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Hugo Kelly vs Stanley Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hugo Kelly

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Stanley Ketchel

Hugo Kelly (4-6-6 across 16 tracked bouts) and Stanley Ketchel (51-7-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Kelly

Tracked record

4–6–6

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ketchel

51

Wins46 KO · 90%

7

Losses

3

Draws62 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

Ketchel leads 1–0

Hugo Kelly and Stanley Ketchel have met 1 time; Ketchel leads 1–0.

Hugo Kelly and Stanley Ketchel have met 1 time; Ketchel leads 1–0.
Met1908Jul 31Series
Hugo KellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Stanley KetchelFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 0 · Ketchel 5 of 5 measurable rows
KellyKetchel
Record†
4-6-651-7-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
43.8%
86.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 46
0
46 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—90.2%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
90% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.7
1.7
8.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
16
62

† 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
Hugo Kelly: No height on file
Stanley Ketchel: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Hugo Kelly: No reach on file
Stanley Ketchel: 70″
Agenot held
Hugo Kelly: No date of birth
Stanley Ketchel: Died aged 24

Hugo Kelly left, Stanley Ketchel right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hugo Kelly4 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Hugo Kelly: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Stanley Ketchel51 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Stanley Ketchel: 51 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (90%), 3 on the cards (6%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 90%3 on the cards 6%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hugo Kelly 16, Stanley Ketchel 62 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Kelly better on 1 · Ketchel better on 2

Kelly

Opponent

Ketchel

  • Hugo Kelly

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1910

    Win, NWS

    1909

    KlausKelly better

    Stanley Ketchel

    Loss, NWS

    1910

  • Hugo Kelly

    0–2–2 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1909

    Draw, PTS

    1908

    Loss, PTS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1907

    PapkeKetchel better

    Stanley Ketchel

    3–1 against

    Win, UD

    1909

    Win, KO 11

    1908

    Loss, TKO 12

    1908

    Win, PTS

    1908

  • Hugo Kelly

    1–2–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1905

    Loss, NWS

    1904

    Loss, PTS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1903

    O'BrienKetchel better

    Stanley Ketchel

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 3

    1909

    Win, NWS

    1909

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

Hugo Kelly last boxed on May 28, 1912 — 41,789 days ago. Kelly had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Jack Dillon.DLWWL

Papke Dec 1908Papke May 1909Klaus Jun 1909Klaus Dec 1910Dillon May 19121.7 tracked bouts per year

Stanley Ketchel has won three straight since losses to Frank Klaus and Sam Langford. Ketchel last boxed on Jun 10, 1910.LLWWW

Klaus Mar 1910Langford Apr 1910Flynn May 1910Lewis May 1910Smith Jun 19108.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hugo Kelly and Stanley Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Hugo Kelly and Stanley Ketchel met once on July 31, 1908, and Stanley Ketchel won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LJul 31, 1908 · Ketchel · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Ketchel?
Hugo Kelly is 4-6-6 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Stanley Ketchel is 51-7-3. Stanley Ketchel has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly4–6–643.8%

Ketchel51–7–386.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Ketchel?
Hugo Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Stanley Ketchel has 46. Stanley Ketchel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Ketchel4690.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Hugo Kelly and Stanley Ketchel share 3 common opponents: Frank Klaus, Billy Papke and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Stanley Ketchel fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Frank KlausWL

Billy Papke0–2–23–1

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien1–2–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Hugo Kelly and 62 bouts tracked for Stanley Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly16bouts

Ketchel62bouts

How They Win ↓

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Hugo Kelly vs Stanley Ketchel — Records, Stats & Common Opponents