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Arthur Persley vs Tony DeMarco — record, stats and common opponents compared

Arthur Persley

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Tony DeMarco

Arthur Persley (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Tony DeMarco (58-12-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Persley

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

DeMarco

58

Wins33 KO · 57%

12

Losses

1

Draw71 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

DeMarco leads 1–0

Arthur Persley and Tony DeMarco have met 1 time; DeMarco leads 1–0.

Arthur Persley and Tony DeMarco have met 1 time; DeMarco leads 1–0.
Met1956Apr 28Series
Arthur PersleyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony DeMarcoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Persley 1 · DeMarco 6 of 7 measurable rows
PersleyDeMarco
Record†
2-658-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
82.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—56.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
57% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.3
0.5
5.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 71
8
71

† 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
Arthur Persley: No height on file
Tony DeMarco: 5′5″
Agenot held
Arthur Persley: No date of birth
Tony DeMarco: Died aged 89
Stance
Arthur Persley: Not recorded
Tony DeMarco: Orthodox

Arthur Persley left, Tony DeMarco right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Arthur Persley2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Arthur Persley: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Tony DeMarco58 wins · from 71 tracked bouts

Tony DeMarco: 58 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (57%) and 25 on the cards (43%). Counted from 71 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 57%25 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arthur Persley 8, Tony DeMarco 71 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Persley better on 1 · DeMarco better on 1

Persley

Opponent

DeMarco

  • Arthur Persley

    Win, PTS

    1949

    AkinsPersley better

    Tony DeMarco

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 12

    1958

    Loss, KO 14

    1957

  • Arthur Persley

    Loss, KO 9

    1955

    SmithDeMarco better

    Tony DeMarco

    Win, TKO 9

    1956

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

Arthur Persley last boxed on May 22, 1965 — 22,433 days ago. Persley had lost five straight.LLLLL

Smith Nov 1955Brown Feb 1956DeMarco Apr 1956Ortíz Aug 1962Adigue May 19650.5 tracked bouts per year

Tony DeMarco has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Denny Moyer. DeMarco last boxed on Feb 6, 1962.WWLWW

Monroe Mar 1959Connors Apr 1959Moyer Feb 1960Jordan Dec 1961Redl Feb 19625.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Arthur Persley and Tony DeMarco ever fought each other?
Yes. Arthur Persley and Tony DeMarco met once on April 28, 1956, and Tony DeMarco won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 28, 1956 · DeMarco · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Persley or DeMarco?
Arthur Persley is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony DeMarco is 58-12-1. Tony DeMarco has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Persley2–625%

DeMarco58–12–182.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Persley or DeMarco?
Arthur Persley has 0 knockout wins and Tony DeMarco has 33. Tony DeMarco has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Persley0

DeMarco3356.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Persley and DeMarco have any common opponents?
Arthur Persley and Tony DeMarco share 2 common opponents: Virgil Akins and Wallace Smith. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Virgil AkinsWL

Wallace SmithLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Persley and DeMarco?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Arthur Persley and 71 bouts tracked for Tony DeMarco. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Persley8bouts

DeMarco71bouts

How They Win ↓

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