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Jimmy McLarnin vs Johnny Lamar — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇮🇪FLYWEIGHT

Jimmy McLarnin

Johnny Lamar

Jimmy McLarnin (55-11-3) and Johnny Lamar (0-4-2 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 3 common opponents.

McLarnin

55

Wins21 KO · 38%

11

Losses

3

Draws69 tracked bouts

Lamar

Tracked record

0–4–2

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

McLarnin leads 1–0

Jimmy McLarnin and Johnny Lamar have met 1 time; McLarnin leads 1–0.

Jimmy McLarnin and Johnny Lamar have met 1 time; McLarnin leads 1–0.
Met1927May 27Series
Jimmy McLarninFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny LamarFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

McLarnin 5 · Lamar 1 of 6 measurable rows
McLarninLamar
Record†
55-11-3 (edge)0-4-2
Win %0–100%
81.9% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
38.18%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.3
5.3 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
69
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

Agenot held
Jimmy McLarnin: Died aged 96
Johnny Lamar: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy McLarnin: Orthodox
Johnny Lamar: Not recorded

Jimmy McLarnin left, Johnny Lamar 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 McLarnin55 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Jimmy McLarnin: 55 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (38%), 33 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 38%33 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Johnny Lamar0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Lamar: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lamar yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy McLarnin 69, Johnny Lamar 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · McLarnin better on 3

McLarnin

Opponent

Lamar

  • Jimmy McLarnin

    2–1 against

    Win, UD

    1931

    Win, UD

    1931

    Loss, UD

    1930

    PetroleMcLarnin better

    Johnny Lamar

    Loss, DQ 3

    1925

  • Jimmy McLarnin

    3–0 against

    Win, KO 2

    1929

    Win, UD

    1929

    Win, PTS

    1926

    GlickMcLarnin better

    Johnny Lamar

    Draw, PTS

    1931

  • Jimmy McLarnin

    Win, KO 2

    1925

    FieldsMcLarnin better

    Johnny Lamar

    0–2–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    Draw, PTS

    1925

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

Jimmy McLarnin has won two straight since losses to Barney Ross and Tony Canzoneri. McLarnin last boxed on Nov 20, 1936.WLLWW

Ross Sep 1934Ross May 1935Canzoneri May 1936Canzoneri Oct 1936Ambers Nov 19365.3 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Lamar last boxed on Feb 12, 1931 — 34,951 days ago. Lamar had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Joe Glick.DLLLD

Fields Aug 1925Fields Apr 1926Fields Jun 1926McLarnin May 1927Glick Feb 19311.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy McLarnin and Johnny Lamar ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy McLarnin and Johnny Lamar met once on May 27, 1927, and Jimmy McLarnin won by PTS.
The meeting

WMay 27, 1927 · McLarnin · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McLarnin or Lamar?
Jimmy McLarnin is 55-11-3 and Johnny Lamar is 0-4-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy McLarnin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

McLarnin55–11–381.9%

Lamar0–4–216.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McLarnin or Lamar?
Jimmy McLarnin has 21 knockout wins and Johnny Lamar has 0. Jimmy McLarnin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McLarnin2138.2%

Lamar0

The Numbers ↓
Do McLarnin and Lamar have any common opponents?
Jimmy McLarnin and Johnny Lamar share 3 common opponents: Billy Petrole, Joe Glick and Jackie Fields. Jimmy McLarnin fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Billy Petrole2–1L

Joe GlickWD

Jackie FieldsW0–2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McLarnin and Lamar?
This comparison is drawn from 69 bouts tracked for Jimmy McLarnin and 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Lamar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McLarnin69bouts

Lamar6bouts

How They Win ↓

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