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.
Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) and Rory Calhoun (3-5-1 across 9 tracked bouts) 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.
Jimmy Ellis vs Rory Calhoun — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy Ellis leads 1–0- Jimmy Ellis wonEllis vs CalhounJan 11, 1962 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 40-12-1 (edge)
- Record
- 3-5-1
- 76.4% (edge)
- Win %
- 38.9%
- 24 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 60%
- KO rate
- —
- 61% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 7
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.7
- Bouts per year
- 1.9 (edge)
- 57
- Bouts tracked
- 9
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
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- Height
- —
- 76″ (193 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 86
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJimmy Ellis · 41 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
16
Other
0
Rory Calhoun · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (57 and 9 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
Jimmy Ellis
LWLWL
L1 streak · last fought Mar 12, 1994
Rory Calhoun
LWDLW
L1 streak · last fought Jan 11, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Jimmy Ellis and Rory Calhoun ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Rory Calhoun met once on January 11, 1962, and Jimmy Ellis won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Jimmy Ellis or Rory Calhoun?
- Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1 and Rory Calhoun is 3-5-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Jimmy Ellis or Rory Calhoun?
- Jimmy Ellis has 24 knockout wins and Rory Calhoun has 0. Jimmy Ellis has more.
- Do Jimmy Ellis and Rory Calhoun have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Ellis and Rory Calhoun have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jimmy Ellis and Rory Calhoun?
- This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 9 bouts tracked for Rory Calhoun. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.