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Gerhard Zech vs Joe Bygraves — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gerhard Zech

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Joe Bygraves

Gerhard Zech (3-10-2 across 15 tracked bouts) and Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Zech

Tracked record

3–10–2

counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 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

Zech leads 2–1

Gerhard Zech and Joe Bygraves have met 3 times; Zech leads 2–1.

Gerhard Zech and Joe Bygraves have met 3 times; Zech leads 2–1.
Met1961Nov 31963Nov 81965Mar 6Series
Gerhard ZechFighter ALLostWWonWWon2–1W–L
Joe BygravesFighter BWWonLLostLLost1–2W–L
ResultTKOTKOPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Zech 2 · Bygraves 5 of 7 measurable rows
ZechBygraves
Record†
3-10-242-28-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
26.7%
59.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
2
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
67% (edge)
52%
Times stopped‡max 7
4 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.1
1.4
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
15
72

† 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
Gerhard Zech: No height on file
Joe Bygraves: 6′1″
Agenot comparable
Gerhard Zech: Died aged 78
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Stance
Gerhard Zech: Not recorded
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox

Gerhard Zech left, Joe Bygraves right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gerhard Zech3 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

Gerhard Zech: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

Joe Bygraves42 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Bygraves: 42 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (52%), 19 on the cards (45%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 52%19 on the cards 45%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gerhard Zech 15, Joe Bygraves 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Zech better on 1 · Bygraves better on 1 · even on 1

Zech

Opponent

Bygraves

  • Gerhard Zech

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1967

    Loss, PTS

    1965

    MildenbergerBygraves better

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1962

  • Gerhard Zech

    Loss, KO

    1964

    FolleyEven

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, TKO

    1958

  • Gerhard Zech

    Win, KO

    1960

    BozzanoZech better

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1959

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

Gerhard Zech has lost five straight. Zech last boxed on Dec 3, 1971.LLLLL

Mildenberger Dec 1967Blin May 1968Grupe Nov 1968Blin Nov 1969Peralta Dec 19711.4 tracked bouts per year

Joe Bygraves has lost three straight, after one straight win. Bygraves last boxed on Mar 20, 1967.LWLLL

Walker Jan 1964Westphal Feb 1965Zech Mar 1965Chuvalo Dec 1965Corletti Mar 19675.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gerhard Zech and Joe Bygraves ever fought each other?
Yes. Gerhard Zech and Joe Bygraves have met 3 times and Gerhard Zech leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

WMar 6, 1965 · Zech · PTS

WNov 8, 1963 · Zech · TKO

LNov 3, 1961 · Bygraves · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Zech or Bygraves?
Gerhard Zech is 3-10-2 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2. Joe Bygraves has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Zech3–10–226.7%

Bygraves42–28–259.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Zech or Bygraves?
Gerhard Zech has 2 knockout wins and Joe Bygraves has 22. Joe Bygraves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Zech2

Bygraves2252.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Zech and Bygraves have any common opponents?
Gerhard Zech and Joe Bygraves share 3 common opponents: Karl Mildenberger, Zora Folley and Giacomo Bozzano. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Karl MildenbergerLL

Zora FolleyLL

Giacomo BozzanoWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Zech and Bygraves?
This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for Gerhard Zech and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Zech15bouts

Bygraves72bouts

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