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.
Harry Matthews (3-5-1 across 9 tracked bouts) and Rocky Marciano (49-0) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Harry Matthews vs Rocky Marciano — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Rocky Marciano leads 1–0- Rocky Marciano wonMarciano vs MatthewsJul 28, 1952 · KO · R2
The Numbers
- 3-5-1
- Record
- 49-0 (edge)
- 38.9%
- Win %
- 100% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 43 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 87.76%
- 33%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 88% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 5.8 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 49
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
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- Height
- 5′9″ (175 cm)
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- Reach
- 67″ (170 cm)
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- Age
- 103
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- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Heavyweight
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHarry Matthews · 3 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
2
Other
0
Rocky Marciano · 49 wins
KO/TKO
43
Decision
6
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 49 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedHarry Matthews
LRTD R7 · Jul 1954LPTS · Jun 1954LSD · Aug 1953Rocky Marciano
WTKO R9 · May 1955
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Harry Matthews
WLLLL
W1 streak · last fought Aug 31, 1956
Rocky Marciano
WWWWW
W49 streak · last fought Sep 21, 1955
Common Questions
- Have Harry Matthews and Rocky Marciano ever fought each other?
- Yes. Harry Matthews and Rocky Marciano met once on July 28, 1952, and Rocky Marciano won by KO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Harry Matthews or Rocky Marciano?
- Harry Matthews is 3-5-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rocky Marciano is 49-0. Rocky Marciano has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Harry Matthews or Rocky Marciano?
- Harry Matthews has 1 knockout win and Rocky Marciano has 43. Rocky Marciano has more.
- Do Harry Matthews and Rocky Marciano have any common opponents?
- Harry Matthews and Rocky Marciano share 2 common opponents: Ezzard Charles and Don Cockell. Rocky Marciano fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harry Matthews and Rocky Marciano?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Harry Matthews and 49 bouts tracked for Rocky Marciano. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.