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.
Dexter Smith (1-6 across 7 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.
Dexter Smith vs Marlon Starling — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Marlon Starling leads 1–0- Marlon Starling wonStarling vs SmithSep 19, 1986 · KO · R5
The Numbers
- 1-6
- Record
- 45-6-1 (edge)
- 14.3%
- Win %
- 87.5% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 27 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 60%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 60%
- 3
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 4.8 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 53
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
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- Height
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- —
- Age
- 67
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- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDexter Smith · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Marlon Starling · 45 wins
KO/TKO
27
Decision
18
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 53 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Dexter Smith
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 25, 1989
Marlon Starling
LLWWNC
L2 streak · last fought Aug 19, 1990
Common Questions
- Have Dexter Smith and Marlon Starling ever fought each other?
- Yes. Dexter Smith and Marlon Starling met once on September 19, 1986, and Marlon Starling won by KO in round 5.
- Who has the better record, Dexter Smith or Marlon Starling?
- Dexter Smith is 1-6 across the 7 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Dexter Smith or Marlon Starling?
- Dexter Smith has 1 knockout win and Marlon Starling has 27. Marlon Starling has more.
- Do Dexter Smith and Marlon Starling have any common opponents?
- Dexter Smith and Marlon Starling share 1 common opponent: Simon Brown. Marlon Starling fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dexter Smith and Marlon Starling?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Dexter Smith and 53 bouts tracked for Marlon Starling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.