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.
Joe Welling (8-13-1 across 22 tracked bouts) and Rocky Kansas (123-27-15) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 6 common opponents.
Joe Welling vs Rocky Kansas — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Rocky Kansas leads 1–0- Rocky Kansas wonKansas vs WellingMay 24, 1920 · NWS
The Numbers
- 8-13-1
- Record
- 123-27-15 (edge)
- 38.6%
- Win %
- 79.1% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 38 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 30.89%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 31% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 2.7
- Bouts per year
- 7.6 (edge)
- 22
- Bouts tracked
- 165
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
- —
- Age
- 133
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Lightweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJoe Welling · 8 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
5
Rocky Kansas · 123 wins
KO/TKO
38
Decision
26
Other
59
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (22 and 165 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
6 sharedJoe Welling
WPTS · Sep 1920WNWS · Apr 1920LNWS · Aug 1919WPTS · Dec 1918DNWS · Nov 1918WNWS · Jul 1917LNWS · Jun 1917LNWS · Aug 1916Rocky Kansas
WUD · Apr 1924LNWS · Apr 1921DPTS · Sep 1918LPTS · May 1917LNWS · May 1915WNWS · Feb 1914Joe Welling
LNWS · Feb 1921LTKO R14 · Nov 1920Rocky Kansas
LTKO R8 · Jul 1922LUD · Feb 1922LNWS · Jun 1921LNWS · Feb 1916Joe Welling
LNWS · Oct 1920LNWS · Jul 1919LNWS · Feb 1919Rocky Kansas
WPTS · Oct 1921LNWS · Jan 1919LNWS · Oct 1917Joe Welling
WNWS · Jun 1920WNWS · May 1920Rocky Kansas
WPTS · Aug 1920WNWS · Sep 1917WNWS · Jul 1917
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Joe Welling
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Nov 21, 1923
Rocky Kansas
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Sep 30, 1932
Common Questions
- Have Joe Welling and Rocky Kansas ever fought each other?
- Yes. Joe Welling and Rocky Kansas met once on May 24, 1920, and Rocky Kansas won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Joe Welling or Rocky Kansas?
- Joe Welling is 8-13-1 across the 22 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rocky Kansas is 123-27-15. Rocky Kansas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Joe Welling or Rocky Kansas?
- Joe Welling has 0 knockout wins and Rocky Kansas has 38. Rocky Kansas has more.
- Do Joe Welling and Rocky Kansas have any common opponents?
- Joe Welling and Rocky Kansas share 6 common opponents: Johnny Dundee, Benny Leonard and Lew Tendler (and 3 others). Rocky Kansas fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Joe Welling and Rocky Kansas?
- This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Joe Welling and 165 bouts tracked for Rocky Kansas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.