Have Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes ever fought each other?

Yes. Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes met once on October 4, 1984, and Doug DeWitt won by TKO in round 1.

Who has the better record, DeWitt or Sykes?

Doug DeWitt is 33-8-5 and Jimmie Sykes is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Doug DeWitt has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, DeWitt or Sykes?

Doug DeWitt has 19 knockout wins and Jimmie Sykes has 0. Doug DeWitt has more.

Do DeWitt and Sykes have any common opponents?

Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes share 1 common opponent: Sumbu Kalambay. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Doug DeWitt and 4 bouts tracked for Jimmie Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Doug DeWitt vs Jimmie Sykes — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Doug DeWitt

Jimmie Sykes

Doug DeWitt (33-8-5) and Jimmie Sykes (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

DeWitt

Wins19 KO · 58%

Losses

Draws46 tracked bouts

Sykes

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

DeWitt leads 1–0

Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes have met 1 time; DeWitt leads 1–0.
Met	1984Oct 4	Series
Doug DeWittFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Jimmie SykesFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR1DeWitt vs Sykes	1Meeting

DeWitt vs Sykes · Oct 4, 1984

The Numbers

DeWitt 6 · Sykes 1 of 7 measurable rows

DeWittEdge = longer wingSykes

Record^†: 33-8-5 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%: 77.2% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 19: 19 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 57.58%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 58% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 4: 4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1: 1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.6: 3.6 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46: 46
4

† 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: Doug DeWitt: 5′9″; Jimmie Sykes: No height on file
Reachnot held: Doug DeWitt: 65″; Jimmie Sykes: No reach on file
Agenot held: Doug DeWitt: 65; Jimmie Sykes: No date of birth
Stance: Doug DeWitt: Orthodox; Jimmie Sykes: Not recorded

Doug DeWitt left, Jimmie Sykes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Doug DeWitt33 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

19 by KO/TKO 58%14 on the cards 42%

Jimmie Sykes1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Doug DeWitt 46, Jimmie Sykes 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

DeWittDoug DeWitt

Opponent

SykesJimmie Sykes

Doug DeWitt
Loss, TKO 7
1988Nov 1988
KalambaySumbu KalambayItaly 57–6–1 · MiddleweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Jimmie Sykes
Loss, PTS
1983Jul 1983

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

Doug DeWitt last boxed on Dec 5, 1992 — 12,374 days ago. DeWitt had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to James Toney.WLDWL

Hilton Jan 1990Benn Apr 1990Frazier Feb 1992Sherry May 1992Toney Dec 19923.6 tracked bouts per year

Jimmie Sykes last boxed on Oct 4, 1984 — 15,358 days ago. Sykes had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Cooney Dec 1977Briscoe Dec 1982Kalambay Jul 1983DeWitt Oct 19840.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes ever fought each other?: Yes. Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes met once on October 4, 1984, and Doug DeWitt won by TKO in round 1.
Who has the better record, DeWitt or Sykes?: Doug DeWitt is 33-8-5 and Jimmie Sykes is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Doug DeWitt has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, DeWitt or Sykes?: Doug DeWitt has 19 knockout wins and Jimmie Sykes has 0. Doug DeWitt has more.
Do DeWitt and Sykes have any common opponents?: Doug DeWitt and Jimmie Sykes share 1 common opponent: Sumbu Kalambay. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on DeWitt and Sykes?: This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Doug DeWitt and 4 bouts tracked for Jimmie Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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