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Jim Shires vs Ted "Kid" Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim Shires

🇬🇧LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Ted "Kid" Lewis

Jim Shires (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Ted "Kid" Lewis (232-46-23) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Shires

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lewis

232

Wins77 KO · 33%

46

Losses

23

Draws301 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 4–0

Jim Shires and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 4 times; Lewis leads 4–0.

Jim Shires and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 4 times; Lewis leads 4–0.
Met1911Dec 161912Mar 181912May 181912Dec 16Series
Jim ShiresFighter ALLostLLostLLostLLost0–4W–L
Ted "Kid" LewisFighter BWWonWWonWWonWWon4–0W–L
ResultPTSKOR2TKOR2PTS4Meetings

The Numbers

Shires 1 · Lewis 5 of 6 measurable rows
ShiresLewis
Record†
0-4232-46-23 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
80.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 77
0
77 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—33.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—33%
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 14
0
14 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 14.8
4
14.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 301
4
301

† 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
Jim Shires: No date of birth
Ted "Kid" Lewis: Died aged 75

Jim Shires left, Ted "Kid" Lewis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Shires0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Jim Shires: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shires yet.

Ted "Kid" Lewis232 wins · from 301 tracked bouts

Ted "Kid" Lewis: 232 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (33%), 112 on the cards (48%) and 44 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 301 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 33%112 on the cards 48%44 by another method or unrecorded 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Shires 4, Ted "Kid" Lewis 301 — 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

Jim Shires last boxed on Dec 16, 1912 — 41,591 days ago. Shires had lost four straight.LLLL

Lewis Dec 1911Lewis Mar 1912Lewis May 1912Lewis Dec 19124 tracked bouts per year

Ted "Kid" Lewis has won once since three bouts without a win. Lewis last boxed on Dec 13, 1929.WDLLW

Storbeck Dec 1927Squires Jan 1928Rosenbloom Jul 1928Belanger Dec 1928Basham Dec 192914.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Shires and Ted "Kid" Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Shires and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 4 times and Ted "Kid" Lewis leads the series 4-0.
The 4 meetings

LDec 16, 1912 · Lewis · PTS

LMay 18, 1912 · Lewis · TKO R2

LMar 18, 1912 · Lewis · KO R2

LDec 16, 1911 · Lewis · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shires or Lewis?
Jim Shires is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ted "Kid" Lewis is 232-46-23. Ted "Kid" Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shires0–40%

Lewis232–46–2380.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shires or Lewis?
Jim Shires has 0 knockout wins and Ted "Kid" Lewis has 77. Ted "Kid" Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shires0

Lewis7733.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shires and Lewis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim Shires and Ted "Kid" Lewis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shires and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Jim Shires and 301 bouts tracked for Ted "Kid" Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shires4bouts

Lewis301bouts

How They Win ↓

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