Have Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca ever fought each other?

Yes. Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca have met 3 times and Johnny Vacca leads the series 2-1.

Who has the better record, LaBarba or Vacca?

Fidel LaBarba is 72-15-7 and Johnny Vacca is 2-6 across the 8 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.

Who has more knockouts, LaBarba or Vacca?

Fidel LaBarba has 15 knockout wins and Johnny Vacca has 0. Fidel LaBarba has more.

Do LaBarba and Vacca have any common opponents?

Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca share 4 common opponents: Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo, Bud Taylor and Frankie Genaro (and 1 other). Fidel LaBarba fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaBarba and Vacca?

This comparison is drawn from 98 bouts tracked for Fidel LaBarba and 8 bouts tracked for Johnny Vacca. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Fidel LaBarba vs Johnny Vacca — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Fidel LaBarba

Johnny Vacca

Fidel LaBarba (72-15-7) and Johnny Vacca (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 4 common opponents.

LaBarba

Wins15 KO · 21%

Losses

Draws98 tracked bouts

Vacca

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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

Vacca leads 2–1

Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca have met 3 times; Vacca leads 2–1.
Met	1927Feb 14	1927Mar 21	1927Aug 23	Series
Fidel LaBarbaFighter A	LLost	LLost	WWon	1–2W–L
Johnny VaccaFighter B	WWon	WWon	LLost	2–1W–L
Result	PTSLaBarba vs Vacca	PTSLaBarba vs Vacca	PTSLaBarba vs Vacca	3Meetings

The Numbers

LaBarba 7 · Vacca 0 of 7 measurable rows

LaBarbaEdge = longer wingVacca

Record^†: 72-15-7 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%: 80.3% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 15: 15 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 20.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 22% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2: 2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 11.8: 11.8 (edge)
2.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 98: 98
8

† 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″; Johnny Vacca: No height on file
Reachnot held: Fidel LaBarba: 66″; Johnny Vacca: No reach on file
Agenot held: Fidel LaBarba: Died aged 76; Johnny Vacca: No date of birth
Stance: Fidel LaBarba: Orthodox; Johnny Vacca: Not recorded

Fidel LaBarba left, Johnny Vacca 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 LaBarba74 wins · from 98 tracked bouts

16 by KO/TKO 22%53 on the cards 72%5 by another method or unrecorded 7%

Johnny Vacca2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Fidel LaBarba 98, Johnny Vacca 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · LaBarba better on 3 · Vacca better on 14 shared · Fidel LaBarba better on 3 · Johnny Vacca better on 1

LaBarbaFidel LaBarba

Opponent

VaccaJohnny Vacca

Fidel LaBarba
1–2 against
Loss, MD
1932Dec 1932
Win, UD
1930Nov 1930
Loss, MD
1929May 1929
MontalvoEligio Sardiñas MontalvoCuba 136–10–6 · LightweightVacca betterJohnny Vacca better — 0–1 to 1–2
Johnny Vacca
Loss, TKO 9
1929Mar 1929
Fidel LaBarba
2–0 against
Win, PTS
1930Nov 1930
Win, PTS
1930Apr 1930
TaylorBud TaylorUnited States 116–32–16 · BantamweightLaBarba betterFidel LaBarba better — 2–0 to 0–1
Johnny Vacca
Loss, PTS
1928Jul 1928
Fidel LaBarba
Win, PTS
1925Aug 1925
GenaroFrankie GenaroUnited States 98–23–9 · FlyweightLaBarba betterFidel LaBarba better — 1–0 to 0–1
Johnny Vacca
Loss, PTS
1928Apr 1928
Fidel LaBarba
0–0–2 against
Draw, PTS
1926Oct 1926
Draw, PTS
1925Apr 1925
BrownNewsboy BrownUnited States 75–14–11LaBarba betterFidel LaBarba better — 0–0–2 to 0–1
Johnny Vacca
Loss, PTS
1927Jun 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 four straight losses. LaBarba last boxed on Feb 13, 1933.LLLLW

Chocolate Dec 1932Montalvo Dec 1932Paul Dec 1932Watson Jan 1933Butch Feb 193311.8 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Vacca last boxed on Aug 29, 1930 — 35,118 days ago. Vacca had lost six straight.LLLLL

LaBarba Aug 1927Genaro Apr 1928Taylor Jul 1928Montalvo Mar 1929Brown Aug 19302.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca ever fought each other?: Yes. Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca have met 3 times and Johnny Vacca leads the series 2-1.
Who has the better record, LaBarba or Vacca?: Fidel LaBarba is 72-15-7 and Johnny Vacca is 2-6 across the 8 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.
Who has more knockouts, LaBarba or Vacca?: Fidel LaBarba has 15 knockout wins and Johnny Vacca has 0. Fidel LaBarba has more.
Do LaBarba and Vacca have any common opponents?: Fidel LaBarba and Johnny Vacca share 4 common opponents: Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo, Bud Taylor and Frankie Genaro (and 1 other). Fidel LaBarba fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaBarba and Vacca?: This comparison is drawn from 98 bouts tracked for Fidel LaBarba and 8 bouts tracked for Johnny Vacca. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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