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.
Gene Fullmer (55-6-3) and Rio Rico (0-2 across 2 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.
Gene Fullmer vs Rio Rico — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Gene Fullmer leads 1–0- Gene Fullmer wonFullmer vs RicoJun 5, 1954 · TKO · R1
The Numbers
- 55-6-3 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 88.3% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 24 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 43.64%
- KO rate
- —
- 42%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 2
- Times stopped
- 2
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.1
- 66
- Bouts tracked
- 2
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′7″ (170 cm)
- Height
- —
- 69″ (175 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 95
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Middleweight
- Division
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Fullmer · 57 wins
KO/TKO
24
Decision
33
Other
0
Rio Rico · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (66 and 2 respectively), 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
Gene Fullmer
LDLWW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 10, 1963
Rio Rico
LL
L2 streak · last fought Jun 5, 1954
Common Questions
- Have Gene Fullmer and Rio Rico ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gene Fullmer and Rio Rico met once on June 5, 1954, and Gene Fullmer won by TKO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Gene Fullmer or Rio Rico?
- Gene Fullmer is 55-6-3 and Rio Rico is 0-2 across the 2 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Gene Fullmer or Rio Rico?
- Gene Fullmer has 24 knockout wins and Rio Rico has 0. Gene Fullmer has more.
- Do Gene Fullmer and Rio Rico have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gene Fullmer and Rio Rico have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Fullmer and Rio Rico?
- This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Gene Fullmer and 2 bouts tracked for Rio Rico. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.