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Fidel LaBarba vs Happy Atherton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Fidel LaBarba

Happy Atherton

Fidel LaBarba (72-15-7) and Happy Atherton (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

LaBarba

72

Wins15 KO · 21%

15

Losses

7

Draws95 tracked bouts

Atherton

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

LaBarba leads 1–0

Fidel LaBarba and Happy Atherton have met 1 time; LaBarba leads 1–0.

Fidel LaBarba and Happy Atherton have met 1 time; LaBarba leads 1–0.
Met1926Aug 25Series
Fidel LaBarbaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Happy AthertonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

LaBarba 6 · Atherton 0 of 6 measurable rows
LaBarbaAtherton
Record†
72-15-7 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
80.3% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
20.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
22% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 11.4
11.4 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
95
5

† 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
Fidel LaBarba: 5′3″
Happy Atherton: No height on file
Reachnot held
Fidel LaBarba: 66″
Happy Atherton: No reach on file
Agenot held
Fidel LaBarba: Died aged 76
Happy Atherton: No date of birth
Stance
Fidel LaBarba: Orthodox
Happy Atherton: Not recorded

Fidel LaBarba left, Happy Atherton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Fidel LaBarba73 wins · from 95 tracked bouts

Fidel LaBarba: 73 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (22%), 52 on the cards (71%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 95 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 22%52 on the cards 71%5 by another method or unrecorded 7%

Happy Atherton1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Happy Atherton: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Fidel LaBarba 95, Happy Atherton 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · LaBarba better on 2 · even on 1

LaBarba

Opponent

Atherton

  • Fidel LaBarba

    Win, PTS

    1932

    SarronLaBarba better

    Happy Atherton

    Loss, MD

    1927

  • Fidel LaBarba

    Win, PTS

    1927

    MooreEven

    Happy Atherton

    Win, NWS

    1926

  • Fidel LaBarba

    0–0–2 against

    Draw, PTS

    1926

    Draw, PTS

    1925

    BrownLaBarba better

    Happy Atherton

    Loss, PTS

    1927

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

Fidel LaBarba has won once since three straight losses. LaBarba last boxed on Feb 13, 1933.WLLLW

Sanico Nov 1932Montalvo Dec 1932Paul Dec 1932Watson Jan 1933Butch Feb 193311.4 tracked bouts per year

Happy Atherton last boxed on Sep 8, 1931 — 34,745 days ago. Atherton had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Moore Apr 1926LaBarba Aug 1926Brown Feb 1927Sarron Mar 1927Wolgast Sep 19310.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Fidel LaBarba and Happy Atherton ever fought each other?
Yes. Fidel LaBarba and Happy Atherton met once on August 25, 1926, and Fidel LaBarba won by PTS.
The meeting

WAug 25, 1926 · LaBarba · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaBarba or Atherton?
Fidel LaBarba is 72-15-7 and Happy Atherton is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Fidel LaBarba has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

LaBarba72–15–780.3%

Atherton1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, LaBarba or Atherton?
Fidel LaBarba has 15 knockout wins and Happy Atherton has 0. Fidel LaBarba has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

LaBarba1520.8%

Atherton0

The Numbers ↓
Do LaBarba and Atherton have any common opponents?
Fidel LaBarba and Happy Atherton share 3 common opponents: Petey Sarron, Memphis Pal Moore and Newsboy Brown. Fidel LaBarba fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Petey SarronWL

Memphis Pal MooreWW

Newsboy BrownDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaBarba and Atherton?
This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Fidel LaBarba and 5 bouts tracked for Happy Atherton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaBarba95bouts

Atherton5bouts

How They Win ↓

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