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Buster Douglas vs David Starkey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

David Starkey

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and David Starkey (0-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Douglas

38

Wins25 KO · 66%

6

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Starkey

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

1 meeting, no decision

Buster Douglas and David Starkey have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.

Buster Douglas and David Starkey have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.
Met1984Jul 9Series
Buster DouglasFighter ANCNo decision0–0W–L
David StarkeyFighter BNCNo decision0–0W–L
ResultNCR11Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 5 · Starkey 0 of 5 measurable rows
DouglasStarkey
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.79%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
66%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
6

† 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
Buster Douglas: 6′4″
David Starkey: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Douglas: 83″
David Starkey: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Douglas: 66
David Starkey: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Douglas: Orthodox
David Starkey: Not recorded

Buster Douglas left, David Starkey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buster Douglas38 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Buster Douglas: 38 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (66%), 12 on the cards (32%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 66%12 on the cards 32%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

David Starkey0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

David Starkey: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Starkey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, David Starkey 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Douglas better on 1

Douglas

Opponent

Starkey

  • Buster Douglas

    Win, UD

    1986

    JacoDouglas better

    David Starkey

    Loss, TKO

    1983

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

Buster Douglas last boxed on Feb 19, 1999 — 10,104 days ago. Douglas had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Lou Savarese.WWLWW

Monaco May 1997Navarre Jul 1997Savarese Jun 1998Williams Dec 1998Crowder Feb 19992.6 tracked bouts per year

David Starkey last boxed on Sep 25, 1984 — 15,364 days ago. Starkey had lost the most recent, to Marvis Frazier.LLLNCL

Ratliff Apr 1981Williams Aug 1982Jaco Feb 1983Douglas Jul 1984Frazier Sep 19841.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and David Starkey ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and David Starkey met once on July 9, 1984, and the bout produced no decision by NC in round 1.
The meeting

NCJul 9, 1984 · No decision · NC R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Starkey?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and David Starkey is 0-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Douglas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Douglas38–6–185.6%

Starkey0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Douglas or Starkey?
Buster Douglas has 25 knockout wins and David Starkey has 0. Buster Douglas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Douglas2565.8%

Starkey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Starkey have any common opponents?
Buster Douglas and David Starkey share 1 common opponent: David Jaco. Buster Douglas fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

David JacoWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Starkey?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 6 bouts tracked for David Starkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Starkey6bouts

How They Win ↓

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