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Lou Esa vs Tommy Howard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lou Esa

Tommy Howard

Lou Esa (19-6-1) and Tommy Howard (0-8 across 8 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.

Esa

19

Wins16 KO · 84%

6

Losses

1

Draw26 tracked bouts

Howard

Tracked record

0–8

counted from 8 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

Esa leads 1–0

Lou Esa and Tommy Howard have met 1 time; Esa leads 1–0.

Lou Esa and Tommy Howard have met 1 time; Esa leads 1–0.
Met1977Jun 29Series
Lou EsaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy HowardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Esa 4 · Howard 0 of 4 measurable rows
EsaHoward
Record†
19-6-1 (edge)0-8
Win %0–100%
75% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 16
16 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
84.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
84%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.3
4.3 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 26
26
8

† 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″
Tommy Howard: No height on file
Agenot held
Lou Esa: 74
Tommy Howard: No date of birth
Stance
Lou Esa: Orthodox
Tommy Howard: Not recorded

Lou Esa left, Tommy Howard 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%

Tommy Howard0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Tommy Howard: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Howard yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lou Esa 26, Tommy Howard 8 — 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 — 16,501 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

Tommy Howard last boxed on Sep 30, 1982 — 16,093 days ago. Howard had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Palomino Dec 1974Shavers Nov 1975Esa Jun 1977Seales Jun 1978Kinchen Sep 19820.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lou Esa and Tommy Howard ever fought each other?
Yes. Lou Esa and Tommy Howard met once on June 29, 1977, and Lou Esa won by KO.
The meeting

WJun 29, 1977 · Esa · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Esa or Howard?
Lou Esa is 19-6-1 and Tommy Howard is 0-8 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lou Esa has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Esa19–6–175%

Howard0–80%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Esa or Howard?
Lou Esa has 16 knockout wins and Tommy Howard has 0. Lou Esa has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Esa1684.2%

Howard0

The Numbers ↓
Do Esa and Howard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lou Esa and Tommy Howard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Esa and Howard?
This comparison is drawn from 26 bouts tracked for Lou Esa and 8 bouts tracked for Tommy Howard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Esa26bouts

Howard8bouts

How They Win ↓

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