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Harold Mays vs James J. Braddock — record, stats and common opponents compared

Harold Mays

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James J. Braddock

Harold Mays (4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) and James J. Braddock (52-26-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Mays

Tracked record

4–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Braddock

52

Wins27 KO · 52%

26

Losses

7

Draws88 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

Mays leads 1–0

Harold Mays and James J. Braddock have met 1 time; Mays leads 1–0.

Harold Mays and James J. Braddock have met 1 time; Mays leads 1–0.
Met1930Jun 5Series
Harold MaysFighter AWWon1–0W–L
James J. BraddockFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Mays 3 · Braddock 3 of 6 measurable rows
MaysBraddock
Record†
4-2 (edge)52-26-7
Win %0–100%
66.7% (edge)
65.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—51.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
52% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.5
1.2
7.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
6
88

† 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
Harold Mays: No height on file
James J. Braddock: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Harold Mays: No reach on file
James J. Braddock: 75″
Agenot held
Harold Mays: No date of birth
James J. Braddock: Died aged 69

Harold Mays left, James J. Braddock right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harold Mays4 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Harold Mays: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

James J. Braddock52 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

James J. Braddock: 52 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (52%), 20 on the cards (38%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (10%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 52%20 on the cards 38%5 by another method or unrecorded 10%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harold Mays 6, James J. Braddock 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Mays better on 1

Mays

Opponent

Braddock

  • Harold Mays

    1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    Win, NWS

    1928

    SchaafMays better

    James J. Braddock

    Loss, SD

    1931

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

Harold Mays last boxed on Feb 20, 1933 — 34,209 days ago. Mays had won three in a row before losing a decision to Tony Galento.LWWWL

Schaaf Jul 1928Galento Jul 1929Braddock Jun 1930Galento Jun 1931Galento Feb 19331.2 tracked bouts per year

James J. Braddock has won once since losing by stoppage to Joe Louis. Braddock last boxed on Jan 21, 1938.WWWLW

Lewis Nov 1934Lasky Mar 1935Baer Jun 1935Louis Jun 1937Farr Jan 19387.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harold Mays and James J. Braddock ever fought each other?
Yes. Harold Mays and James J. Braddock met once on June 5, 1930, and Harold Mays won by PTS.
The meeting

WJun 5, 1930 · Mays · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mays or Braddock?
Harold Mays is 4-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and James J. Braddock is 52-26-7. Harold Mays has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mays4–266.7%

Braddock52–26–765.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mays or Braddock?
Harold Mays has 0 knockout wins and James J. Braddock has 27. James J. Braddock has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mays0

Braddock2751.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mays and Braddock have any common opponents?
Harold Mays and James J. Braddock share 1 common opponent: Ernie Schaaf. Harold Mays fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ernie Schaaf1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mays and Braddock?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Harold Mays and 88 bouts tracked for James J. Braddock. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mays6bouts

Braddock88bouts

How They Win ↓

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