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Lee Savold vs Steve Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lee Savold

Steve Ketchel

Lee Savold (104-46-4) and Steve Ketchel (0-3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Savold

104

Wins

46

Losses

4

Draws155 tracked bouts

Ketchel

Tracked record

0–3–2

counted from 5 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

Savold leads 1–0

Lee Savold and Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Savold leads 1–0.

Lee Savold and Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Savold leads 1–0.
Met1946Sep 26Series
Lee SavoldFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Steve KetchelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Savold 3 · Ketchel 1 of 4 measurable rows
SavoldKetchel
Record†
104-46-4 (edge)0-3-2
Win %0–100%
68.8% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
69%—
Times stopped‡max 12
12
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.4
8.4 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 155
155
5

† 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
Lee Savold: 74″
Steve Ketchel: No reach on file
Agenot held
Lee Savold: Died aged 56
Steve Ketchel: No date of birth
Stance
Lee Savold: Orthodox
Steve Ketchel: Not recorded

Lee Savold left, Steve 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
Lee Savold104 wins · from 155 tracked bouts

Lee Savold: 104 tracked wins — 72 by KO/TKO (69%), 26 on the cards (25%) and 6 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 155 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

72 by KO/TKO 69%26 on the cards 25%6 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Steve Ketchel0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Steve Ketchel: no tracked wins in the 5 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 — Lee Savold 155, Steve Ketchel 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Savold

Opponent

Ketchel

  • Lee Savold

    Loss, KO 6

    1951

    LouisEven

    Steve Ketchel

    Loss, KO 2

    1937

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Lee Savold has lost two straight, after one straight win. Savold last boxed on Feb 13, 1952.WLWLL

Louthis May 1948Woodcock Dec 1948Woodcock Jun 1950Louis Jun 1951Marciano Feb 19528.4 tracked bouts per year

Steve Ketchel last boxed on Sep 26, 1946 — 29,244 days ago. Ketchel had lost two straight.LDDLL

White Apr 1912Nelson Sep 1912Wolgast Jul 1915Louis Jan 1937Savold Sep 19460.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lee Savold and Steve Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Lee Savold and Steve Ketchel met once on September 26, 1946, and Lee Savold won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WSep 26, 1946 · Savold · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Savold or Ketchel?
Lee Savold is 104-46-4 and Steve Ketchel is 0-3-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lee Savold has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Savold104–46–468.8%

Ketchel0–3–220%

The Numbers ↓
Do Savold and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Lee Savold and Steve Ketchel share 1 common opponent: Joe Louis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Joe LouisLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Savold and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 155 bouts tracked for Lee Savold and 5 bouts tracked for Steve Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Savold155bouts

Ketchel5bouts

How They Win ↓

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