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Ezzard Charles vs Wes Bascom — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ezzard Charles

Wes Bascom

Ezzard Charles (95-25-1) and Wes Bascom (1-3 across 4 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.

Charles

95

Wins52 KO · 55%

25

Losses

1

Draw121 tracked bouts

Bascom

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Wes Bascom have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.

Ezzard Charles and Wes Bascom have met 1 time; Charles leads 1–0.
Met1953Jan 14Series
Ezzard CharlesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Wes BascomFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Charles 6 · Bascom 1 of 7 measurable rows
CharlesBascom
Record†
95-25-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
78.9% (edge)
25%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.2
6.2 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 121
121
4

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

Ezzard Charles left, Wes Bascom 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%

Wes Bascom1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Wes Bascom: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 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, Wes Bascom 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Charles better on 1 · even on 1

Charles

Opponent

Bascom

  • Ezzard Charles

    Win, KO 2

    1954

    SatterfieldEven

    Wes Bascom

    Win, MD

    1951

  • Ezzard Charles

    4–1 against

    Win, UD

    1952

    Win, UD

    1948

    Win, KO 4

    1947

    Win, UD

    1946

    Loss, UD

    1943

    BivinsCharles better

    Wes Bascom

    Loss, MD

    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

Wes Bascom last boxed on Oct 19, 1953 — 26,662 days ago. Bascom had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Satterfield Nov 1951Bivins Oct 1952Charles Jan 1953Patterson Oct 19532.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ezzard Charles and Wes Bascom ever fought each other?
Yes. Ezzard Charles and Wes Bascom met once on January 14, 1953, and Ezzard Charles won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WJan 14, 1953 · Charles · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Charles or Bascom?
Ezzard Charles is 95-25-1 and Wes Bascom is 1-3 across the 4 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%

Bascom1–325%

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

Charles5254.7%

Bascom0

The Numbers ↓
Do Charles and Bascom have any common opponents?
Ezzard Charles and Wes Bascom share 2 common opponents: Bob Satterfield and Jimmy Bivins. Ezzard Charles fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Bob SatterfieldWW

Jimmy Bivins4–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charles and Bascom?
This comparison is drawn from 121 bouts tracked for Ezzard Charles and 4 bouts tracked for Wes Bascom. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Charles121bouts

Bascom4bouts

How They Win ↓

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