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Johnny Cooper vs Marlon Starling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Cooper

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Marlon Starling

Johnny Cooper (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Cooper

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

Johnny Cooper and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.

Johnny Cooper and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.
Met1981May 29Series
Johnny CooperFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marlon StarlingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cooper 0 · Starling 5 of 5 measurable rows
CooperStarling
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
Johnny Cooper: No height on file
Marlon Starling: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Johnny Cooper: No reach on file
Marlon Starling: 74″
Agenot held
Johnny Cooper: No date of birth
Marlon Starling: 67
Stance
Johnny Cooper: Not recorded
Marlon Starling: Orthodox

Johnny Cooper 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
Johnny Cooper0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Cooper: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cooper 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 — Johnny Cooper 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

Johnny Cooper last boxed on May 29, 1981 — 16,579 days ago. Cooper had lost the most recent, to Marlon Starling.L

Starling May 1981

Marlon Starling last boxed on Aug 19, 1990 — 13,210 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 Johnny Cooper and Marlon Starling ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Cooper and Marlon Starling met once on May 29, 1981, and Marlon Starling won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LMay 29, 1981 · Starling · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cooper or Starling?
Johnny Cooper is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Cooper0–10%

Starling45–6–187.5%

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

Cooper0

Starling2760%

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

Cooper1bout

Starling53bouts

How They Win ↓

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