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Earl Bethal vs Elmer Ray — record, stats and common opponents compared

Earl Bethal

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Elmer Ray

Earl Bethal (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Elmer Ray (98-23-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bethal

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 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

Series level 1–1

Earl Bethal and Elmer Ray have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Earl Bethal and Elmer Ray have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1937Jul 271940Jul 4Series
Earl BethalFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Elmer RayFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultPTSKOR12Meetings

The Numbers

Bethal 1 · Ray 5 of 6 measurable rows
BethalRay
Record†
1-198-23-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
78.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 69
0
69 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.8
0.7
8.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
2
135

† 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

Agenot held
Earl Bethal: No date of birth
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Stance
Earl Bethal: Not recorded
Elmer Ray: Orthodox

Earl Bethal left, Elmer Ray right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Earl Bethal1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Earl Bethal: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earl Bethal 2, Elmer Ray 135 — 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

Earl Bethal last boxed on Jul 4, 1940 — 31,525 days ago. Bethal had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Elmer Ray.WL

Ray Jul 1937Ray Jul 19400.7 tracked bouts per year

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earl Bethal and Elmer Ray ever fought each other?
Yes. Earl Bethal and Elmer Ray have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LJul 4, 1940 · Ray · KO R1

WJul 27, 1937 · Bethal · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bethal or Ray?
Earl Bethal is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Elmer Ray is 98-23-11. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bethal1–150%

Ray98–23–1178.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bethal or Ray?
Earl Bethal has 0 knockout wins and Elmer Ray has 69. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bethal0

Ray6970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bethal and Ray have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earl Bethal and Elmer Ray have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bethal and Ray?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Earl Bethal and 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bethal2bouts

Ray135bouts

How They Win ↓

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