Have Ernie Schaaf and Pat McCarthy ever fought each other?

Yes. Ernie Schaaf and Pat McCarthy met once on July 16, 1928, and Ernie Schaaf won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Schaaf or McCarthy?

Ernie Schaaf is 58-15-2 and Pat McCarthy is 0-16-1 across the 17 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 McCarthy have any common opponents?

Ernie Schaaf and Pat McCarthy share 2 common opponents: Primo Carnera and Tommy Loughran. Pat McCarthy fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Ernie Schaaf and 17 bouts tracked for Pat McCarthy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ernie Schaaf vs Pat McCarthy — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Ernie Schaaf

Pat McCarthy

Ernie Schaaf (58-15-2) and Pat McCarthy (0-16-1 across 17 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Schaaf

Wins

Losses

Draws75 tracked bouts

McCarthy

Tracked record

0–16–1

counted from 17 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 Pat McCarthy have met 1 time; Schaaf leads 1–0.
Met	1928Jul 16	Series
Ernie SchaafFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Pat McCarthyFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSSchaaf vs McCarthy	1Meeting

Schaaf vs McCarthy · Jul 16, 1928

The Numbers

Schaaf 4 · McCarthy 0 of 4 measurable rows

SchaafEdge = longer wingMcCarthy

Record^†: 58-15-2 (edge)0-16-1
Win %0–100%: 78.7% (edge)
2.9%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 40%—
Times stopped^‡max 4: 1 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.7: 12.7 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 75: 75
17

† 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; Pat McCarthy: No date of birth
Stance: Ernie Schaaf: Orthodox; Pat McCarthy: Not recorded

Ernie Schaaf left, Pat McCarthy 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%

Pat McCarthy0 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for McCarthy yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernie Schaaf 75, Pat McCarthy 17 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · McCarthy better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Pat McCarthy better on 1 · even on 1

SchaafErnie Schaaf

Opponent

McCarthyPat McCarthy

Ernie Schaaf
Loss, KO 13
1933Feb 1933
CarneraPrimo CarneraItaly 88–14EvenEven — 0–1 both
Pat McCarthy
Loss, TKO 2
1930Sep 1930
Ernie Schaaf
2–2 against
Loss, UD
1931Mar 1931
Win, UD
1930Jun 1930
Win, SD
1930Apr 1930
Loss, PTS
1929May 1929
LoughranTommy LoughranUnited States 124–32–13McCarthy betterPat McCarthy better — 0–1 to 2–2
Pat McCarthy
Loss, PTS
1927Nov 1927

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

Pat McCarthy last boxed on Jun 9, 1931 — 34,833 days ago. McCarthy had lost 16 straight.LLLLL

Gains Feb 1928Schaaf Jul 1928Gains Oct 1928Carnera Sep 1930Levinsky Jun 19311.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Ernie Schaaf and Pat McCarthy ever fought each other?: Yes. Ernie Schaaf and Pat McCarthy met once on July 16, 1928, and Ernie Schaaf won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Schaaf or McCarthy?: Ernie Schaaf is 58-15-2 and Pat McCarthy is 0-16-1 across the 17 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 McCarthy have any common opponents?: Ernie Schaaf and Pat McCarthy share 2 common opponents: Primo Carnera and Tommy Loughran. Pat McCarthy fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Schaaf and McCarthy?: This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Ernie Schaaf and 17 bouts tracked for Pat McCarthy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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