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Gene Fullmer vs Kid Leon — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Fullmer

Kid Leon

Gene Fullmer (55-6-3) and Kid Leon (0-1 across 1 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.

Fullmer

55

Wins24 KO · 44%

6

Losses

3

Draws64 tracked bouts

Leon

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Fullmer leads 1–0

Gene Fullmer and Kid Leon have met 1 time; Fullmer leads 1–0.

Gene Fullmer and Kid Leon have met 1 time; Fullmer leads 1–0.
Met1954Feb 6Series
Gene FullmerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kid LeonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Fullmer 4 · Leon 1 of 5 measurable rows
FullmerLeon
Record†
55-6-3 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
88.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
43.64%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
44%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
5.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
64
1

† 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
Gene Fullmer: 5′7″
Kid Leon: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gene Fullmer: 69″
Kid Leon: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gene Fullmer: Died aged 83
Kid Leon: No date of birth
Stance
Gene Fullmer: Orthodox
Kid Leon: Not recorded

Gene Fullmer left, Kid Leon right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gene Fullmer55 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Gene Fullmer: 55 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (44%) and 31 on the cards (56%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 44%31 on the cards 56%

Kid Leon0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Kid Leon: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Leon yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gene Fullmer 64, Kid Leon 1 — 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

Gene Fullmer has lost the most recent, to Dick Tiger. Fullmer last boxed on Aug 10, 1963.WWLDL

Fernández Aug 1961Paret Dec 1961Tiger Oct 1962Tiger Feb 1963Tiger Aug 19635.3 tracked bouts per year

Kid Leon last boxed on Feb 6, 1954 — 26,553 days ago. Leon had lost the most recent, to Gene Fullmer.L

Fullmer Feb 1954

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Fullmer and Kid Leon ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Fullmer and Kid Leon met once on February 6, 1954, and Gene Fullmer won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WFeb 6, 1954 · Fullmer · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Fullmer or Leon?
Gene Fullmer is 55-6-3 and Kid Leon is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gene Fullmer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Fullmer55–6–388.3%

Leon0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Fullmer or Leon?
Gene Fullmer has 24 knockout wins and Kid Leon has 0. Gene Fullmer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Fullmer2443.6%

Leon0

The Numbers ↓
Do Fullmer and Leon have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gene Fullmer and Kid Leon have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fullmer and Leon?
This comparison is drawn from 64 bouts tracked for Gene Fullmer and 1 bout tracked for Kid Leon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Fullmer64bouts

Leon1bout

How They Win ↓

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