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Kid Williams vs Young Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kid Williams

Young Ketchel

Kid Williams (162-30-12) and Young Ketchel (0-3 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.

Williams

162

Wins50 KO · 31%

30

Losses

12

Draws205 tracked bouts

Ketchel

Tracked record

0–3

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

Williams leads 1–0

Kid Williams and Young Ketchel have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Kid Williams and Young Ketchel have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1912May 2Series
Kid WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Young KetchelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 4 · Ketchel 1 of 5 measurable rows
WilliamsKetchel
Record†
162-30-12 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
82.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 50
50 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
30.86%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
30%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.7
10.7 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 205
205
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

Agenot held
Kid Williams: Died aged 69
Young Ketchel: No date of birth
Stance
Kid Williams: Orthodox
Young Ketchel: Not recorded

Kid Williams left, Young Ketchel 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 Williams161 wins · from 205 tracked bouts

Kid Williams: 161 tracked wins — 49 by KO/TKO (30%), 42 on the cards (26%) and 70 by another method or unrecorded (43%). Counted from 205 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

49 by KO/TKO 30%42 on the cards 26%70 by another method or unrecorded 43%

Young Ketchel0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Young Ketchel: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ketchel yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Williams 205, Young Ketchel 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

Kid Williams had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Bobby Burns. Williams last boxed on Sep 3, 1929.WLLWL

Lampe Feb 1929Lampe Mar 1929Belmont Apr 1929Garcia Jul 1929Burns Sep 192910.7 tracked bouts per year

Young Ketchel last boxed on May 2, 1912 — 41,808 days ago. Ketchel had lost three straight.LLL

Dundee Feb 1911Forbes Nov 1911Williams May 19122.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Williams and Young Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Williams and Young Ketchel met once on May 2, 1912, and Kid Williams won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMay 2, 1912 · Williams · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Ketchel?
Kid Williams is 162-30-12 and Young Ketchel is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Kid Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams162–30–1282.4%

Ketchel0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Ketchel?
Kid Williams has 50 knockout wins and Young Ketchel has 0. Kid Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams5030.9%

Ketchel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Williams and Young Ketchel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 205 bouts tracked for Kid Williams and 3 bouts tracked for Young Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams205bouts

Ketchel3bouts

How They Win ↓

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