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Bill Hardeman vs Rocky Marciano — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Hardeman

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Rocky Marciano

Bill Hardeman (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Rocky Marciano (49-0) 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.

Hardeman

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Marciano

49

Wins43 KO · 88%

0

Losses

0

Draws49 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

Marciano leads 1–0

Bill Hardeman and Rocky Marciano have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.

Bill Hardeman and Rocky Marciano have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.
Met1948Sep 20Series
Bill HardemanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rocky MarcianoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Hardeman 0 · Marciano 5 of 5 measurable rows
HardemanMarciano
Record†
0-149-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 43
0
43 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—87.76%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—88%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
1
49

† 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
Bill Hardeman: No height on file
Rocky Marciano: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Bill Hardeman: No reach on file
Rocky Marciano: 67″
Agenot held
Bill Hardeman: No date of birth
Rocky Marciano: Died aged 45
Stance
Bill Hardeman: Not recorded
Rocky Marciano: Orthodox

Bill Hardeman left, Rocky Marciano right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Hardeman0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Bill Hardeman: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hardeman yet.

Rocky Marciano49 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

Rocky Marciano: 49 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (88%) and 6 on the cards (12%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 88%6 on the cards 12%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Hardeman 1, Rocky Marciano 49 — 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

Bill Hardeman last boxed on Sep 20, 1948 — 28,521 days ago. Hardeman had lost the most recent, to Rocky Marciano.L

Marciano Sep 1948

Rocky Marciano has won 49 straight, the most recent against Archie Moore. Marciano last boxed on Sep 21, 1955.WWWWW

Starza Sep 1953Charles Jun 1954Charles Sep 1954Cockell May 1955Moore Sep 19555.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Hardeman and Rocky Marciano ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Hardeman and Rocky Marciano met once on September 20, 1948, and Rocky Marciano won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 20, 1948 · Marciano · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hardeman or Marciano?
Bill Hardeman is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Rocky Marciano is 49-0. Rocky Marciano has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hardeman0–10%

Marciano49–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hardeman or Marciano?
Bill Hardeman has 0 knockout wins and Rocky Marciano has 43. Rocky Marciano has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hardeman0

Marciano4387.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hardeman and Marciano have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Hardeman and Rocky Marciano have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hardeman and Marciano?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Bill Hardeman and 49 bouts tracked for Rocky Marciano. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hardeman1bout

Marciano49bouts

How They Win ↓

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