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Michele di Rocco vs Ricky Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Michele di Rocco

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Ricky Burns

Michele di Rocco (41-3-1) and Ricky Burns (45-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Rocco

41

Wins18 KO · 44%

3

Losses

1

Draw45 tracked bouts

Burns

45

Wins17 KO · 38%

8

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Burns leads 1–0

Michele di Rocco and Ricky Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

Michele di Rocco and Ricky Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met2016May 28Series
Michele di RoccoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ricky BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Rocco 6 · Burns 2 of 8 measurable rows
RoccoBurns
Record
41-3-1 (edge)45-8-1
Win %0–100%
92.2% (edge)
84.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
17
KO rate0–100%
43.9% (edge)
37.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
41% (edge)
38%
Times stopped†max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
1
5 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
45
55

† 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

Height+1″
Michele di Rocco: 5′8″
Ricky Burns: 5′9″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Michele di Rocco: No reach on file
Ricky Burns: 70″
Age1 yr apart
Michele di Rocco: 44
Ricky Burns: 43
Stance
Michele di Rocco: Orthodox
Ricky Burns: Orthodox

Michele di Rocco left, Ricky Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Michele di Rocco41 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Michele di Rocco: 41 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (41%), 22 on the cards (54%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 41%22 on the cards 54%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Ricky Burns45 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Ricky Burns: 45 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (38%) and 28 on the cards (62%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 38%28 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Michele di Rocco 45, Ricky Burns 55 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Rocco

Opponent

Burns

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Michele di Rocco last boxed on Jul 1, 2017 — 3,402 days ago. Rocco had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Eduard Troyanovsky.WWLWL

Bruun Feb 2015Lepelley May 2015Burns May 2016Avakyan Mar 2017Troyanovsky Jul 20173.5 tracked bouts per year

Ricky Burns last boxed on Sep 1, 2023 — 1,149 days ago. Burns had won two straight since losing a decision to Lee Selby.WWLWW

Njegac Jun 2018Cardle Nov 2018Selby Oct 2019Dominguez Dec 2021Limond Sep 20232.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Michele di Rocco and Ricky Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Michele di Rocco and Ricky Burns met once on May 28, 2016, and Ricky Burns won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LMay 28, 2016 · Burns · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rocco or Burns?
Michele di Rocco is 41-3-1 and Ricky Burns is 45-8-1. Michele di Rocco has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Rocco41–3–192.2%

Burns45–8–184.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rocco or Burns?
Michele di Rocco has 18 knockout wins and Ricky Burns has 17. Michele di Rocco has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rocco1843.9%

Burns1737.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rocco and Burns have any common opponents?
Michele di Rocco and Ricky Burns share 1 common opponent: Alexandre Lepelley. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Alexandre LepelleyWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Rocco or Burns?
Ricky Burns is the taller fighter at 175 cm, 3 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Rocco172 cm

Burns175 cm178 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rocco and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Michele di Rocco and 55 bouts tracked for Ricky Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rocco45bouts

Burns55bouts

How They Win ↓

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