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Kid Kaplan vs Sammy Waltz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kid Kaplan

Sammy Waltz

Kid Kaplan (121-22-16) and Sammy Waltz (0-2 across 2 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.

Kaplan

121

Wins27 KO · 22%

22

Losses

16

Draws160 tracked bouts

Waltz

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Kaplan leads 1–0

Kid Kaplan and Sammy Waltz have met 1 time; Kaplan leads 1–0.

Kid Kaplan and Sammy Waltz have met 1 time; Kaplan leads 1–0.
Met1921Jul 1Series
Kid KaplanFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sammy WaltzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Kaplan 5 · Waltz 1 of 6 measurable rows
KaplanWaltz
Record†
121-22-16 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
22.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
22%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.7
10.7 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 160
160
2

† 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

Reachnot held
Kid Kaplan: 63″
Sammy Waltz: No reach on file
Agenot held
Kid Kaplan: Died aged 69
Sammy Waltz: No date of birth
Stance
Kid Kaplan: Orthodox
Sammy Waltz: Not recorded

Kid Kaplan left, Sammy Waltz right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kid Kaplan121 wins · from 160 tracked bouts

Kid Kaplan: 121 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (22%), 75 on the cards (62%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (16%). Counted from 160 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 22%75 on the cards 62%19 by another method or unrecorded 16%

Sammy Waltz0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Sammy Waltz: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Waltz yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Kaplan 160, Sammy Waltz 2 — 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

Kid Kaplan had won one in a row before losing a decision to Herbert Lewis Hardwick. Kaplan last boxed on Feb 20, 1933.WWLWL

Rossi Jul 1932Petrolle Aug 1932Villa Sep 1932Holmes Oct 1932Hardwick Feb 193310.7 tracked bouts per year

Sammy Waltz last boxed on Jul 1, 1921 — 38,473 days ago. Waltz had lost two straight.LL

Lynch Mar 1920Kaplan Jul 19211.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Kaplan and Sammy Waltz ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Kaplan and Sammy Waltz met once on July 1, 1921, and Kid Kaplan won by PTS.
The meeting

WJul 1, 1921 · Kaplan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kaplan or Waltz?
Kid Kaplan is 121-22-16 and Sammy Waltz is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Kid Kaplan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kaplan121–22–1681.1%

Waltz0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kaplan or Waltz?
Kid Kaplan has 27 knockout wins and Sammy Waltz has 0. Kid Kaplan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kaplan2722.3%

Waltz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kaplan and Waltz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Kaplan and Sammy Waltz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kaplan and Waltz?
This comparison is drawn from 160 bouts tracked for Kid Kaplan and 2 bouts tracked for Sammy Waltz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kaplan160bouts

Waltz2bouts

How They Win ↓

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