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Gene Fullmer vs Neal Rivers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Fullmer

Neal Rivers

Gene Fullmer (55-6-3) and Neal Rivers (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Rivers

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 Neal Rivers have met 1 time; Fullmer leads 1–0.

Gene Fullmer and Neal Rivers have met 1 time; Fullmer leads 1–0.
Met1957Nov 15Series
Gene FullmerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Neal RiversFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Fullmer 4 · Rivers 1 of 5 measurable rows
FullmerRivers
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
0 (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″
Neal Rivers: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gene Fullmer: 69″
Neal Rivers: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gene Fullmer: Died aged 83
Neal Rivers: No date of birth
Stance
Gene Fullmer: Orthodox
Neal Rivers: Not recorded

Gene Fullmer left, Neal Rivers 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%

Neal Rivers0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Neal Rivers: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rivers yet.

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

Neal Rivers last boxed on Nov 15, 1957 — 25,177 days ago. Rivers had lost the most recent, to Gene Fullmer.L

Fullmer Nov 1957

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Fullmer and Neal Rivers ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Fullmer and Neal Rivers met once on November 15, 1957, and Gene Fullmer won by MD.
The meeting

WNov 15, 1957 · Fullmer · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Fullmer or Rivers?
Gene Fullmer is 55-6-3 and Neal Rivers is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Rivers0–10%

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

Fullmer2443.6%

Rivers0

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

Fullmer64bouts

Rivers1bout

How They Win ↓

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