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Kid Thomas vs Stanley Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kid Thomas

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Stanley Ketchel

Kid Thomas (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Stanley Ketchel (51-7-3) 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.

Thomas

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ketchel

51

Wins46 KO · 90%

7

Losses

3

Draws62 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

Ketchel leads 1–0

Kid Thomas and Stanley Ketchel have met 1 time; Ketchel leads 1–0.

Kid Thomas and Stanley Ketchel have met 1 time; Ketchel leads 1–0.
Met1905Jan 4Series
Kid ThomasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Stanley KetchelFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Thomas 1 · Ketchel 4 of 5 measurable rows
ThomasKetchel
Record†
0-251-7-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 46
0
46 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—90.2%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—90%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.7
0.6
8.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
2
62

† 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
Kid Thomas: No height on file
Stanley Ketchel: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Kid Thomas: No reach on file
Stanley Ketchel: 70″
Agenot held
Kid Thomas: No date of birth
Stanley Ketchel: Died aged 24

Kid Thomas left, Stanley Ketchel right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kid Thomas0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Kid Thomas: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

Stanley Ketchel51 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Stanley Ketchel: 51 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (90%), 3 on the cards (6%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 90%3 on the cards 6%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Thomas 2, Stanley Ketchel 62 — 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 Thomas last boxed on Jan 4, 1905 — 44,484 days ago. Thomas had lost two straight.LL

Gans Jul 1901Ketchel Jan 19050.6 tracked bouts per year

Stanley Ketchel has won three straight since losses to Frank Klaus and Sam Langford. Ketchel last boxed on Jun 10, 1910.LLWWW

Klaus Mar 1910Langford Apr 1910Flynn May 1910Lewis May 1910Smith Jun 19108.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Thomas and Stanley Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Thomas and Stanley Ketchel met once on January 4, 1905, and Stanley Ketchel won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJan 4, 1905 · Ketchel · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Ketchel?
Kid Thomas is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Stanley Ketchel is 51-7-3. Stanley Ketchel has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thomas0–20%

Ketchel51–7–386.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thomas or Ketchel?
Kid Thomas has 0 knockout wins and Stanley Ketchel has 46. Stanley Ketchel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thomas0

Ketchel4690.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thomas and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Thomas and Stanley Ketchel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thomas and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Kid Thomas and 62 bouts tracked for Stanley Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thomas2bouts

Ketchel62bouts

How They Win ↓

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