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Tippy Larkin vs Walter Chapman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tippy Larkin

Walter Chapman

Tippy Larkin (134-15-1) and Walter Chapman (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Larkin

134

Wins57 KO · 43%

15

Losses

1

Draw151 tracked bouts

Chapman

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Larkin leads 1–0

Tippy Larkin and Walter Chapman have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.

Tippy Larkin and Walter Chapman have met 1 time; Larkin leads 1–0.
Met1936Sep 11Series
Tippy LarkinFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter ChapmanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Larkin 4 · Chapman 1 of 5 measurable rows
LarkinChapman
Record†
134-15-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
89.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 57
57 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
42.54%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
43%—
Times stopped‡max 10
10
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 151
151
1

† 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
Tippy Larkin: 5′7″
Walter Chapman: No height on file
Agenot held
Tippy Larkin: Died aged 74
Walter Chapman: No date of birth
Stance
Tippy Larkin: Orthodox
Walter Chapman: Not recorded

Tippy Larkin left, Walter Chapman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Walter Chapman0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Walter Chapman: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Chapman yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tippy Larkin 151, Walter Chapman 1 — 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

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

Walter Chapman last boxed on Sep 11, 1936 — 32,918 days ago. Chapman had lost the most recent, to Tippy Larkin.L

Larkin Sep 1936

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tippy Larkin and Walter Chapman ever fought each other?
Yes. Tippy Larkin and Walter Chapman met once on September 11, 1936, and Tippy Larkin won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WSep 11, 1936 · Larkin · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Larkin or Chapman?
Tippy Larkin is 134-15-1 and Walter Chapman is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Tippy Larkin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Larkin134–15–189.7%

Chapman0–10%

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

Larkin5742.5%

Chapman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Larkin and Chapman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Tippy Larkin and Walter Chapman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Larkin and Chapman?
This comparison is drawn from 151 bouts tracked for Tippy Larkin and 1 bout tracked for Walter Chapman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Larkin151bouts

Chapman1bout

How They Win ↓

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