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Dave Bolden vs Marlon Starling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Bolden

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Marlon Starling

Dave Bolden (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Marlon Starling (45-6-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Bolden

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Starling

45

Wins27 KO · 60%

6

Losses

1

Draw53 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

Starling leads 1–0

Dave Bolden and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.

Dave Bolden and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.
Met1980Nov 3Series
Dave BoldenFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marlon StarlingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Bolden 0 · Starling 6 of 6 measurable rows
BoldenStarling
Record†
0-445-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.8
1.2
4.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
4
53

† 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
Dave Bolden: No height on file
Marlon Starling: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Dave Bolden: No reach on file
Marlon Starling: 74″
Agenot held
Dave Bolden: No date of birth
Marlon Starling: 67
Stance
Dave Bolden: Not recorded
Marlon Starling: Orthodox

Dave Bolden left, Marlon Starling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dave Bolden0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Dave Bolden: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bolden yet.

Marlon Starling45 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Marlon Starling: 45 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (60%) and 18 on the cards (40%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 60%18 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Bolden 4, Marlon Starling 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Starling better on 1

Bolden

Opponent

Starling

  • Dave Bolden

    Loss, PTS

    1980

    StraussStarling better

    Marlon Starling

    Win, KO 2

    1981

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

Dave Bolden last boxed on Dec 30, 1982 — 15,999 days ago. Bolden had lost four straight.LLLL

Costello Oct 1979Strauss Jun 1980Starling Nov 1980McGirt Dec 19821.2 tracked bouts per year

Marlon Starling last boxed on Aug 19, 1990 — 13,210 days ago. Starling had lost two straight, after two straight wins.NCWWLL

Molinares Jul 1988Honeyghan Feb 1989Jung Sep 1989Nunn Apr 1990Blocker Aug 19904.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Bolden and Marlon Starling ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Bolden and Marlon Starling met once on November 3, 1980, and Marlon Starling won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LNov 3, 1980 · Starling · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bolden or Starling?
Dave Bolden is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Marlon Starling is 45-6-1. Marlon Starling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bolden0–40%

Starling45–6–187.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bolden or Starling?
Dave Bolden has 0 knockout wins and Marlon Starling has 27. Marlon Starling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bolden0

Starling2760%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bolden and Starling have any common opponents?
Dave Bolden and Marlon Starling share 1 common opponent: Bruce Strauss. Marlon Starling fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Bruce StraussLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bolden and Starling?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Dave Bolden and 53 bouts tracked for Marlon Starling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bolden4bouts

Starling53bouts

How They Win ↓

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