Have Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless ever fought each other?

Yes. Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless met once on November 21, 1928, and Ernie Schaaf won by TKO in round 7.

Who has the better record, Schaaf or Lawless?

Ernie Schaaf is 58-15-2 and James Jay Lawless is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ernie Schaaf has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Schaaf and Lawless have any common opponents?

Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless share 1 common opponent: Tony Galento. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Schaaf and Lawless?

This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Ernie Schaaf and 3 bouts tracked for James Jay Lawless. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ernie Schaaf vs James Jay Lawless — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Ernie Schaaf

James Jay Lawless

Ernie Schaaf (58-15-2) and James Jay Lawless (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Schaaf

Wins

Losses

Draws75 tracked bouts

Lawless

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts 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

Schaaf leads 1–0

Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless have met 1 time; Schaaf leads 1–0.
Met	1928Nov 21	Series
Ernie SchaafFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
James Jay LawlessFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR7Schaaf vs Lawless	1Meeting

Schaaf vs Lawless · Nov 21, 1928

The Numbers

Schaaf 3 · Lawless 0 of 3 measurable rows

SchaafEdge = longer wingLawless

Record^†: 58-15-2 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%: 78.7% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 40% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 1: 1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§not comparable: 12.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 75: 75
3

† 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: Ernie Schaaf: Died aged 24; James Jay Lawless: No date of birth
Stance: Ernie Schaaf: Orthodox; James Jay Lawless: Not recorded

Ernie Schaaf left, James Jay Lawless 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 Schaaf58 wins · from 75 tracked bouts

23 by KO/TKO 40%30 on the cards 52%5 by another method or unrecorded 9%

James Jay Lawless1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernie Schaaf 75, James Jay Lawless 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

SchaafErnie Schaaf

Opponent

LawlessJames Jay Lawless

Ernie Schaaf
Win, PTS
1932Jun 1932
GalentoTony GalentoUnited States 79–26–6 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 1–0 both
James Jay Lawless
Win, DQ 5
1928Aug 1928

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

Ernie Schaaf had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Primo Carnera. Schaaf last boxed on Feb 10, 1933.LLWWL

Baer Aug 1932Winston Oct 1932Winston Dec 1932Poreda Jan 1933Carnera Feb 193312.7 tracked bouts per year

James Jay Lawless last boxed on Nov 21, 1928 — 35,762 days ago. Lawless had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ernie Schaaf.LWL

Levinsky Apr 1928Galento Aug 1928Schaaf Nov 1928

Common Questions

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Have Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless ever fought each other?: Yes. Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless met once on November 21, 1928, and Ernie Schaaf won by TKO in round 7.
Who has the better record, Schaaf or Lawless?: Ernie Schaaf is 58-15-2 and James Jay Lawless is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ernie Schaaf has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Schaaf and Lawless have any common opponents?: Ernie Schaaf and James Jay Lawless share 1 common opponent: Tony Galento. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Schaaf and Lawless?: This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Ernie Schaaf and 3 bouts tracked for James Jay Lawless. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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