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Dennis Sharpe vs James Kirkland — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dennis Sharpe

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James Kirkland

Dennis Sharpe (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) and James Kirkland (34-3) 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.

Sharpe

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kirkland

34

Wins30 KO · 88%

3

Losses

0

Draws37 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

Kirkland leads 1–0

Dennis Sharpe and James Kirkland have met 1 time; Kirkland leads 1–0.

Dennis Sharpe and James Kirkland have met 1 time; Kirkland leads 1–0.
Met2011Jun 24Series
Dennis SharpeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
James KirklandFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Sharpe 0 · Kirkland 6 of 6 measurable rows
SharpeKirkland
Record†
1-734-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
91.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—88.24%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
88% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.9
0.7
1.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
8
37

† 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
Dennis Sharpe: No height on file
James Kirkland: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Dennis Sharpe: No reach on file
James Kirkland: 70″
Agenot held
Dennis Sharpe: No date of birth
James Kirkland: 42
Stance
Dennis Sharpe: Not recorded
James Kirkland: Southpaw

Dennis Sharpe left, James Kirkland right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dennis Sharpe1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Dennis Sharpe: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

James Kirkland34 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

James Kirkland: 34 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (88%), 3 on the cards (9%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 88%3 on the cards 9%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dennis Sharpe 8, James Kirkland 37 — 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

Dennis Sharpe last boxed on Dec 6, 2014 — 4,338 days ago. Sharpe had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Quillin Feb 2011Latimore Apr 2011Kirkland Jun 2011Kalajdzic Apr 2013Žižić Dec 20140.7 tracked bouts per year

James Kirkland last boxed on Dec 26, 2020 — 2,126 days ago. Kirkland had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Juan Macias Montiel.WLWWL

Tapia Dec 2013Álvarez May 2015Courter Aug 2019Phipps Nov 2019Montiel Dec 20201.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dennis Sharpe and James Kirkland ever fought each other?
Yes. Dennis Sharpe and James Kirkland met once on June 24, 2011, and James Kirkland won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJun 24, 2011 · Kirkland · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sharpe or Kirkland?
Dennis Sharpe is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and James Kirkland is 34-3. James Kirkland has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sharpe1–712.5%

Kirkland34–391.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sharpe or Kirkland?
Dennis Sharpe has 0 knockout wins and James Kirkland has 30. James Kirkland has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sharpe0

Kirkland3088.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sharpe and Kirkland have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dennis Sharpe and James Kirkland have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharpe and Kirkland?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Dennis Sharpe and 37 bouts tracked for James Kirkland. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sharpe8bouts

Kirkland37bouts

How They Win ↓

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