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Jack Roper vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jack Roper

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Joe Louis

Jack Roper (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Joe Louis (66-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Roper

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 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

Louis leads 1–0

Jack Roper and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Jack Roper and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1939Apr 17Series
Jack RoperFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Roper 0 · Louis 6 of 6 measurable rows
RoperLouis
Record†
0-566-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
0.4
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
5
72

† 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
Jack Roper: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Jack Roper: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot held
Jack Roper: No date of birth
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Jack Roper: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Jack Roper left, Joe Louis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jack Roper0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jack Roper: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roper yet.

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Roper 5, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Louis better on 2

Roper

Opponent

Louis

  • Jack Roper

    Loss, KO 7

    1937

    GodoyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1940

    Win, SD

    1940

  • Jack Roper

    Loss, KO 1

    1931

    BraddockLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 8

    1937

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

Jack Roper last boxed on Apr 17, 1939 — 31,963 days ago. Roper had lost five straight.LLLLL

Godfrey Apr 1927Godfrey May 1927Braddock Mar 1931Godoy Jan 1937Louis Apr 19390.4 tracked bouts per year

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Roper and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Roper and Joe Louis met once on April 17, 1939, and Joe Louis won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LApr 17, 1939 · Louis · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roper or Louis?
Jack Roper is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Roper0–50%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Roper or Louis?
Jack Roper has 0 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Roper0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Roper and Louis have any common opponents?
Jack Roper and Joe Louis share 2 common opponents: Arturo Godoy and James J. Braddock. Joe Louis fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Arturo GodoyLW

James J. BraddockLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roper and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jack Roper and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Roper5bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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