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Joey Gambaro vs Tippy Larkin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tippy Larkin

Joey Gambaro (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Gambaro

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Joey Gambaro and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Joey Gambaro and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1944Jul 17Series
Joey GambaroFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tippy LarkinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Gambaro 1 · Larkin 4 of 5 measurable rows
GambaroLarkin
Record†
0-1134-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡max 10
1 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
1
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
Joey Gambaro: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joey Gambaro: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Joey Gambaro: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Joey Gambaro 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
Joey Gambaro0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joey Gambaro: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gambaro yet.

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 — Joey Gambaro 1, 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

Joey Gambaro last boxed on Jul 17, 1944 — 30,046 days ago. Gambaro had lost the most recent, to Tippy Larkin.L

Larkin Jul 1944

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 Joey Gambaro and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Joey Gambaro and Tippy Larkin met once on July 17, 1944, and Tippy Larkin won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJul 17, 1944 · Larkin · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gambaro or Larkin?
Joey Gambaro is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Gambaro0–10%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gambaro or Larkin?
Joey Gambaro has 0 knockout wins and Tippy Larkin has 57. Tippy Larkin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gambaro0

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gambaro and Larkin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joey Gambaro and Tippy Larkin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gambaro and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Joey Gambaro and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gambaro1bout

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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