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Ezzard Charles vs Ken Overlin

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Ezzard Charles and Ken Overlin met 2 times (1941, 1942). drawn in 1942 by draw; Ken Overlin won in 1941 by decision.

Side by side

Ezzard CharlesKen Overlin
73″ (185.4 cm)Reach70″ (177.8 cm)
72″ (182.9 cm)Height69″ (175.3 cm)
+1.37%Reach advantage+1.43%
95–25Record136–19
55%Finish rate18%
22Longest unbeaten run19
109Recorded bouts148
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 3. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentEzzard CharlesKen Overlin
Teddy Yarosz W L
Lloyd Marshall L L
Teddy Yarosz W L

Careers side by side

Ezzard Charles

1940 1950 win vs Charley Jerome (1940)win vs Marty Simmons (1940)win vs Billy Hood (1940)win vs John Reeves (1940)win vs Carl Turner (1940)win vs Young Kid Ash (1940)win vs Frankie Williams (1940)win vs Charley Banks (1940)win vs Remo Fernandez (1940)win vs Melody Johnson (1940)win vs Teddy Yarosz (1941)win vs Pat Mangini (1941)win vs Al Gilbert (1941)loss vs Ken Overlin (1941)win vs Rudy Kozole (1941)win vs Joe Sutka (1941)win vs Floyd Howard (1941)win vs Slaka Cavrich (1941)win vs Billy Bengal (1941)win vs Joey Maxim (1942)win vs Mose Brown (1942)win vs Jose Basora (1942)win vs Booker Beckwith (1942)win vs Steve Mamakos (1942)win vs Charley Burley (1942)loss vs Kid Tunero (1942)win vs Billy Pryor (1942)draw vs Ken Overlin (1942)win vs Anton Christoforidis (1942)loss vs Lloyd Marshall (1943)loss vs Jimmy Bivins (1943)win vs Al Barlow (1944)win vs Stanley Goicz (1944)win vs Jimmy Bivins (1946)win vs Oakland Billy Smith (1946)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1946)win vs Shelton Bell (1946)win vs Archie Moore (1946)win vs Tommy Hubert (1946)win vs George Parks (1946)win vs Billy Duncan (1946)win vs Al Sheridan (1946)win vs Fitzie Fitzpatrick (1947)win vs Teddy Randolph (1947)win vs Clarence Jones (1947)win vs Al Smith (1947)win vs Lloyd Marshall (1947)win vs Joe Matisi (1947)loss vs Elmer Ray (1947)win vs Archie Moore (1947)win vs Erv Sarlin (1947)win vs Jimmy Bivins (1947)win vs Oakland Billy Smith (1947)win vs Joe Baksi (1948)win vs Walter Hafer (1948)win vs Jimmy Bivins (1948)win vs Erv Sarlin (1948)win vs Elmer Ray (1948)win vs Sam Baroudi (1948)win vs Archie Moore (1948)win vs Pat Valentino (1949)win vs Gus Lesnevich (1949)win vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1949)win vs Joey Maxim (1949)win vs Johnny Haynes (1949)win vs Nick Barone (1950)win vs Joe Louis (1950)win vs Freddie Beshore (1950)win vs Joe Kahut (1951)win vs Joey Maxim (1951)win vs Rex Layne (1951)loss vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1951)win vs Lee Oma (1951)win vs Frank Buford (1952)win vs Jimmy Bivins (1952)win vs Cesar Brion (1952)win vs Bernie Reynolds (1952)loss vs Rex Layne (1952)loss vs Jersey Joe Walcott (1952)win vs Coley Wallace (1953)loss vs Harold Johnson (1953)loss vs Niño Valdés (1953)win vs Larry Watson (1953)win vs Billy Gilliam (1953)win vs Rex Layne (1953)win vs Tommy Harrison (1953)win vs Wes Bascom (1953)loss vs Rocky Marciano (1954)win vs Bob Satterfield (1954)loss vs Young Jack Johnson (1955)win vs Bob Albright (1955)win vs Toxie Hall (1955)loss vs Tommy Jackson (1955)win vs Paul Andrews (1955)win vs John Holman (1955)win vs Vern Escoe (1955)win vs Charley Norkus (1955)loss vs Dick Richardson (1956)loss vs Harry Matthews (1956)loss vs Pat McMurtry (1956)win vs Bob Albright (1956)loss vs Wayne Bethea (1956)win vs Don Jasper (1956)loss vs Donnie Fleeman (1958)loss vs Alfredo Zuany (1958)win vs Johnny Harper (1958)loss vs Alvin Green (1959)loss vs George Logan (1959)win vs Dave Ashley (1959)
winlossdraw / NC1940–1959

Ken Overlin

1940 win vs Eric Lawson (1931)win vs Red Journee (1931)? vs Sailor Jack Potter (1931)win vs Red Hickman (1931)win vs Johnny Skrinan (1931)win vs Billy Brennan (1931)win vs Ted Beales (1931)win vs Mickey Balabon (1931)win vs Jack McKnight (1931)win vs Harry Hansen (1931)win vs Tolly Dolan (1931)loss vs Neil Kilbane (1931)loss vs Jack Hanley (1931)loss vs Paul Delaney (1931)win vs Red Journee (1932)draw vs Bob Turner (1932)loss vs Vince Dundee (1932)win vs Walter Kirkwood (1932)win vs Spike Webb (1932)loss vs Sylvan Bass (1932)win vs Joe Smallwood (1932)win vs Tony D'Alessandro (1932)win vs Joey Raymond (1932)win vs Eric Lawson (1932)loss vs Al Trainor (1932)win vs Tommy Rios (1933)win vs Rudy Marshall (1933)win vs Johnny Bates (1933)win vs Art Sykes (1933)win vs Roy Bailey (1933)win vs Billy Strickler (1933)win vs Joe Lipps (1933)win vs Billy Shell (1933)win vs Henry Irving (1933)win vs Johnny Vermillion (1933)win vs Walter Kirkwood (1933)win vs Johnny Mays (1933)win vs Joe Finazzo (1933)win vs Billy Brennan (1933)win vs Danny Hassett (1934)win vs Al Diamond (1934)win vs Pat Flaherty (1934)win vs Frankie Remus (1934)win vs Henry Irving (1934)loss vs Jimmy Smith (1934)win vs Paul Pirrone (1934)win vs Tommy Rios (1934)win vs Billy Ketchell (1934)win vs Roxie Allen (1934)win vs Joe Kaminski (1934)win vs Andy DiVodi (1934)win vs Weiner Wilch (1934)win vs Red Burman (1934)win vs Tony Brescia (1935)win vs Al Quaill (1935)win vs Carmen Barth (1935)win vs Mookie Goldman (1935)win vs George Black (1935)win vs Anson Green (1935)win vs Tommy Romano (1935)win vs Joe Smallwood (1935)win vs Henry Firpo (1935)win vs Johnny Duca (1935)win vs Charley Weise (1935)loss vs Kid Tunero (1936)win vs Ben Brown (1936)loss vs Teddy Yarosz (1936)win vs Ralph Chong (1936)win vs Oscar Rankins (1936)win vs Al Quaill (1936)win vs Billy Hood (1936)win vs George Black (1936)win vs Jackie Aldare (1936)win vs Jimmy Jones (1936)win vs Jack Ennis (1936)win vs Johnny Rossi (1936)win vs Tony Fisher (1936)win vs Roxie Allen (1936)win vs Mickey Bottone (1936)win vs Jack Moran (1937)win vs Bobby Birch (1937)win vs Butch Lynch (1937)win vs Tiger Roy Williams (1937)loss vs Freddie Steele (1937)win vs Young Stuhley (1937)win vs John Zawackie (1937)win vs Fred Apostoli (1937)loss vs Eric Seelig (1938)win vs Jack Moran (1938)win vs Nate Bolden (1938)win vs Milton Shivers (1938)win vs Jimmy Clark (1938)win vs Billy Celebron (1938)loss vs Lloyd Marshall (1938)? vs Atilio Sabatino (1938)loss vs Fred Henneberry (1938)win vs Dick Foster (1938)loss vs Walter Woods (1938)draw vs Ben Brown (1939)win vs Babe Orgovan (1939)win vs Honeyboy Jones (1939)win vs Allen Matthews (1939)win vs Al Wardlow (1939)draw vs Ernest Peirce (1939)win vs Eric Seelig (1939)win vs Harvey Massey (1939)win vs Jimmy Webb (1939)win vs Jack Riley (1939)loss vs Teddy Yarosz (1939)win vs Al Bernard (1939)win vs Al Quaill (1939)win vs Billy Celebron (1939)win vs Steve Belloise (1940)win vs Larry Lane (1940)win vs Ernest Peirce (1940)win vs Ben Brown (1940)loss vs Billy Soose (1940)win vs Harry Balsamo (1940)win vs Ralph DeJohn (1940)win vs Ceferino Garcia (1940)win vs Steve Wilkerson (1940)win vs Frankie Nelson (1940)win vs Jerry Maloni (1940)win vs Butch Lynch (1940)win vs Enzo Iannozzi (1940)win vs Mose Brown (1941)win vs Al Hostak (1941)win vs Al Gilbert (1941)win vs Bill McDowell (1941)win vs Young Crawford (1941)win vs Jimmy Young (1941)win vs Jimmy Marmon (1941)win vs Ezzard Charles (1941)loss vs Billy Soose (1941)win vs Larry Kellum (1941)draw vs Paulie Walker (1941)win vs Jack Munley (1941)win vs Tony Cisco (1941)win vs RJ Lewis (1942)win vs Paul Hartnek (1942)win vs Al LaBoa (1942)win vs John Donnelly (1942)draw vs Fred Apostoli (1942)win vs Paulie Mahoney (1942)draw vs Ezzard Charles (1942)draw vs Bill McDowell (1942)
winlossdraw / NC1931–1942

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