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Marlon Starling vs Michael Nunn — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marlon Starling

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Michael Nunn

Marlon Starling (45-6-1) and Michael Nunn (58-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Starling

45

Wins27 KO · 60%

6

Losses

1

Draw53 tracked bouts

Nunn

58

Wins38 KO · 66%

4

Losses

0

Draws62 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Nunn leads 1–0

Marlon Starling and Michael Nunn have met 1 time; Nunn leads 1–0.

Marlon Starling and Michael Nunn have met 1 time; Nunn leads 1–0.
Met1990Apr 14Series
Marlon StarlingFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael NunnFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Starling 3 · Nunn 5 of 8 measurable rows
StarlingNunn
Record
45-6-158-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
87.5%
93.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
27
38 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
60%
65.52% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
60%
66% (edge)
Times stopped†max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
2
Bouts per year‡max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
3.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
53
62

† 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

Height+6″
Marlon Starling: 5′8″
Michael Nunn: 6′2″ (edge)
Reach+3″
Marlon Starling: 74″
Michael Nunn: 77″ (edge)
Age4 yrs apart
Marlon Starling: 67
Michael Nunn: 63
Stance
Marlon Starling: Orthodox
Michael Nunn: Southpaw

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Michael Nunn58 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Michael Nunn: 58 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (66%) and 20 on the cards (34%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

38 by KO/TKO 66%20 on the cards 34%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marlon Starling 53, Michael Nunn 62 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Nunn better on 1

Starling

Opponent

Nunn

  • Marlon Starling

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1984

    Loss, SD

    1982

    CurryNunn better

    Michael Nunn

    Win, KO 10

    1990

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

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

Michael Nunn last boxed on Jan 23, 2002 — 9,035 days ago. Nunn had won six straight, the most recent against Vinson Durham.WWWWW

Guthrie May 1999Bates Sep 2001Craven Oct 2001Charleston Dec 2001Durham Jan 20023.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marlon Starling and Michael Nunn ever fought each other?
Yes. Marlon Starling and Michael Nunn met once on April 14, 1990, and Michael Nunn won by MD.
The meeting

LApr 14, 1990 · Nunn · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Starling or Nunn?
Marlon Starling is 45-6-1 and Michael Nunn is 58-4. Michael Nunn has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Starling45–6–187.5%

Nunn58–493.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Starling or Nunn?
Marlon Starling has 27 knockout wins and Michael Nunn has 38. Michael Nunn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Starling2760%

Nunn3865.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Starling and Nunn have any common opponents?
Marlon Starling and Michael Nunn share 1 common opponent: Donald Curry. Michael Nunn fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Donald CurryLW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Starling or Nunn?
Michael Nunn is the taller fighter at 188 cm, 15 cm above the other. Michael Nunn also has the longer reach, by 8 cm.
Height · reach

Starling173 cm188 cm reach

Nunn188 cm196 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Starling and Nunn?
This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for Marlon Starling and 62 bouts tracked for Michael Nunn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Starling53bouts

Nunn62bouts

How They Win ↓

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