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Don Barry vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Barry

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Joe Louis

Don Barry (1-6-1 across 8 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.

Barry

Tracked record

1–6–1

counted from 8 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

Don Barry and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Don Barry and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1935Mar 8Series
Don BarryFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Barry 0 · Louis 6 of 6 measurable rows
BarryLouis
Record†
1-6-166-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
18.8%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
79% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
1.5
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
8
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
Don Barry: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Don Barry: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot held
Don Barry: No date of birth
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Don Barry: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Don Barry 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
Don Barry1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Don Barry: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Don Barry 8, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Louis better on 2

Barry

Opponent

Louis

  • Don Barry

    Loss, KO 1

    1933

    GalentoLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 4

    1939

  • Don Barry

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, TKO 5

    1937

    Draw, PTS

    1934

    LewisLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 1

    1939

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

Don Barry last boxed on Apr 2, 1937 — 32,707 days ago. Barry had lost three straight.WDLLL

Walker Nov 1933Lewis Oct 1934Louis Mar 1935Knight Jul 1935Lewis Apr 19371.5 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 Don Barry and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Barry and Joe Louis met once on March 8, 1935, and Joe Louis won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LMar 8, 1935 · Louis · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barry or Louis?
Don Barry is 1-6-1 across the 8 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 %

Barry1–6–118.8%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barry or Louis?
Don Barry has 0 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barry0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barry and Louis have any common opponents?
Don Barry and Joe Louis share 2 common opponents: Tony Galento and John Henry Lewis. Joe Louis fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tony GalentoLW

John Henry Lewis0–1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barry and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Don Barry and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barry8bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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