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Al Roberts vs Jack Sharkey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Roberts

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Jack Sharkey

Al Roberts (1-5-1 across 7 tracked bouts) and Jack Sharkey (38-14-3) 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.

Roberts

Tracked record

1–5–1

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sharkey

38

Wins13 KO · 34%

14

Losses

3

Draws55 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

Sharkey leads 1–0

Al Roberts and Jack Sharkey have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.

Al Roberts and Jack Sharkey have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met1924Jul 23Series
Al RobertsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack SharkeyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Roberts 1 · Sharkey 5 of 6 measurable rows
RobertsSharkey
Record†
1-5-138-14-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
21.4%
71.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 13
1
13 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—34.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
34%
Times stopped‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.4
0.2
4.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
7
55

† 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

Agenot held
Al Roberts: No date of birth
Jack Sharkey: Died aged 91
Stance
Al Roberts: Not recorded
Jack Sharkey: Orthodox

Al Roberts left, Jack Sharkey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Roberts1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Al Roberts: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Jack Sharkey38 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jack Sharkey: 38 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (34%), 20 on the cards (53%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 34%20 on the cards 53%5 by another method or unrecorded 13%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Roberts 7, Jack Sharkey 55 — 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

Al Roberts last boxed on Jul 23, 1924 — 37,342 days ago. Roberts had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Tunney Feb 1920Smith Mar 1921Miske Mar 1922Greb May 1922Sharkey Jul 19240.2 tracked bouts per year

Jack Sharkey had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Louis. Sharkey last boxed on Aug 18, 1936.WLDWL

Winston Nov 1935Shucco Feb 1936Shucco Apr 1936Brubaker Jun 1936Louis Aug 19364.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Roberts and Jack Sharkey ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Roberts and Jack Sharkey met once on July 23, 1924, and Jack Sharkey won by PTS.
The meeting

LJul 23, 1924 · Sharkey · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roberts or Sharkey?
Al Roberts is 1-5-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Sharkey is 38-14-3. Jack Sharkey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Roberts1–5–121.4%

Sharkey38–14–371.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Roberts or Sharkey?
Al Roberts has 1 knockout win and Jack Sharkey has 13. Jack Sharkey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Roberts1

Sharkey1334.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Roberts and Sharkey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Roberts and Jack Sharkey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roberts and Sharkey?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Al Roberts and 55 bouts tracked for Jack Sharkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Roberts7bouts

Sharkey55bouts

How They Win ↓

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