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.
Lee Savold (98-40-3) 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.
Lee Savold vs Steve Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lee Savold leads 1–0- Lee Savold wonSavold vs KetchellSep 26, 1946 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 98-40-3 (edge)
- Record
- 0-3-2
- 70.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 20%
- 72 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 73.47%
- KO rate
- —
- 69%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 12
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 8.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.1
- 155
- Bouts tracked
- 5
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 74″ (189 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 110
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyLee Savold · 104 wins
KO/TKO
72
Decision
26
Other
6
Steve Ketchel · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (155 and 5 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Lee Savold
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Feb 13, 1952
Steve Ketchel
LLDDL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 26, 1946
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Lee Savold or Steve Ketchel?
- Lee Savold is 98-40-3 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Lee Savold or Steve Ketchel?
- Lee Savold has 72 knockout wins and Steve Ketchel has 0. Lee Savold has more.
- Do Lee Savold and Steve 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lee Savold and Steve 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.