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Dan Dwyer vs John L. Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dan Dwyer

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John L. Sullivan

Dan Dwyer (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and John L. Sullivan (47-1-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Dwyer

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sullivan

47

Wins32 KO · 68%

1

Loss

2

Draws46 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

Sullivan leads 1–0

Dan Dwyer and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.

Dan Dwyer and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.
Met1879Jun 28Series
Dan DwyerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John L. SullivanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Dwyer 0 · Sullivan 3 of 3 measurable rows
DwyerSullivan
Record†
0-247-1-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
96% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—86%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
2
46

† 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
Dan Dwyer: No height on file
John L. Sullivan: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Dan Dwyer: No reach on file
John L. Sullivan: 74″
Agenot held
Dan Dwyer: No date of birth
John L. Sullivan: Died aged 59
Stance
Dan Dwyer: Not recorded
John L. Sullivan: Orthodox

Dan Dwyer left, John L. Sullivan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dan Dwyer0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Dan Dwyer: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Dwyer yet.

John L. Sullivan42 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

John L. Sullivan: 42 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (86%), 4 on the cards (10%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 86%4 on the cards 10%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dan Dwyer 2, John L. Sullivan 46 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Sullivan better on 1

Dwyer

Opponent

Sullivan

  • Dan Dwyer

    Loss, PTS

    1879

    KilrainSullivan better

    John L. Sullivan

    Win, KO

    1889

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

Dan Dwyer last boxed on Jun 28, 1879 — 53,806 days ago. Dwyer had lost two straight.LL

Kilrain Mar 1879Sullivan Jun 1879

John L. Sullivan had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to James John Corbett. Sullivan last boxed on Sep 7, 1892.DWDWL

Cardiff Jan 1887Samuells Jan 1888Mitchell Mar 1888Kilrain Jul 1889Corbett Sep 18923.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dan Dwyer and John L. Sullivan ever fought each other?
Yes. Dan Dwyer and John L. Sullivan met once on June 28, 1879, and John L. Sullivan won by TKO.
The meeting

LJun 28, 1879 · Sullivan · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dwyer or Sullivan?
Dan Dwyer is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John L. Sullivan is 47-1-2. John L. Sullivan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dwyer0–20%

Sullivan47–1–296%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dwyer or Sullivan?
Dan Dwyer has 0 knockout wins and John L. Sullivan has 32. John L. Sullivan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dwyer0

Sullivan3268.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dwyer and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Dan Dwyer and John L. Sullivan share 1 common opponent: Jake Kilrain. John L. Sullivan fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jake KilrainLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dwyer and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dan Dwyer and 46 bouts tracked for John L. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dwyer2bouts

Sullivan46bouts

How They Win ↓

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