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Hambone Kelly vs Paul Berlenbach — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hambone Kelly

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Paul Berlenbach

Hambone Kelly (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Paul Berlenbach (40-8-3) 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.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Berlenbach

40

Wins33 KO · 83%

8

Losses

3

Draws54 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

Berlenbach leads 1–0

Hambone Kelly and Paul Berlenbach have met 1 time; Berlenbach leads 1–0.

Hambone Kelly and Paul Berlenbach have met 1 time; Berlenbach leads 1–0.
Met1924Aug 15Series
Hambone KellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul BerlenbachFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Berlenbach 4 of 5 measurable rows
KellyBerlenbach
Record†
0-240-8-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
81.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—82.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—83%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
2
54

† 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
Hambone Kelly: No height on file
Paul Berlenbach: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Hambone Kelly: No reach on file
Paul Berlenbach: 72″
Agenot held
Hambone Kelly: No date of birth
Paul Berlenbach: Died aged 84
Stance
Hambone Kelly: Not recorded
Paul Berlenbach: Orthodox

Hambone Kelly left, Paul Berlenbach right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hambone Kelly0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Hambone Kelly: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

Paul Berlenbach41 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Paul Berlenbach: 41 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (83%), 6 on the cards (15%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 83%6 on the cards 15%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hambone Kelly 2, Paul Berlenbach 54 — 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

Hambone Kelly last boxed on Mar 3, 1925 — 37,121 days ago. Kelly had lost two straight.LL

Berlenbach Aug 1924Rosenbloom Mar 1925

Paul Berlenbach has lost the most recent, to Carl Knowles. Berlenbach last boxed on Sep 28, 1933.WWLNCL

Henderson Apr 1931Garfield Jul 1931Weiner Jul 1931Lopez Sep 1931Knowles Sep 19335.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hambone Kelly and Paul Berlenbach ever fought each other?
Yes. Hambone Kelly and Paul Berlenbach met once on August 15, 1924, and Paul Berlenbach won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LAug 15, 1924 · Berlenbach · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Berlenbach?
Hambone Kelly is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Paul Berlenbach is 40-8-3. Paul Berlenbach has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly0–20%

Berlenbach40–8–381.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Berlenbach?
Hambone Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Paul Berlenbach has 33. Paul Berlenbach has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Berlenbach3382.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Berlenbach have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Hambone Kelly and Paul Berlenbach have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Berlenbach?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Hambone Kelly and 54 bouts tracked for Paul Berlenbach. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly2bouts

Berlenbach54bouts

How They Win ↓

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