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Ernie Field vs Happy Pieterse — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ernie Field

Cross-division

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Happy Pieterse

Ernie Field (6-12-1) and Happy Pieterse (17-5) 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.

Field

6

Wins5 KO · 83%

12

Losses

1

Draw19 tracked bouts

Pieterse

17

Wins

5

Losses

0

Draws1 tracked bout

Head to Head

Pieterse leads 1–0

Ernie Field and Happy Pieterse have met 1 time; Pieterse leads 1–0.

Ernie Field and Happy Pieterse have met 1 time; Pieterse leads 1–0.
Met1968Mar 18Series
Ernie FieldFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Happy PieterseFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Field 3 · Pieterse 3 of 6 measurable rows
FieldPieterse
Record
6-12-117-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
34.2%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 5
5 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
83.33% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
67% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡not comparable
8.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 19
19
1

† 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 comparable
Ernie Field: Died aged 70
Happy Pieterse: Died aged 70
Stance
Ernie Field: Initially Orthodox, Then Southpaw
Happy Pieterse: Not recorded

Ernie Field left, Happy Pieterse right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ernie Field6 wins · from 19 tracked bouts

Ernie Field: 6 tracked wins — 4 by KO/TKO (67%) and 2 on the cards (33%). Counted from 19 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 by KO/TKO 67%2 on the cards 33%

Happy Pieterse1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Happy Pieterse: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernie Field 19, Happy Pieterse 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

Ernie Field has lost seven straight. Field last boxed on May 13, 1968.LLLLL

Campbell Jan 1968Cox Feb 1968Pieterse Mar 1968Boddington Apr 1968Innocent May 19688.7 tracked bouts per year

Happy Pieterse has won once, the most recent against Ernie Field. Pieterse last boxed on Mar 18, 1968.W

Field Mar 1968

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ernie Field and Happy Pieterse ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernie Field and Happy Pieterse met once on March 18, 1968, and Happy Pieterse won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 18, 1968 · Pieterse · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Field or Pieterse?
Ernie Field is 6-12-1 and Happy Pieterse is 17-5. Happy Pieterse has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Field6–12–134.2%

Pieterse17–577.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Field or Pieterse?
Ernie Field has 5 knockout wins and Happy Pieterse has 0. Ernie Field has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Field583.3%

Pieterse0

The Numbers ↓
Do Field and Pieterse have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ernie Field and Happy Pieterse have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Field and Pieterse?
This comparison is drawn from 19 bouts tracked for Ernie Field and 1 bout tracked for Happy Pieterse. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Field19bouts

Pieterse1bout

How They Win ↓

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