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Joe Louis vs Steve Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Louis

Steve Ketchel

Joe Louis (66-3) and Steve Ketchel (0-3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 tracked bouts

Ketchel

Tracked record

0–3–2

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Joe Louis and Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Joe Louis and Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1937Jan 11Series
Joe LouisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Steve KetchelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Louis 5 · Ketchel 1 of 6 measurable rows
LouisKetchel
Record†
66-3 (edge)0-3-2
Win %0–100%
95.7% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78.79%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
79%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.5
2.5 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
72
5

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Steve Ketchel0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Steve Ketchel: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ketchel yet.

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

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Louis better on 1

Louis

Opponent

Ketchel

  • Joe Louis

    Win, KO 6

    1951

    SavoldLouis better

    Steve Ketchel

    Loss, KO 3

    1946

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

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

Steve Ketchel last boxed on Sep 26, 1946 — 29,246 days ago. Ketchel had lost two straight.LDDLL

White Apr 1912Nelson Sep 1912Wolgast Jul 1915Louis Jan 1937Savold Sep 19460.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Louis and Steve Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Louis and Steve Ketchel met once on January 11, 1937, and Joe Louis won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WJan 11, 1937 · Louis · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Louis or Ketchel?
Joe Louis is 66-3 and Steve Ketchel is 0-3-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Louis66–395.7%

Ketchel0–3–220%

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

Louis5278.8%

Ketchel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Louis and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Joe Louis and Steve Ketchel share 1 common opponent: Lee Savold. Joe Louis fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Lee SavoldWL

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

Louis72bouts

Ketchel5bouts

How They Win ↓

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