Have Ben Wise and Eddie Machen ever fought each other?

Yes. Ben Wise and Eddie Machen met once on December 12, 1955, and Eddie Machen won by UD.

Who has the better record, Wise or Machen?

Ben Wise is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Eddie Machen is 50-11-3. Eddie Machen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Wise or Machen?

Ben Wise has 0 knockout wins and Eddie Machen has 29. Eddie Machen has more.

Do Wise and Machen have any common opponents?

Ben Wise and Eddie Machen share 1 common opponent: Sonny Liston. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wise and Machen?

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ben Wise and 65 bouts tracked for Eddie Machen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ben Wise vs Eddie Machen — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Ben Wise

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Eddie Machen

Ben Wise (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Eddie Machen (50-11-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Wise

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Machen

Wins29 KO · 58%

Losses

Draws65 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

Machen leads 1–0

Ben Wise and Eddie Machen have met 1 time; Machen leads 1–0.
Met	1955Dec 12	Series
Ben WiseFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Eddie MachenFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDMachen vs Wise	1Meeting

Machen vs Wise · Dec 12, 1955

The Numbers

Wise 1 · Machen 4 of 5 measurable rows

WiseEdge = longer wingMachen

Record^†: 0-350-11-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
80.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29: 0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —58%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —58%
Times stopped^‡max 4: 2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 4.5: 1.3
4.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 65: 3
65

† 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: Ben Wise: No height on file; Eddie Machen: 6′0″
Reachnot held: Ben Wise: No reach on file; Eddie Machen: 75″
Agenot held: Ben Wise: No date of birth; Eddie Machen: Died aged 40
Stance: Ben Wise: Not recorded; Eddie Machen: Orthodox

Ben Wise left, Eddie Machen right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Ben Wise0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Wise yet.

Eddie Machen50 wins · from 65 tracked bouts

29 by KO/TKO 58%21 on the cards 42%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ben Wise 3, Eddie Machen 65 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

WiseBen Wise

Opponent

MachenEddie Machen

Ben Wise
Loss, TKO 4
1958Mar 1958
ListonSonny ListonUnited States 50–4 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Eddie Machen
Loss, UD
1960Sep 1960

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ben Wise last boxed on Mar 11, 1958 — 25,060 days ago. Wise had lost three straight.LLL

Machen Dec 1955Satterfield Apr 1957Liston Mar 19581.3 tracked bouts per year

Eddie Machen has lost four straight, after one straight win. Machen last boxed on Sep 6, 1969.WLLLL

Johnson Sep 1966Frazier Nov 1966Clark Mar 1967Kirkman May 1967Lopopolo Sep 19694.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Ben Wise and Eddie Machen ever fought each other?: Yes. Ben Wise and Eddie Machen met once on December 12, 1955, and Eddie Machen won by UD.
Who has the better record, Wise or Machen?: Ben Wise is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Eddie Machen is 50-11-3. Eddie Machen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Wise or Machen?: Ben Wise has 0 knockout wins and Eddie Machen has 29. Eddie Machen has more.
Do Wise and Machen have any common opponents?: Ben Wise and Eddie Machen share 1 common opponent: Sonny Liston. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wise and Machen?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ben Wise and 65 bouts tracked for Eddie Machen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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