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 Hairston (2-4-1 across 7 tracked bouts) and Johnny Bratton (60-24-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Gene Hairston vs Johnny Bratton — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Johnny Bratton leads 1–0- Johnny Bratton wonBratton vs HairstonJan 4, 1950 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 2-4-1
- Record
- 60-24-3 (edge)
- 35.7%
- Win %
- 70.7% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 34 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 56.67%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 1 (edge)
- 2.6
- Bouts per year
- 8.2 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 88
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
- 97
- Age
- 98
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Hairston · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Johnny Bratton · 60 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
26
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 88 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedGene Hairston
LUD · Mar 1951WSD · Oct 1950Johnny Bratton
LUD · Nov 1953DPTS · Nov 1951LUD · May 1951
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gene Hairston
LLDWL
L2 streak · last fought Aug 27, 1952
Johnny Bratton
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Mar 17, 1955
Common Questions
- Have Gene Hairston and Johnny Bratton ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gene Hairston and Johnny Bratton met once on January 4, 1950, and Johnny Bratton won by TKO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Gene Hairston or Johnny Bratton?
- Gene Hairston is 2-4-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Bratton is 60-24-3. Johnny Bratton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Gene Hairston or Johnny Bratton?
- Gene Hairston has 1 knockout win and Johnny Bratton has 34. Johnny Bratton has more.
- Do Gene Hairston and Johnny Bratton have any common opponents?
- Gene Hairston and Johnny Bratton share 1 common opponent: Kid Gavilán. Gene Hairston fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Hairston and Johnny Bratton?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Gene Hairston and 88 bouts tracked for Johnny Bratton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.