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Freddie Steele (125-5-11) and Swede Berglund (4-5-1 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Freddie Steele vs Swede Berglund — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Freddie Steele

125–5–11

140 tracked bouts

Swede Berglund

Tracked record

4–5–1

10 tracked bouts

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

Freddie Steele leads 1–0

The Numbers

125-5-11 (edge)
Record
4-5-1

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

92.6% (edge)
Win %
45%
60 (edge)
Wins by knockout
1
48%
KO rate
47% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
25%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3
Times stopped
3

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Title reigns
0
9.6 (edge)
Bouts per year
2

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

140
Bouts tracked
10

Tale of the Tape

113
Age
Orthodox
Stance
Middleweight
Division
American
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Freddie Steele · 123 wins

KO/TKO
58
Decision
65
Other
0

Swede Berglund · 4 wins

KO/TKO
1
Decision
3
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (140 and 10 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared
  • Freddie Steele

    LKO R1 · Jul 1938

    Al Hostak

    Swede Berglund

    LTKO R2 · Mar 1938
  • Freddie Steele

    WUD · Jun 1938

    Solly Krieger

    Swede Berglund

    LTKO R6 · Jul 1938WPTS · May 1934
  • Freddie Steele

    LTKO R9 · Jan 1938WTKO · Apr 1935

    Fred Apostoli

    Swede Berglund

    LPTS · Nov 1935
  • Freddie Steele

    WUD · Feb 1937WUD · Jul 1936WUD · Mar 1936

    Eddie Babe Risko

    Swede Berglund

    WKO R4 · Jan 1934
  • Freddie Steele

    WKO R1 · Oct 1934WPTS · Jun 1933

    Joe Glick

    Swede Berglund

    WPTS · Jun 1933

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Freddie Steele

LLWWW

L2 streak · last fought May 23, 1941

Swede Berglund

LLDLL

L2 streak · last fought Jul 15, 1938

Common Questions

Have Freddie Steele and Swede Berglund ever fought each other?
Yes. Freddie Steele and Swede Berglund met once on October 18, 1935, and Freddie Steele won by TKO in round 6.
Who has the better record, Freddie Steele or Swede Berglund?
Freddie Steele is 125-5-11 and Swede Berglund is 4-5-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Freddie Steele has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Freddie Steele or Swede Berglund?
Freddie Steele has 60 knockout wins and Swede Berglund has 1. Freddie Steele has more.
Do Freddie Steele and Swede Berglund have any common opponents?
Freddie Steele and Swede Berglund share 5 common opponents: Al Hostak, Solly Krieger and Fred Apostoli (and 2 others). Freddie Steele fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Freddie Steele and Swede Berglund?
This comparison is drawn from 140 bouts tracked for Freddie Steele and 10 bouts tracked for Swede Berglund. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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