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Kid Kaplan vs Tommy Cello — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kid Kaplan

Tommy Cello

Kid Kaplan (121-22-16) and Tommy Cello (1-5-2 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Kaplan

121

Wins27 KO · 22%

22

Losses

16

Draws160 tracked bouts

Cello

Tracked record

1–5–2

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Kaplan leads 3–0

Kid Kaplan and Tommy Cello have met 3 times; Kaplan leads 3–0.

Kid Kaplan and Tommy Cello have met 3 times; Kaplan leads 3–0.
Met1926Aug 31926Nov 51927Oct 11Series
Kid KaplanFighter AWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
Tommy CelloFighter BLLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Kaplan 5 · Cello 1 of 6 measurable rows
KaplanCello
Record†
121-22-16 (edge)1-5-2
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
22.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
22% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.7
10.7 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 160
160
8

† 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

Reachnot held
Kid Kaplan: 63″
Tommy Cello: No reach on file
Agenot held
Kid Kaplan: Died aged 69
Tommy Cello: No date of birth
Stance
Kid Kaplan: Orthodox
Tommy Cello: Not recorded

Kid Kaplan left, Tommy Cello right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kid Kaplan121 wins · from 160 tracked bouts

Kid Kaplan: 121 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (22%), 75 on the cards (62%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (16%). Counted from 160 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 22%75 on the cards 62%19 by another method or unrecorded 16%

Tommy Cello1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Tommy Cello: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Kaplan 160, Tommy Cello 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Kaplan better on 1 · even on 1

Kaplan

Opponent

Cello

  • Kid Kaplan

    Win, PTS

    1923

    GoodrichKaplan better

    Tommy Cello

    Loss, PTS

    1929

  • Kid Kaplan

    Loss, KO 8

    1927

    McLarninEven

    Tommy Cello

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1927

    Draw, PTS

    1927

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Kid Kaplan had won one in a row before losing a decision to Herbert Lewis Hardwick. Kaplan last boxed on Feb 20, 1933.WWLWL

Rossi Jul 1932Petrolle Aug 1932Villa Sep 1932Holmes Oct 1932Hardwick Feb 193310.7 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Cello last boxed on Sep 10, 1930 — 35,102 days ago. Cello had won once since four bouts without a win.DLLLW

McLarnin Feb 1927McLarnin Apr 1927Kaplan Oct 1927Goodrich Oct 1929Bass Sep 19301.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Kaplan and Tommy Cello ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Kaplan and Tommy Cello have met 3 times and Kid Kaplan leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

WOct 11, 1927 · Kaplan · PTS

WNov 5, 1926 · Kaplan · PTS

WAug 3, 1926 · Kaplan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kaplan or Cello?
Kid Kaplan is 121-22-16 and Tommy Cello is 1-5-2 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Kid Kaplan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kaplan121–22–1681.1%

Cello1–5–225%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kaplan or Cello?
Kid Kaplan has 27 knockout wins and Tommy Cello has 0. Kid Kaplan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kaplan2722.3%

Cello0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kaplan and Cello have any common opponents?
Kid Kaplan and Tommy Cello share 2 common opponents: Jimmy Goodrich and Jimmy McLarnin. Kid Kaplan fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Jimmy GoodrichWL

Jimmy McLarninL0–1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kaplan and Cello?
This comparison is drawn from 160 bouts tracked for Kid Kaplan and 8 bouts tracked for Tommy Cello. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kaplan160bouts

Cello8bouts

How They Win ↓

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