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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.

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

Arthur Persley

Tracked record

2–6

8 tracked bouts

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Tony DeMarco

58–12–1

71 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

Tony DeMarco leads 1–0

The Numbers

2-6
Record
58-12-1 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

25%
Win %
82.4% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
33 (edge)
KO rate
56.9%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
57% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Times stopped
7

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts per year
5.3 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

8
Bouts tracked
71

Tale of the Tape

Height
5′5″ (165 cm)
Age
94
Division
Welterweight
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Arthur Persley · 2 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0

Tony DeMarco · 58 wins

KO/TKO
33
Decision
25
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 71 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Arthur Persley

    WPTS · Sep 1949

    Virgil Akins

    Tony DeMarco

    LTKO R12 · Jan 1958LKO R14 · Oct 1957
  • Arthur Persley

    LKO R9 · Nov 1955

    Wallace Smith

    Tony DeMarco

    WTKO R9 · Mar 1956

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Arthur Persley

LLLLL

L5 streak · last fought May 22, 1965

Tony DeMarco

WWLWW

W2 streak · last fought Feb 6, 1962

Common Questions

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.
Who has the better record, Arthur Persley or Tony 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.
Who has more knockouts, Arthur Persley or Tony DeMarco?
Arthur Persley has 0 knockout wins and Tony DeMarco has 33. Tony DeMarco has more.
Do Arthur Persley and Tony 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.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Arthur Persley and Tony 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.

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