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Ken Overlin vs Tommy Roman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ken Overlin

Tommy Roman

Ken Overlin (136-19-10) and Tommy Roman (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Overlin

136

Wins24 KO · 18%

19

Losses

10

Draws167 tracked bouts

Roman

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Overlin leads 1–0

Ken Overlin and Tommy Roman have met 1 time; Overlin leads 1–0.

Ken Overlin and Tommy Roman have met 1 time; Overlin leads 1–0.
Met1935Aug 26Series
Ken OverlinFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy RomanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Overlin 5 · Roman 1 of 6 measurable rows
OverlinRoman
Record†
136-19-10 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
85.5% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
17.65%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
18% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14.3
14.3 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
167
3

† 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
Ken Overlin: 5′9″
Tommy Roman: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ken Overlin: 70″
Tommy Roman: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ken Overlin: Died aged 58
Tommy Roman: No date of birth
Stance
Ken Overlin: Orthodox
Tommy Roman: Not recorded

Ken Overlin left, Tommy Roman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ken Overlin136 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Ken Overlin: 136 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (18%) and 112 on the cards (82%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 18%112 on the cards 82%

Tommy Roman1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Tommy Roman: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ken Overlin 167, Tommy Roman 3 — 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

Ken Overlin has won four straight since a draw with Fred Apostoli. Overlin last boxed on Sep 26, 1942.DWWWW

Apostoli Jun 1942Donnelly Aug 1942LaBoa Sep 1942Hartnek Sep 1942Lewis Sep 194214.3 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Roman last boxed on Oct 16, 1944 — 29,953 days ago. Roman had won once since losses to Lou Ambers and Ken Overlin.LLW

Ambers Mar 1934Overlin Aug 1935Zivic Oct 19440.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ken Overlin and Tommy Roman ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Overlin and Tommy Roman met once on August 26, 1935, and Ken Overlin won by PTS.
The meeting

WAug 26, 1935 · Overlin · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Overlin or Roman?
Ken Overlin is 136-19-10 and Tommy Roman is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ken Overlin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Overlin136–19–1085.5%

Roman1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Overlin or Roman?
Ken Overlin has 24 knockout wins and Tommy Roman has 0. Ken Overlin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Overlin2417.7%

Roman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Overlin and Roman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ken Overlin and Tommy Roman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Overlin and Roman?
This comparison is drawn from 167 bouts tracked for Ken Overlin and 3 bouts tracked for Tommy Roman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Overlin167bouts

Roman3bouts

How They Win ↓

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