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Elmer Ray vs Howard Chard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

Howard Chard

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) and Howard Chard (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) 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.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 tracked bouts

Chard

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Ray leads 1–0

Elmer Ray and Howard Chard have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Elmer Ray and Howard Chard have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1947Jul 14Series
Elmer RayFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Howard ChardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Ray 3 · Chard 1 of 4 measurable rows
RayChard
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 69
69 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
1

† 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
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Howard Chard: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
Howard Chard: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Howard Chard0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Howard Chard: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Chard yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Elmer Ray 135, Howard Chard 1 — 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

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

Howard Chard last boxed on Jul 14, 1947 — 28,952 days ago. Chard had lost the most recent, to Elmer Ray.L

Ray Jul 1947

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Ray and Howard Chard ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and Howard Chard met once on July 14, 1947, and Elmer Ray won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WJul 14, 1947 · Ray · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Chard?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and Howard Chard is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ray98–23–1178.4%

Chard0–10%

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

Ray6970.4%

Chard0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Chard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Elmer Ray and Howard Chard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ray and Chard?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray and 1 bout tracked for Howard Chard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ray135bouts

Chard1bout

How They Win ↓

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