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Eddie Roberts vs Young Corbett III — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddie Roberts

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Young Corbett III

Eddie Roberts (62-21-10) and Young Corbett III (123-12-20) 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.

Roberts

62

Wins24 KO · 39%

21

Losses

10

Draws3 tracked bouts

III

123

Wins33 KO · 27%

12

Losses

20

Draws156 tracked bouts

Head to Head

III leads 1–0

Eddie Roberts and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.

Eddie Roberts and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.
Met1928Mar 12Series
Eddie RobertsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young Corbett IIIFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Roberts 3 · III 5 of 8 measurable rows
RobertsIII
Record
62-21-10123-12-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%
72%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
24
33 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
38.71% (edge)
26.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
100% (edge)
27%
Times stopped†max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 7.5
2.4
7.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156
3
156

† 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
Eddie Roberts: No height on file
Young Corbett III: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Eddie Roberts: 74″
Young Corbett III: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Eddie Roberts: Died aged 65
Young Corbett III: Died aged 88
Stance
Eddie Roberts: Not recorded
Young Corbett III: Southpaw

Eddie Roberts left, Young Corbett III right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eddie Roberts1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Eddie Roberts: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Young Corbett III124 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

Young Corbett III: 124 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (27%), 89 on the cards (72%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 156 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 27%89 on the cards 72%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Roberts 3, Young Corbett III 156 — 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

Eddie Roberts has lost two straight, after one straight win. Roberts last boxed on Mar 12, 1928.WLL

Dundee Dec 1926Dundee Jan 1927III Mar 19282.4 tracked bouts per year

Young Corbett III has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Fred Apostoli. III last boxed on Aug 20, 1940.LWWWW

Apostoli Nov 1938Foster Dec 1939Sparr Mar 1940Cahill Apr 1940Rangel Aug 19407.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Roberts and Young Corbett III ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Roberts and Young Corbett III met once on March 12, 1928, and Young Corbett III won by KO in round 9.
The meeting

LMar 12, 1928 · III · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roberts or III?
Eddie Roberts is 62-21-10 and Young Corbett III is 123-12-20. Young Corbett III has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Roberts62–21–1072%

III123–12–2085.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Roberts or III?
Eddie Roberts has 24 knockout wins and Young Corbett III has 33. Young Corbett III has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Roberts2438.7%

III3326.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Roberts and III have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Roberts and Young Corbett III have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roberts and III?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Eddie Roberts and 156 bouts tracked for Young Corbett III. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Roberts3bouts

III156bouts

How They Win ↓

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