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Ezzard Charles vs Joe Kahut — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ezzard Charles

Joe Kahut

Ezzard Charles (95-25-1) and Joe Kahut (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Charles

95

Wins52 KO · 55%

25

Losses

1

Draw121 tracked bouts

Kahut

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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

Charles leads 1–0

Ezzard Charles and Joe Kahut have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Ezzard Charles and Joe Kahut have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1951Dec 12Series
Ezzard CharlesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe KahutFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Charles 6 · Kahut 1 of 7 measurable rows
CharlesKahut
Record†
95-25-1 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%
78.9% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
54.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
55% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
121
6

† 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
Ezzard Charles: 6′0″
Joe Kahut: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ezzard Charles: 73″
Joe Kahut: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ezzard Charles: Died aged 53
Joe Kahut: No date of birth
Stance
Ezzard Charles: Orthodox
Joe Kahut: Not recorded

Ezzard Charles left, Joe Kahut right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ezzard Charles95 wins · from 121 tracked bouts

Ezzard Charles: 95 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (55%) and 43 on the cards (45%). Counted from 121 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 55%43 on the cards 45%

Joe Kahut1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Joe Kahut: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts 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 — Ezzard Charles 121, Joe Kahut 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Charles better on 3

Charles

Opponent

Kahut

  • Ezzard Charles

    5–0 against

    Win, UD

    1951

    Win, UD

    1951

    Win, MD

    1949

    Win, UD

    1942

    Win, UD

    1942

    MaximCharles better

    Joe Kahut

    1–2 against

    Loss, TKO

    1949

    Win, SD

    1948

    Loss, UD

    1948

  • Ezzard Charles

    Win, RTD 7

    1949

    LesnevichCharles better

    Joe Kahut

    Loss, KO 1

    1946

  • Ezzard Charles

    2–1 against

    Win, KO 2

    1947

    Win, KO 6

    1946

    Loss, TKO 8

    1943

    MarshallCharles better

    Joe Kahut

    Loss, PTS

    1944

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

Ezzard Charles has lost two straight, after one straight win. Charles last boxed on Sep 1, 1959.LLWLL

Zuany Sep 1958Fleeman Oct 1958Ashley Jul 1959Logan Jul 1959Green Sep 19596.2 tracked bouts per year

Joe Kahut last boxed on Dec 12, 1951 — 27,343 days ago. Kahut had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Lesnevich Jan 1946Maxim Jun 1948Maxim Oct 1948Maxim Oct 1949Charles Dec 19510.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ezzard Charles and Joe Kahut ever fought each other?
Yes. Ezzard Charles and Joe Kahut met once on December 12, 1951, and Ezzard Charles won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WDec 12, 1951 · Charles · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Charles or Kahut?
Ezzard Charles is 95-25-1 and Joe Kahut is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ezzard Charles has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Charles95–25–178.9%

Kahut1–516.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Charles or Kahut?
Ezzard Charles has 52 knockout wins and Joe Kahut has 0. Ezzard Charles has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Charles5254.7%

Kahut0

The Numbers ↓
Do Charles and Kahut have any common opponents?
Ezzard Charles and Joe Kahut share 3 common opponents: Joey Maxim, Gus Lesnevich and Lloyd Marshall. Ezzard Charles fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Joey MaximW1–2

Gus LesnevichWL

Lloyd Marshall2–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charles and Kahut?
This comparison is drawn from 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles and 6 bouts tracked for Joe Kahut. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Charles121bouts

Kahut6bouts

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