Have Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis ever fought each other?

Yes. Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis met once on January 21, 1937, and John Henry Lewis won by KO in round 6.

Who has the better record, Sykes or Lewis?

Art Sykes is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Henry Lewis is 101-11-5. John Henry Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Sykes or Lewis?

Art Sykes has 0 knockout wins and John Henry Lewis has 58. John Henry Lewis has more.

Do Sykes and Lewis have any common opponents?

Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis share 1 common opponent: Joe Louis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sykes and Lewis?

This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Art Sykes and 117 bouts tracked for John Henry Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Art Sykes vs John Henry Lewis — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Art Sykes

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John Henry Lewis

Art Sykes (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) and John Henry Lewis (101-11-5) 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

Lewis

101

Wins58 KO · 57%

Losses

Draws117 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

Lewis leads 1–0

Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met	1937Jan 21	Series
Art SykesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
John Henry LewisFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR6Lewis vs Sykes	1Meeting

Lewis vs Sykes · Jan 21, 1937

The Numbers

Sykes 0 · Lewis 6 of 6 measurable rows

SykesEdge = longer wingLewis

Record^†: 0-6101-11-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 58: 0
58 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —57.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —56%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 11.7: 1.3
11.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 117: 6
117

† 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; John Henry Lewis: 5′11″
Reachnot held: Art Sykes: No reach on file; John Henry Lewis: 71″
Agenot comparable: Art Sykes: Died aged 82; John Henry Lewis: Died aged 59
Stance: Art Sykes: Not recorded; John Henry Lewis: Orthodox

Art Sykes left, John Henry Lewis 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

No tracked wins for Sykes yet.

John Henry Lewis101 wins · from 117 tracked bouts

57 by KO/TKO 56%44 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Art Sykes 6, John Henry Lewis 117 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

SykesArt Sykes

Opponent

LewisJohn Henry Lewis

Art Sykes
Loss, KO 8
1934Oct 1934
LouisJoe LouisUnited States 66–3 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
John Henry Lewis
Loss, KO 1
1939Jan 1939

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

John Henry Lewis had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Louis. Lewis last boxed on Jan 25, 1939.WWWWL

Ray May 1938Ceccarelli Aug 1938Adamick Sep 1938Gainer Oct 1938Louis Jan 193911.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis ever fought each other?: Yes. Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis met once on January 21, 1937, and John Henry Lewis won by KO in round 6.
Who has the better record, Sykes or Lewis?: Art Sykes is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Henry Lewis is 101-11-5. John Henry Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Sykes or Lewis?: Art Sykes has 0 knockout wins and John Henry Lewis has 58. John Henry Lewis has more.
Do Sykes and Lewis have any common opponents?: Art Sykes and John Henry Lewis share 1 common opponent: Joe Louis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sykes and Lewis?: This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Art Sykes and 117 bouts tracked for John Henry Lewis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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