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Jimmy Bivins vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Bivins

Cross-division

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Joe Louis

Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) 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 7 common opponents.

Bivins

86

Wins31 KO · 36%

26

Losses

1

Draw112 tracked bouts

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Louis leads 1–0

Jimmy Bivins and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Jimmy Bivins and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1951Aug 15Series
Jimmy BivinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Bivins 1 · Louis 7 of 8 measurable rows
BivinsLouis
Record
86-26-166-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
76.5%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
31
52 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
36.05%
78.79% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
36%
79% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
72

† 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
Jimmy Bivins: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Jimmy Bivins: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot comparable
Jimmy Bivins: Died aged 92
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Jimmy Bivins 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
Jimmy Bivins86 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Jimmy Bivins: 86 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (36%) and 55 on the cards (64%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 36%55 on the cards 64%

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 — Jimmy Bivins 112, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

7 shared

7 shared · Bivins better on 1 · Louis better on 5 · even on 1

Bivins

Opponent

Louis

  • Jimmy Bivins

    1–4 against

    Loss, UD

    1952

    Loss, UD

    1948

    Loss, KO 4

    1947

    Loss, UD

    1946

    Win, UD

    1943

    CharlesLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Loss, UD

    1950

  • Jimmy Bivins

    Win, UD

    1942

    SavoldEven

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 6

    1951

  • Jimmy Bivins

    Win, TKO 2

    1947

    AgramonteLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1951

    Win, UD

    1951

  • Jimmy Bivins

    Loss, SD

    1946

    WalcottLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 11

    1948

    Win, SD

    1947

  • Jimmy Bivins

    2–0 against

    Win, MD

    1943

    Win, SD

    1942

    MaurielloBivins better

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 1

    1946

  • Jimmy Bivins

    1–1 against

    Win, SD

    1942

    Loss, SD

    1942

    PastorLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 11

    1939

    Win, UD

    1937

  • Jimmy Bivins

    Loss, SD

    1941

    MustoLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 9

    1941

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

Jimmy Bivins has won four straight since losing a decision to Tommy Harrison. Bivins last boxed on Oct 28, 1953.LWWWW

Harrison Apr 1953Rolfe Apr 1953Wright Jun 1953Moray Aug 1953DeJohn Oct 19538.1 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 Jimmy Bivins and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Joe Louis met once on August 15, 1951, and Joe Louis won by UD.
The meeting

LAug 15, 1951 · Louis · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bivins or Louis?
Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Bivins86–26–176.5%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bivins or Louis?
Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bivins3136.1%

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bivins and Louis have any common opponents?
Jimmy Bivins and Joe Louis share 7 common opponents: Ezzard Charles, Lee Savold and Omelio Agramonte (and 4 others). Joe Louis fared better against 5 of them.
7 shared opponents

Ezzard Charles1–4L

Lee SavoldWW

Omelio AgramonteWW

Jersey Joe WalcottLW

and 3 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bivins112bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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