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James Patrick Connolly vs Rocky Marciano — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Patrick Connolly

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Rocky Marciano

James Patrick Connolly (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Connolly

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Marciano

49

Wins43 KO · 88%

0

Losses

0

Draws49 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

Marciano leads 1–0

James Patrick Connolly and Rocky Marciano have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.

James Patrick Connolly and Rocky Marciano have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.
Met1948Nov 29Series
James Patrick ConnollyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rocky MarcianoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Connolly 0 · Marciano 5 of 5 measurable rows
ConnollyMarciano
Record†
0-149-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 43
0
43 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—87.76%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—88%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
1
49

† 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

Heightnot held
James Patrick Connolly: No height on file
Rocky Marciano: 5′9″
Reachnot held
James Patrick Connolly: No reach on file
Rocky Marciano: 67″
Agenot held
James Patrick Connolly: No date of birth
Rocky Marciano: Died aged 45
Stance
James Patrick Connolly: Not recorded
Rocky Marciano: Orthodox

James Patrick Connolly left, Rocky Marciano right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
James Patrick Connolly0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

James Patrick Connolly: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Connolly yet.

Rocky Marciano49 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

Rocky Marciano: 49 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (88%) and 6 on the cards (12%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 88%6 on the cards 12%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Patrick Connolly 1, Rocky Marciano 49 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

James Patrick Connolly last boxed on Nov 29, 1948 — 28,452 days ago. Connolly had lost the most recent, to Rocky Marciano.L

Marciano Nov 1948

Rocky Marciano has won 49 straight, the most recent against Archie Moore. Marciano last boxed on Sep 21, 1955.WWWWW

Starza Sep 1953Charles Jun 1954Charles Sep 1954Cockell May 1955Moore Sep 19555.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Patrick Connolly and Rocky Marciano ever fought each other?
Yes. James Patrick Connolly and Rocky Marciano met once on November 29, 1948, and Rocky Marciano won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LNov 29, 1948 · Marciano · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Connolly or Marciano?
James Patrick Connolly is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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.
Records · win %

Connolly0–10%

Marciano49–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Connolly or Marciano?
James Patrick Connolly has 0 knockout wins and Rocky Marciano has 43. Rocky Marciano has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Connolly0

Marciano4387.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Connolly and Marciano have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Patrick Connolly and Rocky Marciano have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Connolly and Marciano?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for James Patrick Connolly and 49 bouts tracked for Rocky Marciano. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Connolly1bout

Marciano49bouts

How They Win ↓

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