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.
Jimmy McLarnin (55-11-3) and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan (5-1 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.
Jimmy McLarnin vs Louis 'Kid' Kaplan — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy McLarnin leads 1–0- Jimmy McLarnin wonMcLarnin vs KaplanOct 18, 1927 · KO · R8
The Numbers
- 55-11-3
- Record
- 5-1 (edge)
- 81.9%
- Win %
- 83.3% (edge)
- 21 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 38.18%
- KO rate
- —
- 39% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 4 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.8
- 70
- Bouts tracked
- 6
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 118
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Flyweight
- Division
- —
- Irish
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJimmy McLarnin · 56 wins
KO/TKO
22
Decision
33
Other
1
Louis 'Kid' Kaplan · 5 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
5
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (70 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedJimmy McLarnin
WUD · Mar 1930WSD · Nov 1929LUD · May 1928Louis 'Kid' Kaplan
WPTS · Aug 1931Jimmy McLarnin
WUD · Aug 1931WUD · May 1931LUD · Nov 1930Louis 'Kid' Kaplan
WPTS · Mar 1926
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jimmy McLarnin
WWLLW
W2 streak · last fought Nov 20, 1936
Louis 'Kid' Kaplan
WWLWW
W2 streak · last fought Aug 24, 1931
Common Questions
- Have Jimmy McLarnin and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jimmy McLarnin and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan met once on October 18, 1927, and Jimmy McLarnin won by KO in round 8.
- Who has the better record, Jimmy McLarnin or Louis 'Kid' Kaplan?
- Jimmy McLarnin is 55-11-3 and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan is 5-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Louis 'Kid' Kaplan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Jimmy McLarnin or Louis 'Kid' Kaplan?
- Jimmy McLarnin has 21 knockout wins and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan has 0. Jimmy McLarnin has more.
- Do Jimmy McLarnin and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan have any common opponents?
- Jimmy McLarnin and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan share 3 common opponents: Sammy Mandell, Billy Petrole and Jackie Fields. Louis 'Kid' Kaplan fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jimmy McLarnin and Louis 'Kid' Kaplan?
- This comparison is drawn from 70 bouts tracked for Jimmy McLarnin and 6 bouts tracked for Louis 'Kid' Kaplan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.