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Eddie Steele vs Willie Ritchie — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddie Steele

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Willie Ritchie

Eddie Steele (1-2-1 across 4 tracked bouts) and Willie Ritchie (45-14-17) 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.

Steele

Tracked record

1–2–1

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ritchie

45

Wins9 KO · 20%

14

Losses

17

Draws77 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

Steele leads 1–0

Eddie Steele and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Steele leads 1–0.

Eddie Steele and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Steele leads 1–0.
Met1906Jul 19Series
Eddie SteeleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie RitchieFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Steele 2 · Ritchie 4 of 6 measurable rows
SteeleRitchie
Record†
1-2-145-14-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
37.5%
70.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 9
1
9 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
20%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.6
0.1
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 77
4
77

† 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
Eddie Steele: No date of birth
Willie Ritchie: Died aged 84
Stance
Eddie Steele: Not recorded
Willie Ritchie: Orthodox

Eddie Steele left, Willie Ritchie 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 Steele1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Eddie Steele: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Willie Ritchie45 wins · from 77 tracked bouts

Willie Ritchie: 45 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (20%), 23 on the cards (51%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (29%). Counted from 77 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 20%23 on the cards 51%13 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Steele 4, Willie Ritchie 77 — 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 Steele last boxed on Jan 17, 1949 — 28,398 days ago. Steele had lost the most recent, to Fritzie Zivic.WLDL

Ritchie Jul 1906Gains Nov 1936Zivic Oct 1948Zivic Jan 19490.1 tracked bouts per year

Willie Ritchie has won three straight since losing a decision to Joe Simonich. Ritchie last boxed on Aug 29, 1927.WLWWW

Holley May 1923Simonich Aug 1924Comiskey Jun 1927LaSalle Aug 1927Hoppe Aug 19273.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Steele and Willie Ritchie ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Steele and Willie Ritchie met once on July 19, 1906, and Eddie Steele won by KO.
The meeting

WJul 19, 1906 · Steele · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Steele or Ritchie?
Eddie Steele is 1-2-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Ritchie is 45-14-17. Willie Ritchie has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Steele1–2–137.5%

Ritchie45–14–1770.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Steele or Ritchie?
Eddie Steele has 1 knockout win and Willie Ritchie has 9. Willie Ritchie has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Steele1

Ritchie920%

The Numbers ↓
Do Steele and Ritchie have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Steele and Willie Ritchie have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Steele and Ritchie?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Eddie Steele and 77 bouts tracked for Willie Ritchie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Steele4bouts

Ritchie77bouts

How They Win ↓

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