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Gerhard Hecht vs Peter Bates — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerhard Hecht

Peter Bates

Gerhard Hecht (53-13-6) and Peter Bates (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Hecht

53

Wins23 KO · 43%

13

Losses

6

Draws74 tracked bouts

Bates

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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

Bates leads 1–0

Gerhard Hecht and Peter Bates have met 1 time; Bates leads 1–0.

Gerhard Hecht and Peter Bates have met 1 time; Bates leads 1–0.
Met1956May 4Series
Gerhard HechtFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Peter BatesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Hecht 4 · Bates 2 of 6 measurable rows
HechtBates
Record†
53-13-6 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
77.8% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
43.4%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
43%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
9
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.6
6.6 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
8

† 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

Agenot held
Gerhard Hecht: Died aged 81
Peter Bates: No date of birth

Gerhard Hecht left, Peter Bates right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gerhard Hecht53 wins · from 74 tracked bouts

Gerhard Hecht: 53 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (43%) and 30 on the cards (57%). Counted from 74 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 43%30 on the cards 57%

Peter Bates2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Peter Bates: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerhard Hecht 74, Peter Bates 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Gerhard Hecht has lost four straight, after one straight win. Hecht last boxed on Nov 21, 1958.WLLLL

Schagen May 1957Calzavara Jul 1957Hoepner Sep 1957Cherville Mar 1958Westphal Nov 19586.6 tracked bouts per year

Peter Bates last boxed on Jan 29, 1963 — 23,272 days ago. Bates had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Hecht May 1956Cooper Sep 1956Johansson Dec 1956London Jul 1957Walker Jan 19630.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerhard Hecht and Peter Bates ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerhard Hecht and Peter Bates met once on May 4, 1956, and Peter Bates won by KO.
The meeting

LMay 4, 1956 · Bates · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hecht or Bates?
Gerhard Hecht is 53-13-6 and Peter Bates is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gerhard Hecht has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hecht53–13–677.8%

Bates2–625%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hecht or Bates?
Gerhard Hecht has 23 knockout wins and Peter Bates has 2. Gerhard Hecht has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hecht2343.4%

Bates2

The Numbers ↓
Do Hecht and Bates have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gerhard Hecht and Peter Bates have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hecht and Bates?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Gerhard Hecht and 8 bouts tracked for Peter Bates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hecht74bouts

Bates8bouts

How They Win ↓

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