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Franco De Piccoli vs John Riggins — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Franco De Piccoli

John Riggins

Franco De Piccoli (37-4) and John Riggins (0-3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Piccoli

37

Wins29 KO · 78%

4

Losses

0

Draws41 tracked bouts

Riggins

Tracked record

0–3

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

Piccoli leads 1–0

Franco De Piccoli and John Riggins have met 1 time; Piccoli leads 1–0.

Franco De Piccoli and John Riggins have met 1 time; Piccoli leads 1–0.
Met1962Nov 9Series
Franco De PiccoliFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John RigginsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Piccoli 4 · Riggins 1 of 5 measurable rows
PiccoliRiggins
Record†
37-4 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
90.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.2
8.2 (edge)
2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
41
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
Franco De Piccoli: 6′1″
John Riggins: No height on file
Agenot held
Franco De Piccoli: Died aged 88
John Riggins: No date of birth

Franco De Piccoli left, John Riggins right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Franco De Piccoli37 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Franco De Piccoli: 37 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (16%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 16%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

John Riggins0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

John Riggins: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Riggins yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Franco De Piccoli 41, John Riggins 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Franco De Piccoli has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Piccoli last boxed on Dec 26, 1965.WWWLL

Beasley Apr 1965Moore May 1965Johnson Jul 1965Copeland Oct 1965Weiland Dec 19658.2 tracked bouts per year

John Riggins last boxed on Nov 9, 1962 — 23,356 days ago. Riggins had lost three straight.LLL

Spencer May 1961Spencer May 1962Piccoli Nov 19622 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Franco De Piccoli and John Riggins ever fought each other?
Yes. Franco De Piccoli and John Riggins met once on November 9, 1962, and Franco De Piccoli won by KO.
The meeting

WNov 9, 1962 · Piccoli · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Piccoli or Riggins?
Franco De Piccoli is 37-4 and John Riggins is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Franco De Piccoli has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Piccoli37–490.2%

Riggins0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Piccoli or Riggins?
Franco De Piccoli has 29 knockout wins and John Riggins has 0. Franco De Piccoli has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Piccoli2978.4%

Riggins0

The Numbers ↓
Do Piccoli and Riggins have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Franco De Piccoli and John Riggins have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Piccoli and Riggins?
This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Franco De Piccoli and 3 bouts tracked for John Riggins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Piccoli41bouts

Riggins3bouts

How They Win ↓

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