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John Edwards vs Rocky Marciano — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Edwards

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Rocky Marciano

John Edwards (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Edwards

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts 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

John Edwards and Rocky Marciano have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.

John Edwards and Rocky Marciano have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.
Met1948Jul 19Series
John EdwardsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rocky MarcianoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Edwards 0 · Marciano 6 of 6 measurable rows
EdwardsMarciano
Record†
0-249-0 (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 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
0
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
2
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
John Edwards: No height on file
Rocky Marciano: 5′9″
Reachnot held
John Edwards: No reach on file
Rocky Marciano: 67″
Agenot held
John Edwards: No date of birth
Rocky Marciano: Died aged 45
Stance
John Edwards: Not recorded
Rocky Marciano: Orthodox

John Edwards 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
John Edwards0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

John Edwards: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Edwards 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 — John Edwards 2, 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

John Edwards last boxed on Jul 18, 1989 — 13,609 days ago. Edwards had lost two straight.LL

Marciano Jul 1948Phillips Jul 19890 tracked bouts per year

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 John Edwards and Rocky Marciano ever fought each other?
Yes. John Edwards and Rocky Marciano met once on July 19, 1948, and Rocky Marciano won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJul 19, 1948 · Marciano · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Edwards or Marciano?
John Edwards is 0-2 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Edwards0–20%

Marciano49–0100%

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

Edwards0

Marciano4387.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Edwards and Marciano have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Edwards and Rocky Marciano have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Edwards and Marciano?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for John Edwards and 49 bouts tracked for Rocky Marciano. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Edwards2bouts

Marciano49bouts

How They Win ↓

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