Have Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush ever fought each other?

Yes. Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush met once on May 10, 1965, and the bout was a draw by PTS.

Who has the better record, Machen or Rush?

Eddie Machen is 50-11-3 and Elmer Rush is 1-1-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Machen or Rush?

Eddie Machen has 29 knockout wins and Elmer Rush has 0. Eddie Machen has more.

Do Machen and Rush have any common opponents?

Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush share 2 common opponents: Sonny Liston and George Johnson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

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

Eddie Machen vs Elmer Rush — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Eddie Machen

Elmer Rush

Eddie Machen (50-11-3) and Elmer Rush (1-1-1 across 3 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.

Machen

Wins29 KO · 58%

Losses

Draws65 tracked bouts

Rush

Tracked record

1–1–1

counted from 3 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1965May 10	Series
Eddie MachenFighter A	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Elmer RushFighter B	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSMachen vs Rush	1Meeting

Machen vs Rush · May 10, 1965

The Numbers

Machen 5 · Rush 1 of 6 measurable rows

MachenEdge = longer wingRush

Record^†: 50-11-3 (edge)1-1-1
Win %0–100%: 80.5% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 29: 29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 58%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 58% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 4: 4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 4.5: 4.5 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 65: 65
3

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Eddie Machen50 wins · from 65 tracked bouts

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

Elmer Rush1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

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

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 22 shared · even on 2

MachenEddie Machen

Opponent

RushElmer Rush

Eddie Machen
Loss, UD
1960Sep 1960
ListonSonny ListonUnited States 50–4 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Elmer Rush
Loss, TKO 6
1967Apr 1967
Eddie Machen
Win, UD
1966Sep 1966
JohnsonGeorge JohnsonUnited States 22–27–5EvenEven — 1–0 both
Elmer Rush
Win, UD
1965Sep 1965

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

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

Elmer Rush last boxed on Apr 28, 1967 — 21,723 days ago. Rush had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Sonny Liston.DWL

Machen May 1965Johnson Sep 1965Liston Apr 19671.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush ever fought each other?: Yes. Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush met once on May 10, 1965, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
Who has the better record, Machen or Rush?: Eddie Machen is 50-11-3 and Elmer Rush is 1-1-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Machen or Rush?: Eddie Machen has 29 knockout wins and Elmer Rush has 0. Eddie Machen has more.
Do Machen and Rush have any common opponents?: Eddie Machen and Elmer Rush share 2 common opponents: Sonny Liston and George Johnson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Machen and Rush?: This comparison is drawn from 65 bouts tracked for Eddie Machen and 3 bouts tracked for Elmer Rush. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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