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Ernest Peirce vs Ken Overlin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ernest Peirce

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Ken Overlin

Ernest Peirce (1-4-1 across 6 tracked bouts) and Ken Overlin (136-19-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Peirce

Tracked record

1–4–1

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Overlin

136

Wins24 KO · 18%

19

Losses

10

Draws167 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

Overlin leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Ernest Peirce and Ken Overlin have met 2 times; Overlin leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Ernest Peirce and Ken Overlin have met 2 times; Overlin leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1939Jul 71940Sep 18Series
Ernest PeirceFighter ADDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
Ken OverlinFighter BDDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Peirce 1 · Overlin 5 of 6 measurable rows
PeirceOverlin
Record†
1-4-1136-19-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
85.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—17.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
18% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.3
1.2
14.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
6
167

† 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
Ernest Peirce: No height on file
Ken Overlin: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Ernest Peirce: No reach on file
Ken Overlin: 70″
Agenot comparable
Ernest Peirce: Died aged 88
Ken Overlin: Died aged 58
Stance
Ernest Peirce: Not recorded
Ken Overlin: Orthodox

Ernest Peirce left, Ken Overlin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ernest Peirce1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Ernest Peirce: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Ken Overlin136 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Ken Overlin: 136 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (18%) and 112 on the cards (82%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 18%112 on the cards 82%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernest Peirce 6, Ken Overlin 167 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Peirce better on 1 · even on 1

Peirce

Opponent

Overlin

  • Ernest Peirce

    Loss, PTS

    1942

    MarshallEven

    Ken Overlin

    Loss, PTS

    1938

  • Ernest Peirce

    Loss, PTS

    1940

    SoosePeirce better

    Ken Overlin

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1941

    Loss, SD

    1940

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

Ernest Peirce has lost four straight. Peirce last boxed on Feb 27, 1942.DLLLL

Overlin Jul 1939Soose May 1940Overlin Sep 1940Burley Oct 1940Marshall Feb 19421.2 tracked bouts per year

Ken Overlin has won four straight since a draw with Fred Apostoli. Overlin last boxed on Sep 26, 1942.DWWWW

Apostoli Jun 1942Donnelly Aug 1942LaBoa Sep 1942Hartnek Sep 1942Lewis Sep 194214.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ernest Peirce and Ken Overlin ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernest Peirce and Ken Overlin have met 2 times and Ken Overlin leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

LSep 18, 1940 · Overlin · PTS

DJul 7, 1939 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Peirce or Overlin?
Ernest Peirce is 1-4-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ken Overlin is 136-19-10. Ken Overlin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Peirce1–4–125%

Overlin136–19–1085.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Peirce or Overlin?
Ernest Peirce has 0 knockout wins and Ken Overlin has 24. Ken Overlin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Peirce0

Overlin2417.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Peirce and Overlin have any common opponents?
Ernest Peirce and Ken Overlin share 2 common opponents: Lloyd Marshall and Billy Soose. Ernest Peirce fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Lloyd MarshallLL

Billy SooseLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Peirce and Overlin?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Ernest Peirce and 167 bouts tracked for Ken Overlin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Peirce6bouts

Overlin167bouts

How They Win ↓

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