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

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Ezzard Charles

Joe Sutka

Ezzard Charles (95-25-1) and Joe Sutka (0-7 across 7 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

Sutka

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 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 Sutka have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Ezzard Charles and Joe Sutka have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1941Mar 31Series
Ezzard CharlesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe SutkaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Charles 5 · Sutka 1 of 6 measurable rows
CharlesSutka
Record†
95-25-1 (edge)0-7
Win %0–100%
78.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
54.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
55%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
3.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
121
7

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

Ezzard Charles left, Joe Sutka 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 Sutka0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Sutka: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sutka yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ezzard Charles 121, Joe Sutka 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Charles better on 3

Charles

Opponent

Sutka

  • Ezzard Charles

    4–1 against

    Win, UD

    1952

    Win, UD

    1948

    Win, KO 4

    1947

    Win, UD

    1946

    Loss, UD

    1943

    BivinsCharles better

    Joe Sutka

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1940

    Loss, PTS

    1940

  • Ezzard Charles

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1942

    Win, UD

    1942

    BurleyCharles better

    Joe Sutka

    Loss, KO 4

    1942

  • Ezzard Charles

    Win, TKO 3

    1942

    ChristoforidisCharles better

    Joe Sutka

    Loss, PTS

    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

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 Sutka last boxed on Apr 24, 1942 — 30,863 days ago. Sutka had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Abrams Apr 1940Christoforidis Jul 1940Charles Mar 1941Hardwick Apr 1941Burley Apr 19423.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ezzard Charles and Joe Sutka ever fought each other?
Yes. Ezzard Charles and Joe Sutka met once on March 31, 1941, and Ezzard Charles won by PTS.
The meeting

WMar 31, 1941 · Charles · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Charles or Sutka?
Ezzard Charles is 95-25-1 and Joe Sutka is 0-7 across the 7 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%

Sutka0–70%

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

Charles5254.7%

Sutka0

The Numbers ↓
Do Charles and Sutka have any common opponents?
Ezzard Charles and Joe Sutka share 3 common opponents: Jimmy Bivins, Charley Burley and Anton Christoforidis. Ezzard Charles fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Jimmy Bivins4–1L

Charley BurleyWL

Anton ChristoforidisWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charles and Sutka?
This comparison is drawn from 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles and 7 bouts tracked for Joe Sutka. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Charles121bouts

Sutka7bouts

How They Win ↓

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