Wepner

Forest Ward

Chuck Wepner (36-14-2) and Forest Ward (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) 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.

Wepner

36

Wins17 KO · 47%

14

Losses

2

Draws53 tracked bouts

Ward

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Wepner leads 1–0

Chuck Wepner and Forest Ward have met 1 time; Wepner leads 1–0.

Chuck Wepner and Forest Ward have met 1 time; Wepner leads 1–0.
Met1968Sep 28Series
Chuck WepnerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Forest WardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Wepner 3 · Ward 1 of 4 measurable rows
WepnerWard
Record†
36-14-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
71.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
47.22%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 10
10
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
53
1

† 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
Chuck Wepner: 6′5″
Forest Ward: No height on file
Agenot held
Chuck Wepner: 87
Forest Ward: No date of birth
Stance
Chuck Wepner: Orthodox
Forest Ward: Not recorded

Chuck Wepner left, Forest Ward right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Chuck Wepner36 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Chuck Wepner: 36 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (47%) and 19 on the cards (53%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 47%19 on the cards 53%

Forest Ward0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Forest Ward: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ward yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Chuck Wepner 53, Forest Ward 1 — 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

Chuck Wepner last boxed on Sep 26, 1978 — 17,554 days ago. Wepner had won two in a row before losing a decision to Scott Frank.LLWWL

Schutte Feb 1977Geisler May 1977Blaine Apr 1978Healy Jun 1978Frank Sep 19783.7 tracked bouts per year

Forest Ward last boxed on Sep 28, 1968 — 21,204 days ago. Ward had lost the most recent, to Chuck Wepner.L

Wepner Sep 1968

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Chuck Wepner and Forest Ward ever fought each other?
Yes. Chuck Wepner and Forest Ward met once on September 28, 1968, and Chuck Wepner won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WSep 28, 1968 · Wepner · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wepner or Ward?
Chuck Wepner is 36-14-2 and Forest Ward is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Chuck Wepner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Wepner36–14–271.2%

Ward0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wepner or Ward?
Chuck Wepner has 17 knockout wins and Forest Ward has 0. Chuck Wepner has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wepner1747.2%

Ward0

The Numbers ↓
Do Wepner and Ward have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Chuck Wepner and Forest Ward have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wepner and Ward?
This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for Chuck Wepner and 1 bout tracked for Forest Ward. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wepner53bouts

Ward1bout

How They Win ↓

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