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 Paul Pender (40-6-2) 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 Hairston vs Paul Pender — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Gene Hairston leads 1–0- Gene Hairston wonPender vs HairstonApr 30, 1951 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 2-4-1
- Record
- 40-6-2 (edge)
- 35.7%
- Win %
- 85.4% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 20 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 50%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 2.6
- Bouts per year
- 3.6 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 48
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
- 96
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Hairston · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Paul Pender · 40 wins
KO/TKO
20
Decision
19
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 48 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 Hairston
LLDWL
L2 streak · last fought Aug 27, 1952
Paul Pender
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Apr 7, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Gene Hairston and Paul Pender ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gene Hairston and Paul Pender met once on April 30, 1951, and Gene Hairston won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Gene Hairston or Paul Pender?
- Gene Hairston is 2-4-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Paul Pender is 40-6-2. Paul Pender 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 Paul Pender?
- Gene Hairston has 1 knockout win and Paul Pender has 20. Paul Pender has more.
- Do Gene Hairston and Paul Pender have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gene Hairston and Paul Pender have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Hairston and Paul Pender?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Gene Hairston and 48 bouts tracked for Paul Pender. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.