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Hans Birkie vs John Henry Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hans Birkie

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

John Henry Lewis

Hans Birkie (2-8 across 10 tracked bouts) and John Henry Lewis (101-11-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Birkie

Tracked record

2–8

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lewis

101

Wins58 KO · 57%

11

Losses

5

Draws117 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

Lewis leads 1–0

Hans Birkie and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

Hans Birkie and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met1937Mar 15Series
Hans BirkieFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John Henry LewisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Birkie 0 · Lewis 7 of 7 measurable rows
BirkieLewis
Record†
2-8101-11-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 58
0
58 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
56% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 11.7
1.3
11.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 117
10
117

† 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
John Henry Lewis: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Hans Birkie: No reach on file
John Henry Lewis: 71″
Agenot held
Hans Birkie: No date of birth
John Henry Lewis: Died aged 59
Stance
Hans Birkie: Not recorded
John Henry Lewis: Orthodox

Hans Birkie left, John Henry Lewis 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%

John Henry Lewis101 wins · from 117 tracked bouts

John Henry Lewis: 101 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (56%) and 44 on the cards (44%). Counted from 117 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 56%44 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hans Birkie 10, John Henry Lewis 117 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Birkie better on 1 · even on 1

Birkie

Opponent

Lewis

  • Hans Birkie

    Loss, TKO

    1935

    LouisEven

    John Henry Lewis

    Loss, KO 1

    1939

  • Hans Birkie

    Win, PTS

    1933

    BraddockBirkie better

    John Henry Lewis

    1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1934

    Win, PTS

    1932

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 — 32,086 days ago. Birkie had lost five straight.LLLLL

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

John Henry Lewis had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Louis. Lewis last boxed on Jan 25, 1939.WWWWL

Ray May 1938Ceccarelli Aug 1938Adamick Sep 1938Gainer Oct 1938Louis Jan 193911.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hans Birkie and John Henry Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. Hans Birkie and John Henry Lewis met once on March 15, 1937, and John Henry Lewis won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 15, 1937 · Lewis · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Birkie or Lewis?
Hans Birkie is 2-8 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Henry Lewis is 101-11-5. John Henry Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Birkie2–820%

Lewis101–11–588.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Birkie or Lewis?
Hans Birkie has 0 knockout wins and John Henry Lewis has 58. John Henry Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Birkie0

Lewis5857.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Birkie and Lewis have any common opponents?
Hans Birkie and John Henry Lewis share 2 common opponents: Joe Louis and James J. Braddock. Hans Birkie fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Joe LouisLL

James J. BraddockW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Birkie and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Hans Birkie and 117 bouts tracked for John Henry Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Birkie10bouts

Lewis117bouts

How They Win ↓

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