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Herb Coleman vs John Henry Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Herb Coleman

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

John Henry Lewis

Herb Coleman (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Coleman

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Herb Coleman and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

Herb Coleman and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met1931Jun 25Series
Herb ColemanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John Henry LewisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Coleman 1 · Lewis 4 of 5 measurable rows
ColemanLewis
Record†
0-1101-11-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 58
0
58 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—56%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—11.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 117
1
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
Herb Coleman: No height on file
John Henry Lewis: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Herb Coleman: No reach on file
John Henry Lewis: 71″
Agenot held
Herb Coleman: No date of birth
John Henry Lewis: Died aged 59
Stance
Herb Coleman: Not recorded
John Henry Lewis: Orthodox

Herb Coleman 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
Herb Coleman0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Herb Coleman: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Coleman yet.

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 — Herb Coleman 1, John Henry Lewis 117 — 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

Herb Coleman last boxed on Jun 25, 1931 — 34,830 days ago. Coleman had lost the most recent, to John Henry Lewis.L

Lewis Jun 1931

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 Herb Coleman and John Henry Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. Herb Coleman and John Henry Lewis met once on June 25, 1931, and John Henry Lewis won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 25, 1931 · Lewis · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Coleman or Lewis?
Herb Coleman is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Coleman0–10%

Lewis101–11–588.5%

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

Coleman0

Lewis5857.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Coleman and Lewis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Herb Coleman and John Henry Lewis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Coleman and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Herb Coleman and 117 bouts tracked for John Henry Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Coleman1bout

Lewis117bouts

How They Win ↓

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