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Ezzard Charles vs Tommy Harrison — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ezzard Charles

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Tommy Harrison

Ezzard Charles (95-25-1) and Tommy Harrison (2-3 across 5 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.

Charles

95

Wins52 KO · 55%

25

Losses

1

Draw121 tracked bouts

Harrison

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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 Tommy Harrison have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Ezzard Charles and Tommy Harrison have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1953Feb 4Series
Ezzard CharlesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy HarrisonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Charles 6 · Harrison 1 of 7 measurable rows
CharlesHarrison
Record†
95-25-1 (edge)2-3
Win %0–100%
78.9% (edge)
40%
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
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
121
5

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

Ezzard Charles left, Tommy Harrison 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%

Tommy Harrison2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Tommy Harrison: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ezzard Charles 121, Tommy Harrison 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Harrison better on 1

Charles

Opponent

Harrison

  • Ezzard Charles

    4–1 against

    Win, UD

    1952

    Win, UD

    1948

    Win, KO 4

    1947

    Win, UD

    1946

    Loss, UD

    1943

    BivinsHarrison better

    Tommy Harrison

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1953

    Win, UD

    1952

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

Tommy Harrison last boxed on Aug 2, 1954 — 26,377 days ago. Harrison had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Floyd Patterson.LWLWL

Olson Feb 1952Bivins Nov 1952Charles Feb 1953Bivins Apr 1953Patterson Aug 19542 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ezzard Charles and Tommy Harrison ever fought each other?
Yes. Ezzard Charles and Tommy Harrison met once on February 4, 1953, and Ezzard Charles won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WFeb 4, 1953 · Charles · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Charles or Harrison?
Ezzard Charles is 95-25-1 and Tommy Harrison is 2-3 across the 5 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%

Harrison2–340%

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

Charles5254.7%

Harrison0

The Numbers ↓
Do Charles and Harrison have any common opponents?
Ezzard Charles and Tommy Harrison share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Bivins. Tommy Harrison fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jimmy Bivins4–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charles and Harrison?
This comparison is drawn from 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles and 5 bouts tracked for Tommy Harrison. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Charles121bouts

Harrison5bouts

How They Win ↓

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