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Gene Hairston vs Rocky Castellani — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Hairston

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Rocky Castellani

Gene Hairston (2-5-1 across 8 tracked bouts) and Rocky Castellani (69-14-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Hairston

Tracked record

2–5–1

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Castellani

69

Wins18 KO · 26%

14

Losses

6

Draws89 tracked bouts

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

Castellani leads 1–0

Gene Hairston and Rocky Castellani have met 1 time; Castellani leads 1–0.

Gene Hairston and Rocky Castellani have met 1 time; Castellani leads 1–0.
Met1951Jul 9Series
Gene HairstonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rocky CastellaniFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Hairston 2 · Castellani 4 of 6 measurable rows
HairstonCastellani
Record†
2-5-169-14-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
31.3%
80.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
1
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
26%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
3
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 89
8
89

† 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

Agenot comparable
Gene Hairston: Died aged 85
Rocky Castellani: Died aged 82
Stance
Gene Hairston: Not recorded
Rocky Castellani: Orthodox

Gene Hairston left, Rocky Castellani 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 Hairston2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Gene Hairston: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Rocky Castellani69 wins · from 89 tracked bouts

Rocky Castellani: 69 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (26%) and 51 on the cards (74%). Counted from 89 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 26%51 on the cards 74%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gene Hairston 8, Rocky Castellani 89 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Hairston better on 1 · Castellani better on 1 · even on 1

Hairston

Opponent

Castellani

  • Gene Hairston

    Loss, TKO 6

    1952

    OlsonEven

    Rocky Castellani

    Loss, UD

    1954

  • Gene Hairston

    Loss, TKO 2

    1950

    BrattonCastellani better

    Rocky Castellani

    2–0 against

    Win, SD

    1952

    Win, UD

    1952

  • Gene Hairston

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1951

    Win, SD

    1950

    GavilánHairston better

    Rocky Castellani

    Loss, UD

    1949

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Gene Hairston has lost two straight. Hairston last boxed on Aug 27, 1952.WLDLL

Pender Apr 1951Castellani Jul 1951LaMotta Mar 1952LaMotta May 1952Olson Aug 19523 tracked bouts per year

Rocky Castellani has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Castellani last boxed on Oct 18, 1957.LWWLL

Giambra Dec 1956Benson Apr 1957Felton Jun 1957Boyd Jun 1957Calhoun Oct 19576.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Hairston and Rocky Castellani ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Hairston and Rocky Castellani met once on July 9, 1951, and Rocky Castellani won by SD.
The meeting

LJul 9, 1951 · Castellani · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hairston or Castellani?
Gene Hairston is 2-5-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rocky Castellani is 69-14-6. Rocky Castellani has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hairston2–5–131.3%

Castellani69–14–680.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hairston or Castellani?
Gene Hairston has 1 knockout win and Rocky Castellani has 18. Rocky Castellani has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hairston1

Castellani1826.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hairston and Castellani have any common opponents?
Gene Hairston and Rocky Castellani share 3 common opponents: Bobo Olson, Johnny Bratton and Kid Gavilán. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Bobo OlsonLL

Johnny BrattonLW

Kid Gavilán1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hairston and Castellani?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Gene Hairston and 89 bouts tracked for Rocky Castellani. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hairston8bouts

Castellani89bouts

How They Win ↓

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