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Jose Luis Santana vs Marlon Starling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jose Luis Santana

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Marlon Starling

Jose Luis Santana (0-2 across 2 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.

Santana

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts 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

Jose Luis Santana and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.

Jose Luis Santana and Marlon Starling have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.
Met1982Mar 22Series
Jose Luis SantanaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marlon StarlingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Santana 0 · Starling 5 of 5 measurable rows
SantanaStarling
Record†
0-245-6-1 (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 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
2
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
Jose Luis Santana: No height on file
Marlon Starling: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Jose Luis Santana: No reach on file
Marlon Starling: 74″
Agenot held
Jose Luis Santana: No date of birth
Marlon Starling: 67
Stance
Jose Luis Santana: Not recorded
Marlon Starling: Orthodox

Jose Luis Santana 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
Jose Luis Santana0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Jose Luis Santana: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Santana 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 — Jose Luis Santana 2, 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

Jose Luis Santana last boxed on Mar 22, 1982 — 16,288 days ago. Santana had lost two straight.LL

Thomas Sep 1981Starling Mar 1982

Marlon Starling last boxed on Aug 19, 1990 — 13,216 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 Jose Luis Santana and Marlon Starling ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Luis Santana and Marlon Starling met once on March 22, 1982, and Marlon Starling won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LMar 22, 1982 · Starling · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Santana or Starling?
Jose Luis Santana is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Santana0–20%

Starling45–6–187.5%

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

Santana0

Starling2760%

The Numbers ↓
Do Santana and Starling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Luis Santana and Marlon Starling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Santana and Starling?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Jose Luis Santana and 53 bouts tracked for Marlon Starling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Santana2bouts

Starling53bouts

How They Win ↓

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