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Art Sykes vs Jersey Joe Walcott — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Art Sykes

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Jersey Joe Walcott

Art Sykes (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) and Jersey Joe Walcott (49-20-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Sykes

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Walcott

49

Wins31 KO · 63%

20

Losses

1

Draw70 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

Walcott leads 1–0

Art Sykes and Jersey Joe Walcott have met 1 time; Walcott leads 1–0.

Art Sykes and Jersey Joe Walcott have met 1 time; Walcott leads 1–0.
Met1938Mar 25Series
Art SykesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jersey Joe WalcottFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Sykes 1 · Walcott 5 of 6 measurable rows
SykesWalcott
Record†
0-649-20-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
70.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 6
5 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.1
1.3
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
6
70

† 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
Art Sykes: No height on file
Jersey Joe Walcott: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Art Sykes: No reach on file
Jersey Joe Walcott: 74″
Agenot comparable
Art Sykes: Died aged 82
Jersey Joe Walcott: Died aged 80
Stance
Art Sykes: Not recorded
Jersey Joe Walcott: Orthodox

Art Sykes left, Jersey Joe Walcott right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Art Sykes0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Art Sykes: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sykes yet.

Jersey Joe Walcott49 wins · from 70 tracked bouts

Jersey Joe Walcott: 49 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (63%), 17 on the cards (35%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 70 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 63%17 on the cards 35%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Art Sykes 6, Jersey Joe Walcott 70 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Sykes better on 1

Sykes

Opponent

Walcott

  • Art Sykes

    Loss, KO 8

    1934

    LouisSykes better

    Jersey Joe Walcott

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 11

    1948

    Loss, SD

    1947

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

Art Sykes has lost six straight. Sykes last boxed on Mar 25, 1938.LLLLL

Levinsky Sep 1934Louis Oct 1934Lewis Jan 1937Godoy Feb 1937Walcott Mar 19381.3 tracked bouts per year

Jersey Joe Walcott has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Walcott last boxed on May 15, 1953.LWWLL

Charles Mar 1951Charles Jul 1951Charles Jun 1952Marciano Sep 1952Marciano May 19533.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Art Sykes and Jersey Joe Walcott ever fought each other?
Yes. Art Sykes and Jersey Joe Walcott met once on March 25, 1938, and Jersey Joe Walcott won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LMar 25, 1938 · Walcott · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sykes or Walcott?
Art Sykes is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jersey Joe Walcott is 49-20-1. Jersey Joe Walcott has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sykes0–60%

Walcott49–20–170.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sykes or Walcott?
Art Sykes has 0 knockout wins and Jersey Joe Walcott has 31. Jersey Joe Walcott has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sykes0

Walcott3163.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sykes and Walcott have any common opponents?
Art Sykes and Jersey Joe Walcott share 1 common opponent: Joe Louis. Art Sykes fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Joe LouisLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sykes and Walcott?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Art Sykes and 70 bouts tracked for Jersey Joe Walcott. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sykes6bouts

Walcott70bouts

How They Win ↓

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