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Lew Massey vs Tippy Larkin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Lew Massey

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Tippy Larkin

Lew Massey (4-10-1 across 15 tracked bouts) 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 2 common opponents.

Massey

Tracked record

4–10–1

counted from 15 bouts 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

Lew Massey and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Lew Massey and Tippy Larkin have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1937Dec 14Series
Lew MasseyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tippy LarkinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Massey 1 · Larkin 6 of 7 measurable rows
MasseyLarkin
Record†
4-10-1134-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
30%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 57
0
57 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 10
3 (edge)
10
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.5
1.9
8.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
15
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
Lew Massey: No height on file
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Agenot held
Lew Massey: No date of birth
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Stance
Lew Massey: Not recorded
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox

Lew Massey 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
Lew Massey4 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

Lew Massey: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

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 — Lew Massey 15, Tippy Larkin 151 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Larkin better on 1 · even on 1

Massey

Opponent

Larkin

  • Lew Massey

    Loss, TKO 4

    1937

    ArmstrongEven

    Tippy Larkin

    Loss, KO 2

    1943

  • Lew Massey

    Win, PTS

    1935

    CochraneLarkin better

    Tippy Larkin

    5–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1938

    Win, PTS

    1938

    Win, PTS

    1937

    Win, PTS

    1937

    Win, PTS

    1937

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

Lew Massey last boxed on Feb 3, 1938 — 32,400 days ago. Massey had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Armstrong Jul 1937Montañez Aug 1937Angott Dec 1937Larkin Dec 1937Wolgast Feb 19381.9 tracked bouts per year

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 Lew Massey and Tippy Larkin ever fought each other?
Yes. Lew Massey and Tippy Larkin met once on December 14, 1937, and Tippy Larkin won by PTS.
The meeting

LDec 14, 1937 · Larkin · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Massey or Larkin?
Lew Massey is 4-10-1 across the 15 bouts 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 %

Massey4–10–130%

Larkin134–15–189.7%

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

Massey0

Larkin5742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Massey and Larkin have any common opponents?
Lew Massey and Tippy Larkin share 2 common opponents: Henry Armstrong and Freddie 'Red' Cochrane. Tippy Larkin fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Henry ArmstrongLL

Freddie 'Red' CochraneWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Massey and Larkin?
This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for Lew Massey and 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Massey15bouts

Larkin151bouts

How They Win ↓

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