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John Saxton vs Marlon Starling — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Saxton

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Marlon Starling

John Saxton (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Marlon Starling (45-6-1) 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.

Saxton

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Starling

45

Wins27 KO · 60%

6

Losses

1

Draw53 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

Starling leads 1–0

John Saxton and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.

John Saxton and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.
Met1979Nov 5Series
John SaxtonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marlon StarlingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Saxton 0 · Starling 5 of 5 measurable rows
SaxtonStarling
Record†
0-145-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
1
53

† 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
John Saxton: No height on file
Marlon Starling: 5′8″
Reachnot held
John Saxton: No reach on file
Marlon Starling: 74″
Agenot held
John Saxton: No date of birth
Marlon Starling: 67
Stance
John Saxton: Not recorded
Marlon Starling: Orthodox

John Saxton left, Marlon Starling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John Saxton0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Saxton: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Saxton yet.

Marlon Starling45 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Marlon Starling: 45 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (60%) and 18 on the cards (40%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 60%18 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Saxton 1, Marlon Starling 53 — 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

John Saxton last boxed on Nov 5, 1979 — 17,149 days ago. Saxton had lost the most recent, to Marlon Starling.L

Starling Nov 1979

Marlon Starling last boxed on Aug 19, 1990 — 13,209 days ago. Starling had lost two straight, after two straight wins.NCWWLL

Molinares Jul 1988Honeyghan Feb 1989Jung Sep 1989Nunn Apr 1990Blocker Aug 19904.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Saxton and Marlon Starling ever fought each other?
Yes. John Saxton and Marlon Starling met once on November 5, 1979, and Marlon Starling won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LNov 5, 1979 · Starling · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Saxton or Starling?
John Saxton is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Marlon Starling is 45-6-1. Marlon Starling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Saxton0–10%

Starling45–6–187.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Saxton or Starling?
John Saxton has 0 knockout wins and Marlon Starling has 27. Marlon Starling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Saxton0

Starling2760%

The Numbers ↓
Do Saxton and Starling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Saxton and Marlon Starling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saxton and Starling?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John Saxton and 53 bouts tracked for Marlon Starling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Saxton1bout

Starling53bouts

How They Win ↓

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