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Joe DiMartino vs Tippy Larkin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe DiMartino

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Tippy Larkin

Joe DiMartino (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Tippy Larkin (134-15-1) 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.

DiMartino

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Larkin

134

Wins57 KO · 43%

15

Losses

1

Draw151 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

Larkin leads 1–0

Joe DiMartino and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Joe DiMartino and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1948Jan 26Series
Joe DiMartinoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tippy LarkinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

DiMartino 2 · Larkin 5 of 7 measurable rows
DiMartinoLarkin
Record†
2-3134-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
1
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
43%
Times stopped‡max 10
2 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.5
0.7
8.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
5
151

† 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 DiMartino: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joe DiMartino: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Joe DiMartino: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Joe DiMartino left, Tippy Larkin 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 DiMartino2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Joe DiMartino: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Tippy Larkin134 wins · from 151 tracked bouts

Tippy Larkin: 134 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (43%), 74 on the cards (55%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 151 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 43%74 on the cards 55%3 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe DiMartino 5, Tippy Larkin 151 — 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 DiMartino last boxed on May 17, 1951 — 27,553 days ago. DiMartino had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Rocky Castellani.LWLWL

Cerdan Feb 1944Servo Aug 1946Larkin Jan 1948Giardello Jan 1950Castellani May 19510.7 tracked bouts per year

Tippy Larkin had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Steve Marcello. Larkin last boxed on Dec 29, 1952.WLWWL

LaGrutta Nov 1951Lupo Mar 1952Jenkins Oct 1952Jenkins Dec 1952Marcello Dec 19528.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe DiMartino and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe DiMartino and Tippy Larkin met once on January 26, 1948, and Tippy Larkin won by UD.
The meeting

LJan 26, 1948 · Larkin · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, DiMartino or Larkin?
Joe DiMartino is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tippy Larkin is 134-15-1. Tippy Larkin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

DiMartino2–340%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, DiMartino or Larkin?
Joe DiMartino has 1 knockout win and Tippy Larkin has 57. Tippy Larkin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

DiMartino1

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do DiMartino and Larkin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe DiMartino and Tippy Larkin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on DiMartino and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Joe DiMartino and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

DiMartino5bouts

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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