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Rocky Marciano vs Willis Applegate — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rocky Marciano

Willis Applegate

Rocky Marciano (49-0) and Willis Applegate (0-2 across 2 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.

Marciano

49

Wins43 KO · 88%

0

Losses

0

Draws49 tracked bouts

Applegate

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Rocky Marciano and Willis Applegate have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.

Rocky Marciano and Willis Applegate have met 1 time; Marciano leads 1–0.
Met1951Apr 30Series
Rocky MarcianoFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willis ApplegateFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Marciano 5 · Applegate 0 of 5 measurable rows
MarcianoApplegate
Record†
49-0 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 43
43 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
87.76%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
88%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
49
2

† 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
Rocky Marciano: 5′9″
Willis Applegate: No height on file
Reachnot held
Rocky Marciano: 67″
Willis Applegate: No reach on file
Agenot held
Rocky Marciano: Died aged 45
Willis Applegate: No date of birth
Stance
Rocky Marciano: Orthodox
Willis Applegate: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willis Applegate0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Willis Applegate: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Applegate yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rocky Marciano 49, Willis Applegate 2 — 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

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

Willis Applegate last boxed on Apr 30, 1951 — 27,566 days ago. Applegate had lost two straight.LL

Bivins Feb 1950Marciano Apr 19511.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rocky Marciano and Willis Applegate ever fought each other?
Yes. Rocky Marciano and Willis Applegate met once on April 30, 1951, and Rocky Marciano won by UD.
The meeting

WApr 30, 1951 · Marciano · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Marciano or Applegate?
Rocky Marciano is 49-0 and Willis Applegate is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Rocky Marciano has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Marciano49–0100%

Applegate0–20%

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

Marciano4387.8%

Applegate0

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

Marciano49bouts

Applegate2bouts

How They Win ↓

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