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Lou Esa vs Sylvester Bump Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lou Esa

Sylvester Bump Kelly

Lou Esa (19-6-1) and Sylvester Bump Kelly (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Esa

19

Wins16 KO · 84%

6

Losses

1

Draw26 tracked bouts

Kelly

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout 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

Kelly leads 1–0

Lou Esa and Sylvester Bump Kelly have met 1 time; Kelly leads 1–0.

Lou Esa and Sylvester Bump Kelly have met 1 time; Kelly leads 1–0.
Met1976Apr 30Series
Lou EsaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sylvester Bump KellyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Esa 1 · Kelly 4 of 5 measurable rows
EsaKelly
Record†
19-6-11-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 16
16 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
84.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
84%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 26
26
1

† 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
Lou Esa: 6′6″
Sylvester Bump Kelly: No height on file
Agenot held
Lou Esa: 74
Sylvester Bump Kelly: No date of birth
Stance
Lou Esa: Orthodox
Sylvester Bump Kelly: Not recorded

Lou Esa left, Sylvester Bump Kelly right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Lou Esa19 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

Lou Esa: 19 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (84%) and 3 on the cards (16%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 84%3 on the cards 16%

Sylvester Bump Kelly1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Sylvester Bump Kelly: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lou Esa 26, Sylvester Bump Kelly 1 — 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

Lou Esa last boxed on Aug 18, 1981 — 16,504 days ago. Esa had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Tate Oct 1977Connell Jul 1979Starkey Mar 1980Funches Apr 1980Schmidt Aug 19814.3 tracked bouts per year

Sylvester Bump Kelly last boxed on Apr 30, 1976 — 18,440 days ago. Kelly had won once, the most recent against Lou Esa.W

Esa Apr 1976

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lou Esa and Sylvester Bump Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Lou Esa and Sylvester Bump Kelly met once on April 30, 1976, and Sylvester Bump Kelly won by KO.
The meeting

LApr 30, 1976 · Kelly · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Esa or Kelly?
Lou Esa is 19-6-1 and Sylvester Bump Kelly is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Sylvester Bump Kelly has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Esa19–6–175%

Kelly1–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Esa or Kelly?
Lou Esa has 16 knockout wins and Sylvester Bump Kelly has 1. Lou Esa has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Esa1684.2%

Kelly1

The Numbers ↓
Do Esa and Kelly have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lou Esa and Sylvester Bump Kelly have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Esa and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 26 bouts tracked for Lou Esa and 1 bout tracked for Sylvester Bump Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Esa26bouts

Kelly1bout

How They Win ↓

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