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

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Art Sykes

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Joe Louis

Art Sykes (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) and Joe Louis (66-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Sykes

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 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

Louis leads 1–0

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

Art Sykes and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1934Oct 24Series
Art SykesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Sykes 0 · Louis 6 of 6 measurable rows
SykesLouis
Record†
0-666-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.79%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
1.3
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
6
72

† 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
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Art Sykes: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot comparable
Art Sykes: Died aged 82
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Art Sykes: Not recorded
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Art Sykes left, Joe Louis 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.

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Art Sykes 6, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Louis better on 4

Sykes

Opponent

Louis

  • Art Sykes

    Loss, KO 4

    1938

    WalcottLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 11

    1948

    Win, SD

    1947

  • Art Sykes

    Loss, KO 3

    1937

    GodoyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1940

    Win, SD

    1940

  • Art Sykes

    Loss, KO 6

    1937

    LewisLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, KO 1

    1939

  • Art Sykes

    Loss, PTS

    1934

    LevinskyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 1

    1935

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

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Art Sykes and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Art Sykes and Joe Louis met once on October 24, 1934, and Joe Louis won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

LOct 24, 1934 · Louis · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sykes or Louis?
Art Sykes is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sykes0–60%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sykes or Louis?
Art Sykes has 0 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sykes0

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sykes and Louis have any common opponents?
Art Sykes and Joe Louis share 4 common opponents: Jersey Joe Walcott, Arturo Godoy and John Henry Lewis (and 1 other). Joe Louis fared better against 4 of them.
4 shared opponents

Jersey Joe WalcottLW

Arturo GodoyLW

John Henry LewisLW

King LevinskyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sykes and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Art Sykes and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sykes6bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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