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Deacon Johnny Brown (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Herbert Lewis Hardwick (178-58-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Deacon Johnny Brown vs Herbert Lewis Hardwick — record, stats and common opponents compared

Deacon Johnny Brown

Tracked record

1–4

5 tracked bouts

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Herbert Lewis Hardwick

178–58–11

249 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

Herbert Lewis Hardwick leads 1–0

The Numbers

1-4
Record
178-58-11 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

20%
Win %
74.3% (edge)
1
Wins by knockout
48 (edge)
KO rate
26.97%
100% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
26%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0 (edge)
Times stopped
7

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
1.3
Bouts per year
12.9 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

5
Bouts tracked
249

Tale of the Tape

Age
112
Stance
Orthodox
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Deacon Johnny Brown · 1 wins

KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0

Herbert Lewis Hardwick · 178 wins

KO/TKO
47
Decision
131
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 249 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Deacon Johnny Brown

    LPTS · Nov 1946WTKO R2 · Sep 1946

    Bert Lytell

    Herbert Lewis Hardwick

    LRTD R6 · May 1947LPTS · Jul 1946LPTS · Mar 1946
  • Deacon Johnny Brown

    LUD · Nov 1946

    Holman Williams

    Herbert Lewis Hardwick

    LUD · May 1945WSD · Mar 1945DPTS · Sep 1944WPTS · Jan 1943WPTS · Mar 1942WUD · Mar 1942LUD · Jan 1942DSD · Dec 1941WUD · Jan 1940WPTS · Jun 1937LPTS · Mar 1937WPTS · Apr 1936WMD · Mar 1936

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Deacon Johnny Brown

LLLWL

L3 streak · last fought Feb 24, 1947

Herbert Lewis Hardwick

LWWWL

L1 streak · last fought Aug 24, 1948

Common Questions

Have Deacon Johnny Brown and Herbert Lewis Hardwick ever fought each other?
Yes. Deacon Johnny Brown and Herbert Lewis Hardwick met once on May 3, 1943, and Herbert Lewis Hardwick won by UD.
Who has the better record, Deacon Johnny Brown or Herbert Lewis Hardwick?
Deacon Johnny Brown is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Herbert Lewis Hardwick is 178-58-11. Herbert Lewis Hardwick has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Deacon Johnny Brown or Herbert Lewis Hardwick?
Deacon Johnny Brown has 1 knockout win and Herbert Lewis Hardwick has 48. Herbert Lewis Hardwick has more.
Do Deacon Johnny Brown and Herbert Lewis Hardwick have any common opponents?
Deacon Johnny Brown and Herbert Lewis Hardwick share 2 common opponents: Bert Lytell and Holman Williams. Deacon Johnny Brown fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Deacon Johnny Brown and Herbert Lewis Hardwick?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Deacon Johnny Brown and 249 bouts tracked for Herbert Lewis Hardwick. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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