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James Merriott vs John Henry Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Merriott

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

John Henry Lewis

James Merriott (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Merriott

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts 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

James Merriott and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

James Merriott and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met1936Jun 22Series
James MerriottFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John Henry LewisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Merriott 0 · Lewis 6 of 6 measurable rows
MerriottLewis
Record†
0-3101-11-5 (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 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 11.7
0.8
11.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 117
3
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
James Merriott: No height on file
John Henry Lewis: 5′11″
Reachnot held
James Merriott: No reach on file
John Henry Lewis: 71″
Agenot held
James Merriott: No date of birth
John Henry Lewis: Died aged 59
Stance
James Merriott: Not recorded
John Henry Lewis: Orthodox

James Merriott 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
James Merriott0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

James Merriott: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Merriott 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 — James Merriott 3, 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

James Merriott last boxed on Jul 13, 1936 — 32,972 days ago. Merriott had lost three straight.LLL

Carnera Dec 1932Lewis Jun 1936Baer Jul 19360.8 tracked bouts per year

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 James Merriott and John Henry Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. James Merriott and John Henry Lewis met once on June 22, 1936, and John Henry Lewis won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LJun 22, 1936 · Lewis · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Merriott or Lewis?
James Merriott is 0-3 across the 3 bouts 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 %

Merriott0–30%

Lewis101–11–588.5%

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

Merriott0

Lewis5857.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Merriott and Lewis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Merriott and John Henry Lewis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Merriott and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Merriott and 117 bouts tracked for John Henry Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Merriott3bouts

Lewis117bouts

How They Win ↓

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