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Bobo Olson vs Gene Hairston — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bobo Olson

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Gene Hairston

Bobo Olson (97-16-2) and Gene Hairston (2-5-1 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 2 common opponents.

Olson

97

Wins47 KO · 48%

16

Losses

2

Draws115 tracked bouts

Hairston

Tracked record

2–5–1

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

Olson leads 1–0

Bobo Olson and Gene Hairston have met 1 time; Olson leads 1–0.

Bobo Olson and Gene Hairston have met 1 time; Olson leads 1–0.
Met1952Aug 27Series
Bobo OlsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gene HairstonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Olson 5 · Hairston 2 of 7 measurable rows
OlsonHairston
Record†
97-16-2 (edge)2-5-1
Win %0–100%
85.2% (edge)
31.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 47
47 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
48.45%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
7
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.2
5.2 (edge)
3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 115
115
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
Bobo Olson: 5′10″
Gene Hairston: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Bobo Olson: Died aged 73
Gene Hairston: Died aged 85
Stance
Bobo Olson: Orthodox
Gene Hairston: Not recorded

Bobo Olson left, Gene Hairston right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bobo Olson97 wins · from 115 tracked bouts

Bobo Olson: 97 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (47%) and 51 on the cards (53%). Counted from 115 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 47%51 on the cards 53%

Gene Hairston2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Gene Hairston: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobo Olson 115, Gene Hairston 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Olson better on 2

Olson

Opponent

Hairston

  • Bobo Olson

    Win, UD

    1954

    CastellaniOlson better

    Gene Hairston

    Loss, SD

    1951

  • Bobo Olson

    Win, MD

    1954

    GavilánOlson better

    Gene Hairston

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1951

    Win, SD

    1950

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

Bobo Olson had won three in a row before losing a decision to Don Fullmer. Olson last boxed on Nov 28, 1966.LWWWL

Torres Nov 1964Kendall Jun 1965Roots Sep 1965Papa Jul 1966Fullmer Nov 19665.2 tracked bouts per year

Gene Hairston has lost two straight. Hairston last boxed on Aug 27, 1952.WLDLL

Pender Apr 1951Castellani Jul 1951LaMotta Mar 1952LaMotta May 1952Olson Aug 19523 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bobo Olson and Gene Hairston ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobo Olson and Gene Hairston met once on August 27, 1952, and Bobo Olson won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WAug 27, 1952 · Olson · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Olson or Hairston?
Bobo Olson is 97-16-2 and Gene Hairston is 2-5-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bobo Olson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Olson97–16–285.2%

Hairston2–5–131.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Olson or Hairston?
Bobo Olson has 47 knockout wins and Gene Hairston has 1. Bobo Olson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Olson4748.5%

Hairston1

The Numbers ↓
Do Olson and Hairston have any common opponents?
Bobo Olson and Gene Hairston share 2 common opponents: Rocky Castellani and Kid Gavilán. Bobo Olson fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Rocky CastellaniWL

Kid GavilánW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Olson and Hairston?
This comparison is drawn from 115 bouts tracked for Bobo Olson and 8 bouts tracked for Gene Hairston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Olson115bouts

Hairston8bouts

How They Win ↓

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