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Eddie Machen vs Johnny Summerlin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Eddie Machen

Johnny Summerlin

Eddie Machen (50-11-3) and Johnny Summerlin (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Machen

50

Wins29 KO · 58%

11

Losses

3

Draws65 tracked bouts

Summerlin

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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

Machen leads 1–0

Eddie Machen and Johnny Summerlin have met 1 time; Machen leads 1–0.

Eddie Machen and Johnny Summerlin have met 1 time; Machen leads 1–0.
Met1956Dec 5Series
Eddie MachenFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny SummerlinFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Machen 4 · Summerlin 2 of 6 measurable rows
MachenSummerlin
Record†
50-11-3 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%
80.5% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58%
100% (edge)
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
6

† 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″
Johnny Summerlin: No height on file
Reachnot held
Eddie Machen: 75″
Johnny Summerlin: No reach on file
Agenot held
Eddie Machen: Died aged 40
Johnny Summerlin: No date of birth
Stance
Eddie Machen: Orthodox
Johnny Summerlin: Not recorded

Eddie Machen left, Johnny Summerlin 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

Eddie Machen: 50 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (58%) and 21 on the cards (42%). Counted from 65 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Johnny Summerlin1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Summerlin: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Machen 65, Johnny Summerlin 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Machen better on 2 · Summerlin better on 1

Machen

Opponent

Summerlin

  • Eddie Machen

    Loss, UD

    1960

    ListonMachen better

    Johnny Summerlin

    0–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1954

    Loss, UD

    1954

  • Eddie Machen

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1960

    Draw, PTS

    1958

    FolleySummerlin better

    Johnny Summerlin

    Win, RTD

    1955

  • Eddie Machen

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 8

    1956

    Win, UD

    1956

    ValdésMachen better

    Johnny Summerlin

    Loss, KO 5

    1958

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

Johnny Summerlin last boxed on May 24, 1958 — 24,985 days ago. Summerlin had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Liston Aug 1954Folley Jun 1955Satterfield Jun 1956Machen Dec 1956Valdés May 19581.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Machen and Johnny Summerlin ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Machen and Johnny Summerlin met once on December 5, 1956, and Eddie Machen won by UD.
The meeting

WDec 5, 1956 · Machen · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Machen or Summerlin?
Eddie Machen is 50-11-3 and Johnny Summerlin is 1-5 across the 6 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.
Records · win %

Machen50–11–380.5%

Summerlin1–516.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Machen or Summerlin?
Eddie Machen has 29 knockout wins and Johnny Summerlin has 0. Eddie Machen has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Machen2958%

Summerlin0

The Numbers ↓
Do Machen and Summerlin have any common opponents?
Eddie Machen and Johnny Summerlin share 3 common opponents: Sonny Liston, Zora Folley and Niño Valdés. Eddie Machen fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Sonny ListonLL

Zora Folley0–1–1W

Niño ValdésWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Machen and Summerlin?
This comparison is drawn from 65 bouts tracked for Eddie Machen and 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Summerlin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Machen65bouts

Summerlin6bouts

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