Have Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman ever fought each other?

Yes. Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman met once on May 23, 1919, and Pete Herman won by TKO in round 5.

Who has the better record, Ertle or Herman?

Johnny Ertle is 3-6-2 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pete Herman is 100-32-13. Pete Herman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Ertle or Herman?

Johnny Ertle has 0 knockout wins and Pete Herman has 20. Pete Herman has more.

Do Ertle and Herman have any common opponents?

Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman share 5 common opponents: Joe Lynch, Joe Burman and Kid Williams (and 2 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ertle and Herman?

This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Johnny Ertle and 148 bouts tracked for Pete Herman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny Ertle vs Pete Herman — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Johnny Ertle

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Pete Herman

Johnny Ertle (3-6-2 across 11 tracked bouts) and Pete Herman (100-32-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Ertle

Tracked record

3–6–2

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Herman

100

Wins20 KO · 20%

Losses

Draws148 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

Herman leads 1–0

Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman have met 1 time; Herman leads 1–0.
Met	1919May 23	Series
Johnny ErtleFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Pete HermanFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR5Herman vs Ertle	1Meeting

Herman vs Ertle · May 23, 1919

The Numbers

Ertle 0 · Herman 6 of 6 measurable rows

ErtleEdge = longer wingHerman

Record^†: 3-6-2100-32-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 36.4%
73.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20: 0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
19% (edge)
Times stopped^‡levelmax 1: 1
1
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 15.5: 1.7
15.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 148: 11
148

† 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: Johnny Ertle: No height on file; Pete Herman: 5′2″
Agenot held: Johnny Ertle: No date of birth; Pete Herman: Died aged 77
Stance: Johnny Ertle: Not recorded; Pete Herman: Orthodox

Johnny Ertle left, Pete Herman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Johnny Ertle3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

3 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Pete Herman103 wins · from 148 tracked bouts

20 by KO/TKO 19%41 on the cards 40%42 by another method or unrecorded 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Ertle 11, Pete Herman 148 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Ertle better on 2 · Herman better on 2 · even on 15 shared · Johnny Ertle better on 2 · Pete Herman better on 2 · even on 1

ErtleJohnny Ertle

Opponent

HermanPete Herman

Johnny Ertle
Draw, NWS
1916Oct 1916
LynchJoe LynchUnited States 99–36–21 · BantamweightErtle betterJohnny Ertle better — 0–0–1 to 3–2
Pete Herman
3–2 against
Win, PTS
1921Jul 1921
Loss, UD
1920Dec 1920
Win, NWS
1919Nov 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Win, NWS
1917Jun 1917
Johnny Ertle
Win, NWS
1917Nov 1917
BurmanJoe BurmanUnited States 36–3–6Ertle betterJohnny Ertle better — 1–0 to 0–1
Pete Herman
Loss, NWS
1920Sep 1920
Johnny Ertle
1–1–1 against
Loss, PTS
1920Aug 1920
Draw, PTS
1917Dec 1917
Win, DQ 5
1915Sep 1915
WilliamsKid WilliamsUnited States 162–30–12 · BantamweightHerman betterPete Herman better — 2–1–1 to 1–1–1
Pete Herman
2–1–1 against
Win, NWS
1917Jun 1917
Win, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Draw, PTS
1916Feb 1916
Loss, NWS
1914Jun 1914
Johnny Ertle
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
Loss, PTS
1915Apr 1915
MooreMemphis Pal MooreUnited States 170–56–38EvenEven — 0–2 both
Pete Herman
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Loss, PTS
1915Nov 1915
Johnny Ertle
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1918Jan 1918
Loss, NWS
1917Dec 1917
WolfeJack "Kid" WolfeUnited States 81–28–26Herman betterPete Herman better — 1–1 to 0–2
Pete Herman
1–1 against
Loss, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Win, NWS
1914Dec 1914

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 Ertle last boxed on Aug 13, 1920 — 38,784 days ago. Ertle had lost four straight.DLLLL

Williams Dec 1917Wolfe Jan 1918Moore Apr 1918Herman May 1919Williams Aug 19201.7 tracked bouts per year

Pete Herman has won two straight since losing a decision to Midget Smith. Herman last boxed on Apr 24, 1922.WWLWW

O'Gatty Dec 1921Friedman Dec 1921Smith Dec 1921Asher Feb 1922Moore Apr 192215.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman ever fought each other?: Yes. Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman met once on May 23, 1919, and Pete Herman won by TKO in round 5.
Who has the better record, Ertle or Herman?: Johnny Ertle is 3-6-2 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pete Herman is 100-32-13. Pete Herman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Ertle or Herman?: Johnny Ertle has 0 knockout wins and Pete Herman has 20. Pete Herman has more.
Do Ertle and Herman have any common opponents?: Johnny Ertle and Pete Herman share 5 common opponents: Joe Lynch, Joe Burman and Kid Williams (and 2 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ertle and Herman?: This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Johnny Ertle and 148 bouts tracked for Pete Herman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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