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

Bobby Ruffin

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Tippy Larkin

Bobby Ruffin (2-5-1 across 8 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 3 common opponents.

Ruffin

Tracked record

2–5–1

counted from 8 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Bobby Ruffin and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Bobby Ruffin and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1944Jan 14Series
Bobby RuffinFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Tippy LarkinFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ruffin 1 · Larkin 6 of 7 measurable rows
RuffinLarkin
Record†
2-5-1134-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
31.3%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 10
1 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.5
1.8
8.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
8
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 Ruffin: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Bobby Ruffin: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Bobby Ruffin: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Bobby Ruffin 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 Ruffin2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

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

2 on the cards 100%

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 Ruffin 8, Tippy Larkin 151 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Ruffin better on 1 · Larkin better on 1 · even on 1

Ruffin

Opponent

Larkin

  • Bobby Ruffin

    Loss, TKO 5

    1946

    WilliamsEven

    Tippy Larkin

    Loss, KO 4

    1947

  • Bobby Ruffin

    Loss, SD

    1945

    JoyceLarkin better

    Tippy Larkin

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1946

    Win, UD

    1946

    Win, UD

    1945

  • Bobby Ruffin

    Win, UD

    1943

    JackRuffin better

    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

Bobby Ruffin last boxed on Jun 12, 1946 — 29,348 days ago. Ruffin had lost three straight.LDLLL

Angott Dec 1943Larkin Jan 1944Joyce Jul 1945Wright Oct 1945Williams Jun 19461.8 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 Ruffin and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Ruffin and Tippy Larkin met once on January 14, 1944, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJan 14, 1944 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruffin or Larkin?
Bobby Ruffin is 2-5-1 across the 8 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 %

Ruffin2–5–131.3%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

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

Ruffin0

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ruffin and Larkin have any common opponents?
Bobby Ruffin and Tippy Larkin share 3 common opponents: Ike Williams, Willie Joyce and Beau Jack. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Ike WilliamsLL

Willie JoyceLW

Beau JackWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ruffin and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Bobby Ruffin and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ruffin8bouts

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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