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Bobby Claus vs Tippy Larkin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bobby Claus

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Tippy Larkin

Bobby Claus (0-4 across 4 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Claus

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Bobby Claus and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Bobby Claus and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1946Aug 1Series
Bobby ClausFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tippy LarkinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Claus 1 · Larkin 5 of 6 measurable rows
ClausLarkin
Record†
0-4134-15-1 (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
4 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.5
1.2
8.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
4
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
Bobby Claus: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Bobby Claus: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Bobby Claus: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Bobby Claus 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
Bobby Claus0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Bobby Claus: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Claus 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 — Bobby Claus 4, Tippy Larkin 151 — 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

Bobby Claus last boxed on Jun 21, 1949 — 28,243 days ago. Claus had lost four straight.LLLL

Zale Feb 1946Larkin Aug 1946Zale Mar 1948Graziano Jun 19491.2 tracked bouts per year

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 Bobby Claus and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Claus and Tippy Larkin met once on August 1, 1946, and Tippy Larkin won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LAug 1, 1946 · Larkin · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Claus or Larkin?
Bobby Claus is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Claus0–40%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

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

Claus0

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Claus and Larkin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bobby Claus and Tippy Larkin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Claus and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Bobby Claus and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Claus4bouts

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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