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Abe Gordon vs Jimmy McLarnin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Abe Gordon

🇮🇪FLYWEIGHT

Jimmy McLarnin

Abe Gordon (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Jimmy McLarnin (55-11-3) 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.

Gordon

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McLarnin

55

Wins21 KO · 38%

11

Losses

3

Draws69 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

McLarnin leads 1–0

Abe Gordon and Jimmy McLarnin have met 1 time; McLarnin leads 1–0.

Abe Gordon and Jimmy McLarnin have met 1 time; McLarnin leads 1–0.
Met1924May 14Series
Abe GordonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jimmy McLarninFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Gordon 0 · McLarnin 5 of 5 measurable rows
GordonMcLarnin
Record†
0-1-155-11-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
81.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—38.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—38%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.3
1.8
5.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
2
69

† 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

Agenot held
Abe Gordon: No date of birth
Jimmy McLarnin: Died aged 96
Stance
Abe Gordon: Not recorded
Jimmy McLarnin: Orthodox

Abe Gordon left, Jimmy McLarnin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Abe Gordon0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Abe Gordon: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gordon yet.

Jimmy McLarnin55 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Jimmy McLarnin: 55 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (38%), 33 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 38%33 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Abe Gordon 2, Jimmy McLarnin 69 — 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

Abe Gordon last boxed on May 14, 1924 — 37,425 days ago. Gordon had lost the most recent, to Jimmy McLarnin.DL

Brown Apr 1923McLarnin May 19241.8 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy McLarnin has won two straight since losses to Barney Ross and Tony Canzoneri. McLarnin last boxed on Nov 20, 1936.WLLWW

Ross Sep 1934Ross May 1935Canzoneri May 1936Canzoneri Oct 1936Ambers Nov 19365.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Abe Gordon and Jimmy McLarnin ever fought each other?
Yes. Abe Gordon and Jimmy McLarnin met once on May 14, 1924, and Jimmy McLarnin won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LMay 14, 1924 · McLarnin · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gordon or McLarnin?
Abe Gordon is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy McLarnin is 55-11-3. Jimmy McLarnin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gordon0–1–125%

McLarnin55–11–381.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gordon or McLarnin?
Abe Gordon has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy McLarnin has 21. Jimmy McLarnin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gordon0

McLarnin2138.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gordon and McLarnin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Abe Gordon and Jimmy McLarnin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gordon and McLarnin?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Abe Gordon and 69 bouts tracked for Jimmy McLarnin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gordon2bouts

McLarnin69bouts

How They Win ↓

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