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Gamal Yafai vs Rickey Starkey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gamal Yafai

Rickey Starkey

Gamal Yafai (19-3) and Rickey Starkey (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) 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.

Yafai

19

Wins11 KO · 58%

3

Losses

0

Draws22 tracked bouts

Starkey

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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

Yafai leads 1–0

Gamal Yafai and Rickey Starkey have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.

Gamal Yafai and Rickey Starkey have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.
Met2017Dec 13Series
Gamal YafaiFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rickey StarkeyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Yafai 6 · Starkey 0 of 6 measurable rows
YafaiStarkey
Record†
19-3 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
86.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 11
11 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
57.89%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
58%—
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.5
2.5 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 22
22
6

† 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
Gamal Yafai: 5′7″
Rickey Starkey: No height on file
Agenot held
Gamal Yafai: 35
Rickey Starkey: No date of birth
Stance
Gamal Yafai: Orthodox
Rickey Starkey: Not recorded

Gamal Yafai left, Rickey Starkey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gamal Yafai19 wins · from 22 tracked bouts

Gamal Yafai: 19 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (58%) and 8 on the cards (42%). Counted from 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 58%8 on the cards 42%

Rickey Starkey0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Rickey Starkey: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Starkey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gamal Yafai 22, Rickey Starkey 6 — 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

Gamal Yafai last boxed on Feb 18, 2023 — 1,342 days ago. Yafai had won one in a row before losing a decision to Diego Alberto Ruiz.WWLWL

Clayton Nov 2019Rigoldi Dec 2020Cunningham May 2021Cairns Jun 2022Ruiz Feb 20232.5 tracked bouts per year

Rickey Starkey last boxed on May 13, 2022 — 1,623 days ago. Starkey had lost six straight.LLLLL

Yafai Dec 2017Ashfaq Apr 2018Collins Jan 2019Bourke Jul 2019Ham May 20221.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gamal Yafai and Rickey Starkey ever fought each other?
Yes. Gamal Yafai and Rickey Starkey met once on December 13, 2017, and Gamal Yafai won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WDec 13, 2017 · Yafai · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yafai or Starkey?
Gamal Yafai is 19-3 and Rickey Starkey is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gamal Yafai has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Yafai19–386.4%

Starkey0–60%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yafai or Starkey?
Gamal Yafai has 11 knockout wins and Rickey Starkey has 0. Gamal Yafai has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yafai1157.9%

Starkey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Yafai and Starkey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gamal Yafai and Rickey Starkey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yafai and Starkey?
This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Gamal Yafai and 6 bouts tracked for Rickey Starkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yafai22bouts

Starkey6bouts

How They Win ↓

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