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Jimmy Bivins vs Larry Kellum — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Bivins

Larry Kellum

Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) and Larry Kellum (0-3 across 3 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.

Bivins

86

Wins31 KO · 36%

26

Losses

1

Draw112 tracked bouts

Kellum

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Bivins leads 1–0

Jimmy Bivins and Larry Kellum have met 1 time; Bivins leads 1–0.

Jimmy Bivins and Larry Kellum have met 1 time; Bivins leads 1–0.
Met1940Sep 23Series
Jimmy BivinsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Larry KellumFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Bivins 3 · Kellum 1 of 4 measurable rows
BivinsKellum
Record†
86-26-1 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
76.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
36.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
36%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
3

† 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
Jimmy Bivins: Died aged 92
Larry Kellum: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox
Larry Kellum: Not recorded

Jimmy Bivins left, Larry Kellum right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jimmy Bivins86 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Jimmy Bivins: 86 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (36%) and 55 on the cards (64%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 36%55 on the cards 64%

Larry Kellum0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Larry Kellum: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kellum yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Bivins 112, Larry Kellum 3 — 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

Jimmy Bivins has won four straight since losing a decision to Tommy Harrison. Bivins last boxed on Oct 28, 1953.LWWWW

Harrison Apr 1953Rolfe Apr 1953Wright Jun 1953Moray Aug 1953DeJohn Oct 19538.1 tracked bouts per year

Larry Kellum last boxed on Mar 31, 1941 — 31,256 days ago. Kellum had lost three straight.LLL

Bivins Sep 1940Overlin Mar 1941Overlin Mar 1941

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Bivins and Larry Kellum ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Larry Kellum met once on September 23, 1940, and Jimmy Bivins won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 23, 1940 · Bivins · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bivins or Kellum?
Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Larry Kellum is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Bivins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bivins86–26–176.5%

Kellum0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bivins or Kellum?
Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Larry Kellum has 0. Jimmy Bivins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bivins3136.1%

Kellum0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bivins and Kellum have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Bivins and Larry Kellum have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Kellum?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 3 bouts tracked for Larry Kellum. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bivins112bouts

Kellum3bouts

How They Win ↓

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