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Elmer Rush vs George Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Elmer Rush

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George Johnson

Elmer Rush (1-1-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and George Johnson (22-27-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Rush

Tracked record

1–1–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

22

Wins11 KO · 50%

27

Losses

5

Draws42 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

Rush leads 1–0

Elmer Rush and George Johnson have met 1 time; Rush leads 1–0.

Elmer Rush and George Johnson have met 1 time; Rush leads 1–0.
Met1965Sep 27Series
Elmer RushFighter AWWon1–0W–L
George JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Rush 4 · Johnson 2 of 6 measurable rows
RushJohnson
Record†
1-1-1 (edge)22-27-5
Win %0–100%
50% (edge)
45.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 11
0
11 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.5
1.5 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 42
3
42

† 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
Elmer Rush: No height on file
George Johnson: 5′9″
Agenot held
Elmer Rush: No date of birth
George Johnson: Died aged 66
Stance
Elmer Rush: Not recorded
George Johnson: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Elmer Rush1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Elmer Rush: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

George Johnson17 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

George Johnson: 17 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (53%) and 8 on the cards (47%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 53%8 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Elmer Rush 3, George Johnson 42 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Rush better on 1 · even on 1

Rush

Opponent

Johnson

  • Elmer Rush

    Loss, TKO 6

    1967

    ListonEven

    George Johnson

    Loss, TKO 7

    1969

  • Elmer Rush

    Draw, PTS

    1965

    MachenRush better

    George Johnson

    Loss, UD

    1966

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

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

George Johnson has lost two straight. Johnson last boxed on Dec 2, 1999.LLDLL

Quarry Feb 1975Jones Mar 1975LeDoux Aug 1975Bobick Nov 1975Andrade Dec 19991.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Rush and George Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Rush and George Johnson met once on September 27, 1965, and Elmer Rush won by UD.
The meeting

WSep 27, 1965 · Rush · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rush or Johnson?
Elmer Rush is 1-1-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Johnson is 22-27-5. Elmer Rush has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rush1–1–150%

Johnson22–27–545.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rush or Johnson?
Elmer Rush has 0 knockout wins and George Johnson has 11. George Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rush0

Johnson1150%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rush and Johnson have any common opponents?
Elmer Rush and George Johnson share 2 common opponents: Sonny Liston and Eddie Machen. Elmer Rush fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Sonny ListonLL

Eddie MachenDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rush and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Elmer Rush and 42 bouts tracked for George Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rush3bouts

Johnson42bouts

How They Win ↓

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