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Hans Birkie vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hans Birkie

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Joe Louis

Hans Birkie (2-8 across 10 tracked bouts) and Joe Louis (66-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Birkie

Tracked record

2–8

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

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

Louis leads 1–0

Hans Birkie and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Hans Birkie and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1935Jan 11Series
Hans BirkieFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Birkie 0 · Louis 6 of 6 measurable rows
BirkieLouis
Record†
2-866-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
79% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
1.3
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
10
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
Hans Birkie: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Hans Birkie: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot held
Hans Birkie: No date of birth
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Hans Birkie: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Hans Birkie left, Joe Louis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hans Birkie2 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Hans Birkie: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hans Birkie 10, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Louis better on 4 · even on 1

Birkie

Opponent

Louis

  • Hans Birkie

    Loss, PTS

    1938

    GodoyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1940

    Win, SD

    1940

  • Hans Birkie

    Loss, UD

    1937

    LewisLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 1

    1939

  • Hans Birkie

    Win, PTS

    1933

    BraddockEven

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 8

    1937

  • Hans Birkie

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1935

    Loss, KO

    1935

    LevinskyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 1

    1935

  • Hans Birkie

    Loss, UD

    1932

    CarneraLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 6

    1935

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

Hans Birkie last boxed on Dec 18, 1938 — 32,085 days ago. Birkie had lost five straight.LLLLL

Louis Jan 1935Levinsky Apr 1935Levinsky May 1935Lewis Mar 1937Godoy Dec 19381.3 tracked bouts per year

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hans Birkie and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Hans Birkie and Joe Louis met once on January 11, 1935, and Joe Louis won by TKO.
The meeting

LJan 11, 1935 · Louis · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Birkie or Louis?
Hans Birkie is 2-8 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Birkie2–820%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Birkie or Louis?
Hans Birkie has 0 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Birkie0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Birkie and Louis have any common opponents?
Hans Birkie and Joe Louis share 5 common opponents: Arturo Godoy, John Henry Lewis and James J. Braddock (and 2 others). Joe Louis fared better against 4 of them.
5 shared opponents

Arturo GodoyLW

John Henry LewisLW

James J. BraddockWW

King LevinskyLW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Birkie and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Hans Birkie and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Birkie10bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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