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Ernie Petrone vs Tippy Larkin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ernie Petrone

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Tippy Larkin

Ernie Petrone (0-4-1 across 5 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 2 common opponents.

Petrone

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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

Larkin leads 1–0

Ernie Petrone and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Ernie Petrone and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1947Dec 18Series
Ernie PetroneFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tippy LarkinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Petrone 1 · Larkin 5 of 6 measurable rows
PetroneLarkin
Record†
0-4-1134-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡max 10
2 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.5
2.9
8.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
5
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
Ernie Petrone: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Ernie Petrone: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Ernie Petrone: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Ernie Petrone 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
Ernie Petrone0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ernie Petrone: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Petrone yet.

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 — Ernie Petrone 5, Tippy Larkin 151 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Larkin better on 2

Petrone

Opponent

Larkin

  • Ernie Petrone

    Loss, UD

    1947

    GrahamLarkin better

    Tippy Larkin

    Win, UD

    1947

  • Ernie Petrone

    Draw, PTS

    1947

    JoyceLarkin better

    Tippy Larkin

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1946

    Win, UD

    1946

    Win, UD

    1945

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

Ernie Petrone last boxed on Dec 18, 1947 — 28,795 days ago. Petrone had lost two straight.LLDLL

Montgomery Mar 1946Pep May 1946Joyce Jan 1947Graham May 1947Larkin Dec 19472.9 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 Ernie Petrone and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernie Petrone and Tippy Larkin met once on December 18, 1947, and Tippy Larkin won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LDec 18, 1947 · Larkin · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrone or Larkin?
Ernie Petrone is 0-4-1 across the 5 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 %

Petrone0–4–110%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

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

Petrone0

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrone and Larkin have any common opponents?
Ernie Petrone and Tippy Larkin share 2 common opponents: Billy Graham and Willie Joyce. Tippy Larkin fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Billy GrahamLW

Willie JoyceDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrone and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ernie Petrone and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrone5bouts

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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