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Freddie Steele vs Gorilla Jones — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Freddie Steele

Freddie Steele

Cross-division

Gorilla Jones

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Gorilla Jones

Freddie Steele (125-5-11) and Gorilla Jones (18-17-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Steele

125

Wins60 KO · 48%

5

Losses

11

Draws140 tracked bouts

Jones

18

Wins10 KO · 56%

17

Losses

2

Draws13 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Steele leads 2–0 with 1 draw

Freddie Steele and Gorilla Jones have met 3 times; Steele leads 2–0 with 1 draw.

Freddie Steele and Gorilla Jones have met 3 times; Steele leads 2–0 with 1 draw.
Met1934May 221935Sep 171937Jan 1Series
Freddie SteeleFighter ADDrawWWonWWon2–0–1W–L–D
Gorilla JonesFighter BDDrawLLostLLost0–2–1W–L–D
ResultPTSUDUD3Meetings

The Numbers

Steele 6 · Jones 2 of 8 measurable rows
SteeleJones
Record
125-5-11 (edge)18-17-2
Win %0–100%
92.6% (edge)
51.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 60
60 (edge)
10
KO rate0–100%
48%
55.56% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
1
Bouts per year‡max 9.6
9.6 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 140
140
13

† 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

Reachnot held
Freddie Steele: No reach on file
Gorilla Jones: 75″
Agenot comparable
Freddie Steele: Died aged 71
Gorilla Jones: Died aged 75
Stance
Freddie Steele: Orthodox
Gorilla Jones: Orthodox

Freddie Steele left, Gorilla Jones right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Middleweight against Welterweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Freddie Steele123 wins · from 140 tracked bouts

Freddie Steele: 123 tracked wins — 58 by KO/TKO (47%) and 65 on the cards (53%). Counted from 140 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

58 by KO/TKO 47%65 on the cards 53%

Gorilla Jones2 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Gorilla Jones: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 13 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 — Freddie Steele 140, Gorilla Jones 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Steele better on 1

Steele

Opponent

Jones

  • Freddie Steele

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1937

    Win, UD

    1936

    Win, UD

    1936

    RiskoSteele better

    Gorilla Jones

    Loss, PTS

    1938

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

Freddie Steele has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Steele last boxed on May 23, 1941.WWWLL

Turner Feb 1938Barth Feb 1938Krieger Jun 1938Hostak Jul 1938Casino May 19419.6 tracked bouts per year

Gorilla Jones had won one in a row before losing a decision to Eddie Babe Risko. Jones last boxed on May 10, 1938.DLLWL

Steele May 1934Steele Sep 1935Steele Jan 1937Freeman Aug 1937Risko May 19380.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Freddie Steele and Gorilla Jones ever fought each other?
Yes. Freddie Steele and Gorilla Jones have met 3 times and Freddie Steele leads the series 2-0 with 1 draw.
The 3 meetings

WJan 1, 1937 · Steele · UD

WSep 17, 1935 · Steele · UD

DMay 22, 1934 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Steele or Jones?
Freddie Steele is 125-5-11 and Gorilla Jones is 18-17-2. Freddie Steele has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Steele125–5–1192.6%

Jones18–17–251.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Steele or Jones?
Freddie Steele has 60 knockout wins and Gorilla Jones has 10. Freddie Steele has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Steele6048%

Jones1055.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Steele and Jones have any common opponents?
Freddie Steele and Gorilla Jones share 1 common opponent: Eddie Babe Risko. Freddie Steele fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Steele and Jones?
This comparison is drawn from 140 bouts tracked for Freddie Steele and 13 bouts tracked for Gorilla Jones. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Steele140bouts

Jones13bouts

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