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Marlon Starling vs Sammy Rookard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marlon Starling

Sammy Rookard

Marlon Starling (45-6-1) and Sammy Rookard (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) 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

Rookard

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Starling leads 1–0

Marlon Starling and Sammy Rookard have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.

Marlon Starling and Sammy Rookard have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.
Met1983Nov 10Series
Marlon StarlingFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sammy RookardFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Starling 6 · Rookard 0 of 6 measurable rows
StarlingRookard
Record†
45-6-1 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
87.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
53
4

† 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
Marlon Starling: 5′8″
Sammy Rookard: No height on file
Reachnot held
Marlon Starling: 74″
Sammy Rookard: No reach on file
Agenot held
Marlon Starling: 67
Sammy Rookard: No date of birth
Stance
Marlon Starling: Orthodox
Sammy Rookard: Not recorded

Marlon Starling left, Sammy Rookard 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%

Sammy Rookard0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Sammy Rookard: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rookard yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marlon Starling 53, Sammy Rookard 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Starling better on 1

Starling

Opponent

Rookard

  • Marlon Starling

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1985

    Win, UD

    1981

    Sr.Starling better

    Sammy Rookard

    Loss, TKO

    1977

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 — 13,212 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

Sammy Rookard last boxed on Nov 10, 1983 — 15,686 days ago. Rookard had lost four straight.LLLL

Obed Dec 1974Sr. Aug 1977Hines Jul 1982Starling Nov 19830.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marlon Starling and Sammy Rookard ever fought each other?
Yes. Marlon Starling and Sammy Rookard met once on November 10, 1983, and Marlon Starling won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

WNov 10, 1983 · Starling · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Starling or Rookard?
Marlon Starling is 45-6-1 and Sammy Rookard is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Marlon Starling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Starling45–6–187.5%

Rookard0–40%

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

Starling2760%

Rookard0

The Numbers ↓
Do Starling and Rookard have any common opponents?
Marlon Starling and Sammy Rookard share 1 common opponent: Floyd Mayweather, Sr.. Marlon Starling fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Floyd Mayweather, Sr.WL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Starling and Rookard?
This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for Marlon Starling and 4 bouts tracked for Sammy Rookard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Starling53bouts

Rookard4bouts

How They Win ↓

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