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Billy Kearns vs Tippy Larkin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Kearns

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Tippy Larkin

Billy Kearns (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Tippy Larkin (134-15-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Kearns

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Larkin

134

Wins57 KO · 43%

15

Losses

1

Draw151 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

Larkin leads 1–0

Billy Kearns and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Billy Kearns and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1948Apr 13Series
Billy KearnsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tippy LarkinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Kearns 1 · Larkin 4 of 5 measurable rows
KearnsLarkin
Record†
0-2134-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡max 10
0 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
2
151

† 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
Billy Kearns: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Billy Kearns: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Billy Kearns: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Billy Kearns left, Tippy Larkin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Kearns0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Kearns: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kearns yet.

Tippy Larkin134 wins · from 151 tracked bouts

Tippy Larkin: 134 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (43%), 74 on the cards (55%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 151 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 43%74 on the cards 55%3 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Kearns 2, Tippy Larkin 151 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Kearns

Opponent

Larkin

  • Billy Kearns

    Loss, UD

    1947

    JackEven

    Tippy Larkin

    Loss, KO 3

    1942

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

Billy Kearns last boxed on Apr 13, 1948 — 28,677 days ago. Kearns had lost two straight.LL

Jack Dec 1947Larkin Apr 1948

Tippy Larkin had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Steve Marcello. Larkin last boxed on Dec 29, 1952.WLWWL

LaGrutta Nov 1951Lupo Mar 1952Jenkins Oct 1952Jenkins Dec 1952Marcello Dec 19528.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Kearns and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Kearns and Tippy Larkin met once on April 13, 1948, and Tippy Larkin won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 13, 1948 · Larkin · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kearns or Larkin?
Billy Kearns is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tippy Larkin is 134-15-1. Tippy Larkin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kearns0–20%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kearns or Larkin?
Billy Kearns has 0 knockout wins and Tippy Larkin has 57. Tippy Larkin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kearns0

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kearns and Larkin have any common opponents?
Billy Kearns and Tippy Larkin share 1 common opponent: Beau Jack. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Beau JackLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kearns and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Kearns and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kearns2bouts

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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