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Bobo Olson vs Rory Calhoun — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bobo Olson

Rory Calhoun

Bobo Olson (97-16-2) and Rory Calhoun (3-5-1 across 9 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

Calhoun

Tracked record

3–5–1

counted from 9 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 Rory Calhoun have met 1 time; Olson leads 1–0.

Bobo Olson and Rory Calhoun have met 1 time; Olson leads 1–0.
Met1959Mar 30Series
Bobo OlsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rory CalhounFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Olson 6 · Calhoun 1 of 7 measurable rows
OlsonCalhoun
Record†
97-16-2 (edge)3-5-1
Win %0–100%
85.2% (edge)
38.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 47
47 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.45%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.2
5.2 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 115
115
9

† 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″
Rory Calhoun: No height on file
Agenot held
Bobo Olson: Died aged 73
Rory Calhoun: No date of birth
Stance
Bobo Olson: Orthodox
Rory Calhoun: Not recorded

Bobo Olson left, Rory Calhoun 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%

Rory Calhoun3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Rory Calhoun: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobo Olson 115, Rory Calhoun 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Olson better on 1 · even on 1

Olson

Opponent

Calhoun

  • Bobo Olson

    Win, UD

    1955

    JonesOlson better

    Rory Calhoun

    1–1 against

    Win, UD

    1958

    Loss, UD

    1958

  • Bobo Olson

    Win, UD

    1954

    CastellaniEven

    Rory Calhoun

    Win, UD

    1957

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

Rory Calhoun last boxed on Jan 11, 1962 — 23,658 days ago. Calhoun had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jimmy Ellis.WLDWL

Jones Dec 1958Olson Mar 1959Tiger Jun 1959Tiger Jul 1959Ellis Jan 19621.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bobo Olson and Rory Calhoun ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobo Olson and Rory Calhoun met once on March 30, 1959, and Bobo Olson won by UD.
The meeting

WMar 30, 1959 · Olson · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Olson or Calhoun?
Bobo Olson is 97-16-2 and Rory Calhoun is 3-5-1 across the 9 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%

Calhoun3–5–138.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Olson or Calhoun?
Bobo Olson has 47 knockout wins and Rory Calhoun has 0. Bobo Olson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Olson4748.5%

Calhoun0

The Numbers ↓
Do Olson and Calhoun have any common opponents?
Bobo Olson and Rory Calhoun share 2 common opponents: Tiger Jones and Rocky Castellani. Bobo Olson fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tiger JonesW1–1

Rocky CastellaniWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Olson and Calhoun?
This comparison is drawn from 115 bouts tracked for Bobo Olson and 9 bouts tracked for Rory Calhoun. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Olson115bouts

Calhoun9bouts

How They Win ↓

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