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Marlon Starling vs Tim LaValley — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marlon Starling

Tim LaValley

Marlon Starling (45-6-1) and Tim LaValley (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Starling

45

Wins27 KO · 60%

6

Losses

1

Draw53 tracked bouts

LaValley

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Tim LaValley have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.

Marlon Starling and Tim LaValley have met 1 time; Starling leads 1–0.
Met1979Jul 27Series
Marlon StarlingFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tim LaValleyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Starling 5 · LaValley 0 of 5 measurable rows
StarlingLaValley
Record†
45-6-1 (edge)0-2
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 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
53
2

† 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″
Tim LaValley: No height on file
Reachnot held
Marlon Starling: 74″
Tim LaValley: No reach on file
Agenot held
Marlon Starling: 67
Tim LaValley: No date of birth
Stance
Marlon Starling: Orthodox
Tim LaValley: Not recorded

Marlon Starling left, Tim LaValley 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%

Tim LaValley0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Tim LaValley: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for LaValley yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marlon Starling 53, Tim LaValley 2 — 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

Marlon Starling last boxed on Aug 19, 1990 — 13,211 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

Tim LaValley last boxed on Mar 13, 1980 — 17,022 days ago. LaValley had lost two straight.LL

Starling Jul 1979Hart Mar 1980

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marlon Starling and Tim LaValley ever fought each other?
Yes. Marlon Starling and Tim LaValley met once on July 27, 1979, and Marlon Starling won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WJul 27, 1979 · Starling · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Starling or LaValley?
Marlon Starling is 45-6-1 and Tim LaValley is 0-2 across the 2 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%

LaValley0–20%

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

Starling2760%

LaValley0

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

Starling53bouts

LaValley2bouts

How They Win ↓

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