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Alfonso Ratliff vs David Starkey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Alfonso Ratliff

David Starkey

Alfonso Ratliff (25-9) and David Starkey (0-5 across 6 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.

Ratliff

25

Wins18 KO · 72%

9

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Starkey

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 6 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

Ratliff leads 1–0

Alfonso Ratliff and David Starkey have met 1 time; Ratliff leads 1–0.

Alfonso Ratliff and David Starkey have met 1 time; Ratliff leads 1–0.
Met1981Apr 16Series
Alfonso RatliffFighter AWWon1–0W–L
David StarkeyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Ratliff 4 · Starkey 1 of 5 measurable rows
RatliffStarkey
Record†
25-9 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
73.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
72%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.8
3.8 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
6

† 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
Alfonso Ratliff: 6′4″
David Starkey: No height on file
Reachnot held
Alfonso Ratliff: 78″
David Starkey: No reach on file
Agenot held
Alfonso Ratliff: 70
David Starkey: No date of birth
Stance
Alfonso Ratliff: Orthodox
David Starkey: Not recorded

Alfonso Ratliff left, David Starkey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Alfonso Ratliff25 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Alfonso Ratliff: 25 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (72%) and 7 on the cards (28%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 72%7 on the cards 28%

David Starkey0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

David Starkey: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Starkey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alfonso Ratliff 34, David Starkey 6 — 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

Alfonso Ratliff last boxed on Jun 26, 1989 — 13,629 days ago. Ratliff had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Mason Feb 1988Bodzianowski May 1988Parkey Aug 1988Lampkin Nov 1988Murphy Jun 19893.8 tracked bouts per year

David Starkey last boxed on Sep 25, 1984 — 15,364 days ago. Starkey had lost the most recent, to Marvis Frazier.LLLNCL

Ratliff Apr 1981Williams Aug 1982Jaco Feb 1983Douglas Jul 1984Frazier Sep 19841.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alfonso Ratliff and David Starkey ever fought each other?
Yes. Alfonso Ratliff and David Starkey met once on April 16, 1981, and Alfonso Ratliff won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WApr 16, 1981 · Ratliff · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ratliff or Starkey?
Alfonso Ratliff is 25-9 and David Starkey is 0-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Alfonso Ratliff has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ratliff25–973.5%

Starkey0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ratliff or Starkey?
Alfonso Ratliff has 18 knockout wins and David Starkey has 0. Alfonso Ratliff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ratliff1872%

Starkey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ratliff and Starkey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Alfonso Ratliff and David Starkey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ratliff and Starkey?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Alfonso Ratliff and 6 bouts tracked for David Starkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ratliff34bouts

Starkey6bouts

How They Win ↓

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