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Johnny Kerns vs Tommy Freeman — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Kerns

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Tommy Freeman

Johnny Kerns (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Tommy Freeman (174-20-21) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kerns

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Freeman

174

Wins84 KO · 48%

20

Losses

21

Draws224 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

Freeman leads 1–0

Johnny Kerns and Tommy Freeman have met 1 time; Freeman leads 1–0.

Johnny Kerns and Tommy Freeman have met 1 time; Freeman leads 1–0.
Met1934Jun 22Series
Johnny KernsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy FreemanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Kerns 1 · Freeman 4 of 5 measurable rows
KernsFreeman
Record†
0-1174-20-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 84
0
84 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—48.28%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—46%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 224
1
224

† 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 Kerns: No height on file
Tommy Freeman: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Johnny Kerns: No reach on file
Tommy Freeman: 70″
Agenot held
Johnny Kerns: No date of birth
Tommy Freeman: Died aged 82
Stance
Johnny Kerns: Not recorded
Tommy Freeman: Orthodox

Johnny Kerns left, Tommy Freeman 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 Kerns0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Kerns: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kerns yet.

Tommy Freeman181 wins · from 224 tracked bouts

Tommy Freeman: 181 tracked wins — 84 by KO/TKO (46%), 89 on the cards (49%) and 8 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 224 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

84 by KO/TKO 46%89 on the cards 49%8 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Kerns 1, Tommy Freeman 224 — 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

Johnny Kerns last boxed on Jun 22, 1934 — 33,729 days ago. Kerns had lost the most recent, to Tommy Freeman.L

Freeman Jun 1934

Tommy Freeman had won four in a row before losing a decision to Ralph Chong. Freeman last boxed on Aug 10, 1938.WWWWL

Kennedy Feb 1938Cole Mar 1938Francis Mar 1938Hood Apr 1938Chong Aug 193812.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Kerns and Tommy Freeman ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Kerns and Tommy Freeman met once on June 22, 1934, and Tommy Freeman won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJun 22, 1934 · Freeman · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kerns or Freeman?
Johnny Kerns is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Freeman is 174-20-21. Tommy Freeman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kerns0–10%

Freeman174–20–2185.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kerns or Freeman?
Johnny Kerns has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Freeman has 84. Tommy Freeman has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kerns0

Freeman8448.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kerns and Freeman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Kerns and Tommy Freeman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kerns and Freeman?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny Kerns and 224 bouts tracked for Tommy Freeman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kerns1bout

Freeman224bouts

How They Win ↓

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