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Don Long vs Jimmy McLarnin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy McLarnin

Don Long (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Jimmy McLarnin (55-11-3) 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.

Long

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

McLarnin

55

Wins21 KO · 38%

11

Losses

3

Draws69 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

McLarnin leads 1–0

Don Long and Jimmy McLarnin have met 1 time; McLarnin leads 1–0.

Don Long and Jimmy McLarnin have met 1 time; McLarnin leads 1–0.
Met1927Sep 23Series
Don LongFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jimmy McLarninFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Long 0 · McLarnin 4 of 4 measurable rows
LongMcLarnin
Record†
0-155-11-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
81.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—38.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—38%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
1
69

† 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

Agenot held
Don Long: No date of birth
Jimmy McLarnin: Died aged 96
Stance
Don Long: Not recorded
Jimmy McLarnin: Orthodox

Don Long left, Jimmy McLarnin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Don Long0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Don Long: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Long yet.

Jimmy McLarnin55 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Jimmy McLarnin: 55 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (38%), 33 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 38%33 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Don Long 1, Jimmy McLarnin 69 — 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

Don Long last boxed on Sep 23, 1927 — 36,188 days ago. Long had lost the most recent, to Jimmy McLarnin.L

McLarnin Sep 1927

Jimmy McLarnin has won two straight since losses to Barney Ross and Tony Canzoneri. McLarnin last boxed on Nov 20, 1936.WLLWW

Ross Sep 1934Ross May 1935Canzoneri May 1936Canzoneri Oct 1936Ambers Nov 19365.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Don Long and Jimmy McLarnin ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Long and Jimmy McLarnin met once on September 23, 1927, and Jimmy McLarnin won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LSep 23, 1927 · McLarnin · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Long or McLarnin?
Don Long is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy McLarnin is 55-11-3. Jimmy McLarnin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Long0–10%

McLarnin55–11–381.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Long or McLarnin?
Don Long has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy McLarnin has 21. Jimmy McLarnin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Long0

McLarnin2138.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Long and McLarnin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Long and Jimmy McLarnin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Long and McLarnin?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Don Long and 69 bouts tracked for Jimmy McLarnin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Long1bout

McLarnin69bouts

How They Win ↓

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