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Maurice Thompson vs Stanley Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

Maurice Thompson

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Stanley Ketchel

Maurice Thompson (3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) and Stanley Ketchel (51-7-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Thompson

Tracked record

3–1

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ketchel

51

Wins46 KO · 90%

7

Losses

3

Draws62 tracked bouts

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

Thompson leads 2–0

Maurice Thompson and Stanley Ketchel have met 2 times; Thompson leads 2–0.

Maurice Thompson and Stanley Ketchel have met 2 times; Thompson leads 2–0.
Met1903May 111904Oct 21Series
Maurice ThompsonFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Stanley KetchelFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Thompson 1 · Ketchel 5 of 6 measurable rows
ThompsonKetchel
Record†
3-151-7-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75%
86.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 46
0
46 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—90.2%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
90% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.7
1.9
8.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
4
62

† 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
Maurice Thompson: No height on file
Stanley Ketchel: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Maurice Thompson: No reach on file
Stanley Ketchel: 70″
Agenot held
Maurice Thompson: No date of birth
Stanley Ketchel: Died aged 24

Maurice Thompson left, Stanley Ketchel right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Maurice Thompson3 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Maurice Thompson: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

Stanley Ketchel51 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Stanley Ketchel: 51 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (90%), 3 on the cards (6%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 90%3 on the cards 6%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Maurice Thompson 4, Stanley Ketchel 62 — 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

Maurice Thompson last boxed on Jun 13, 1905 — 44,331 days ago. Thompson had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Young Corbett II.WWWL

Ketchel May 1903Ketchel Oct 1904Lewis Mar 1905II Jun 19051.9 tracked bouts per year

Stanley Ketchel has won three straight since losses to Frank Klaus and Sam Langford. Ketchel last boxed on Jun 10, 1910.LLWWW

Klaus Mar 1910Langford Apr 1910Flynn May 1910Lewis May 1910Smith Jun 19108.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Maurice Thompson and Stanley Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Maurice Thompson and Stanley Ketchel have met 2 times and Maurice Thompson leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WOct 21, 1904 · Thompson · PTS

WMay 11, 1903 · Thompson · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Ketchel?
Maurice Thompson is 3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Stanley Ketchel is 51-7-3. Stanley Ketchel has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson3–175%

Ketchel51–7–386.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Ketchel?
Maurice Thompson has 0 knockout wins and Stanley Ketchel has 46. Stanley Ketchel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson0

Ketchel4690.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Maurice Thompson and Stanley Ketchel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Maurice Thompson and 62 bouts tracked for Stanley Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson4bouts

Ketchel62bouts

How They Win ↓

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