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Johnny Basham vs Ted "Kid" Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧WELTERWEIGHT, MIDDLEWEIGHT

Johnny Basham

Cross-division

🇬🇧LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Ted "Kid" Lewis

Johnny Basham (61-18-7) 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 1 common opponent.

Basham

61

Wins24 KO · 39%

18

Losses

7

Draws10 tracked bouts

Lewis

232

Wins77 KO · 33%

46

Losses

23

Draws301 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Lewis leads 4–0

Johnny Basham and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 4 times; Lewis leads 4–0.

Johnny Basham and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 4 times; Lewis leads 4–0.
Met1920Jun 91920Nov 191921Oct 141929Dec 13Series
Johnny BashamFighter ALLostLLostLLostLLost0–4W–L
Ted "Kid" LewisFighter BWWonWWonWWonWWon4–0W–L
ResultRTDKORTDTKO4Meetings

The Numbers

Basham 1 · Lewis 4 of 5 measurable rows
BashamLewis
Record
61-18-7232-46-23 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75%
80.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 77
24
77 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
39.34% (edge)
33.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†level0–100%
33%
33%
Times stopped†levelmax 6
6
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 14.8
0.6
14.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 301
10
301

† 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
Johnny Basham: 5′8″
Ted "Kid" Lewis: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Johnny Basham: Died aged 56
Ted "Kid" Lewis: Died aged 75

Johnny Basham 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
Johnny Basham3 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Johnny Basham: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

Ted "Kid" Lewis232 wins · from 301 tracked bouts

Ted "Kid" Lewis: 232 tracked wins — 77 by KO/TKO (33%), 111 on the cards (48%) and 44 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 301 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

77 by KO/TKO 33%111 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 — Johnny Basham 10, Ted "Kid" Lewis 301 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Lewis better on 1

Basham

Opponent

Lewis

  • Johnny Basham

    2–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1919

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Loss, KO 7

    1912

    WellsLewis better

    Ted "Kid" Lewis

    Win, RTD 12

    1919

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

Johnny Basham has lost five straight. Basham last boxed on Dec 13, 1929.LLLLL

Lewis Jun 1920Lewis Nov 1920Lewis Oct 1921McTigue Oct 1922Lewis Dec 19290.6 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 Johnny Basham and Ted "Kid" Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Basham and Ted "Kid" Lewis have met 4 times and Ted "Kid" Lewis leads the series 4-0.
The 4 meetings

LDec 13, 1929 · Lewis · TKO

LOct 14, 1921 · Lewis · RTD

LNov 19, 1920 · Lewis · KO

LJun 9, 1920 · Lewis · RTD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basham or Lewis?
Johnny Basham is 61-18-7 and Ted "Kid" Lewis is 232-46-23. Ted "Kid" Lewis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Basham61–18–775%

Lewis232–46–2380.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basham or Lewis?
Johnny Basham has 24 knockout wins and Ted "Kid" Lewis has 77. Ted "Kid" Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basham2439.3%

Lewis7733.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Basham and Lewis have any common opponents?
Johnny Basham and Ted "Kid" Lewis share 1 common opponent: Matt Wells. Ted "Kid" Lewis fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Matt Wells2–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basham and Lewis?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Johnny Basham and 301 bouts tracked for Ted "Kid" Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basham10bouts

Lewis301bouts

How They Win ↓

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