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Herbert Lewis Hardwick vs William Poli — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Herbert Lewis Hardwick

William Poli

Herbert Lewis Hardwick (178-58-11) and William Poli (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Hardwick

178

Wins48 KO · 27%

58

Losses

11

Draws249 tracked bouts

Poli

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Poli leads 1–0

Herbert Lewis Hardwick and William Poli have met 1 time; Poli leads 1–0.

Herbert Lewis Hardwick and William Poli have met 1 time; Poli leads 1–0.
Met1947Sep 2Series
Herbert Lewis HardwickFighter ALLost0–1W–L
William PoliFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Hardwick 5 · Poli 1 of 6 measurable rows
HardwickPoli
Record†
178-58-11 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
74.3% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
26.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
26% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.9
12.9 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 249
249
2

† 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

Agenot held
Herbert Lewis Hardwick: Died aged 52
William Poli: No date of birth
Stance
Herbert Lewis Hardwick: Orthodox
William Poli: Not recorded

Herbert Lewis Hardwick left, William Poli right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Herbert Lewis Hardwick178 wins · from 249 tracked bouts

Herbert Lewis Hardwick: 178 tracked wins — 47 by KO/TKO (26%) and 131 on the cards (74%). Counted from 249 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

47 by KO/TKO 26%131 on the cards 74%

William Poli1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

William Poli: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Herbert Lewis Hardwick 249, William Poli 2 — 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

Herbert Lewis Hardwick had won three in a row before losing a decision to Bobby Mann. Hardwick last boxed on Aug 24, 1948.LWWWL

Alvarez Sep 1947Alvarez Oct 1947Pedroso Oct 1947Barnes Dec 1947Mann Aug 194812.9 tracked bouts per year

William Poli last boxed on May 3, 1949 — 28,294 days ago. Poli had won one in a row before losing to Randy Turpin.WL

Hardwick Sep 1947Turpin May 19491.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Herbert Lewis Hardwick and William Poli ever fought each other?
Yes. Herbert Lewis Hardwick and William Poli met once on September 2, 1947, and William Poli won by UD.
The meeting

LSep 2, 1947 · Poli · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hardwick or Poli?
Herbert Lewis Hardwick is 178-58-11 and William Poli is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Herbert Lewis Hardwick has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hardwick178–58–1174.3%

Poli1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hardwick or Poli?
Herbert Lewis Hardwick has 48 knockout wins and William Poli has 0. Herbert Lewis Hardwick has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hardwick4827%

Poli0

The Numbers ↓
Do Hardwick and Poli have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Herbert Lewis Hardwick and William Poli have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hardwick and Poli?
This comparison is drawn from 249 bouts tracked for Herbert Lewis Hardwick and 2 bouts tracked for William Poli. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hardwick249bouts

Poli2bouts

How They Win ↓

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