Skip to main content

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.

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

Hugo Kelly

Tracked record

4–6–6

16 tracked bouts

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Stanley Ketchel

51–7–3

62 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

Stanley Ketchel leads 1–0

The Numbers

4-6-6
Record
51-7-3 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

43.8%
Win %
86.1% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
46 (edge)
—
KO rate
90.2%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
90% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3
Times stopped
3

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
1.7
Bouts per year
8.7 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

16
Bouts tracked
62

Tale of the Tape

—
Height
5′9″ (175 cm)
—
Reach
70″ (178 cm)
—
Age
139
—
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Hugo Kelly · 4 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
1

Stanley Ketchel · 51 wins

KO/TKO
46
Decision
3
Other
2

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (16 and 62 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

  • Hugo Kelly

    WPTS · Dec 1910WNWS · Jun 1909

    Frank Klaus

    Stanley Ketchel

    LNWS · Mar 1910

  • Hugo Kelly

    LKO R1 · May 1909DPTS · Dec 1908LPTS · Mar 1908DPTS · Dec 1907

    Billy Papke

    Stanley Ketchel

    WUD · Jul 1909WKO R11 · Nov 1908LTKO R12 · Sep 1908WPTS · Jun 1908

  • Hugo Kelly

    WPTS · Apr 1905LNWS · Sep 1904LPTS · Mar 1904DPTS · Dec 1903

    Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

    Stanley Ketchel

    WTKO R3 · Jun 1909WNWS · Mar 1909

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Hugo Kelly

LWWLD

L1 streak · last fought May 28, 1912

Stanley Ketchel

WWWLL

W3 streak · last fought Jun 10, 1910

Common Questions

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.
Who has the better record, Hugo Kelly or Stanley 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.
Who has more knockouts, Hugo Kelly or Stanley Ketchel?
Hugo Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Stanley Ketchel has 46. Stanley Ketchel has more.
Do Hugo Kelly and Stanley 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.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hugo Kelly and Stanley 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.

Compare someone else

Fighter A

Fighter B