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.
Billy Wallace (5-5 across 10 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 5 common opponents.
Billy Wallace vs Jimmy McLarnin — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy McLarnin leads 1–0- Jimmy McLarnin wonMcLarnin vs WallaceNov 23, 1927 · PTS
The Numbers
- 5-5
- Record
- 55-11-3 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 81.9% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 21 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 38.18%
- 20%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 39% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 1.5
- Bouts per year
- 5.4 (edge)
- 10
- Bouts tracked
- 70
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 118
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Flyweight
- —
- Nationality
- Irish
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Wallace · 5 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
4
Other
0
Jimmy McLarnin · 56 wins
KO/TKO
22
Decision
33
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (10 and 70 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedBilly Wallace
WPTS · May 1931WPTS · May 1929Jimmy McLarnin
WKO R2 · Mar 1929WUD · Jan 1929WPTS · Sep 1926
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Billy Wallace
WLWWL
W1 streak · last fought May 8, 1931
Jimmy McLarnin
WWLLW
W2 streak · last fought Nov 20, 1936
Common Questions
- Have Billy Wallace and Jimmy McLarnin ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Wallace and Jimmy McLarnin met once on November 23, 1927, and Jimmy McLarnin won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Billy Wallace or Jimmy McLarnin?
- Billy Wallace is 5-5 across the 10 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Billy Wallace or Jimmy McLarnin?
- Billy Wallace has 1 knockout win and Jimmy McLarnin has 21. Jimmy McLarnin has more.
- Do Billy Wallace and Jimmy McLarnin have any common opponents?
- Billy Wallace and Jimmy McLarnin share 5 common opponents: Billy Petrole, Joe Glick and Sammy Mandell (and 2 others). Jimmy McLarnin fared better against 4 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Wallace and Jimmy McLarnin?
- This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Billy Wallace and 70 bouts tracked for Jimmy McLarnin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.