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Joe Burke vs Luis Ángel Firpo — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Burke

🇦🇷ARGENTINA

Luis Ángel Firpo

Joe Burke (0-9 across 9 tracked bouts) and Luis Ángel Firpo (31-4) 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.

Burke

Tracked record

0–9

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Firpo

31

Wins26 KO · 84%

4

Losses

0

Draws38 tracked bouts

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

Firpo leads 1–0

Joe Burke and Luis Ángel Firpo have met 1 time; Firpo leads 1–0.

Joe Burke and Luis Ángel Firpo have met 1 time; Firpo leads 1–0.
Met1923Jul 27Series
Joe BurkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Luis Ángel FirpoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Burke 0 · Firpo 5 of 5 measurable rows
BurkeFirpo
Record†
0-931-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
0
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—83.87%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—84%
Times stopped‡max 8
8
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2
0.3
2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
9
38

† 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
Joe Burke: No height on file
Luis Ángel Firpo: 6′2″
Agenot held
Joe Burke: No date of birth
Luis Ángel Firpo: Died aged 65
Stance
Joe Burke: Not recorded
Luis Ángel Firpo: Orthodox

Joe Burke left, Luis Ángel Firpo right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Burke0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Joe Burke: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burke yet.

Luis Ángel Firpo31 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

Luis Ángel Firpo: 31 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (84%), 4 on the cards (13%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 38 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 84%4 on the cards 13%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Burke 9, Luis Ángel Firpo 38 — 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

Joe Burke last boxed on Jan 24, 1927 — 36,440 days ago. Burke had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Gibbons Dec 1922Firpo Jul 1923Stribling Feb 1925Slattery Dec 1925Gains Jan 19270.3 tracked bouts per year

Luis Ángel Firpo had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Arturo Godoy. Firpo last boxed on Jul 11, 1936.LWWWL

Wills Sep 1924Spalla Apr 1926Grizzo May 1936Habarta May 1936Godoy Jul 19362 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Burke and Luis Ángel Firpo ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Burke and Luis Ángel Firpo met once on July 27, 1923, and Luis Ángel Firpo won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJul 27, 1923 · Firpo · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burke or Firpo?
Joe Burke is 0-9 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Luis Ángel Firpo is 31-4. Luis Ángel Firpo has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Burke0–90%

Firpo31–488.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Burke or Firpo?
Joe Burke has 0 knockout wins and Luis Ángel Firpo has 26. Luis Ángel Firpo has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Burke0

Firpo2683.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Burke and Firpo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Burke and Luis Ángel Firpo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burke and Firpo?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Joe Burke and 38 bouts tracked for Luis Ángel Firpo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burke9bouts

Firpo38bouts

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Joe Burke vs Luis Ángel Firpo — Records, Stats & Common Opponents