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Fred Russell vs Tom Sharkey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Fred Russell

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Tom Sharkey

Fred Russell (1-10-1 across 12 tracked bouts) and Tom Sharkey (37-9-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Russell

Tracked record

1–10–1

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sharkey

37

Wins34 KO · 92%

9

Losses

6

Draws53 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

Sharkey leads 1–0

Fred Russell and Tom Sharkey have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.

Fred Russell and Tom Sharkey have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met1901May 3Series
Fred RussellFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tom SharkeyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Russell 2 · Sharkey 4 of 6 measurable rows
RussellSharkey
Record†
1-10-137-9-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
76.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
1
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—91.89%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
92%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
2.1
4.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
12
53

† 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
Fred Russell: No height on file
Tom Sharkey: 5′9″
Agenot held
Fred Russell: No date of birth
Tom Sharkey: Died aged 79
Stance
Fred Russell: Not recorded
Tom Sharkey: Orthodox

Fred Russell left, Tom Sharkey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Fred Russell1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Fred Russell: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Tom Sharkey37 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Tom Sharkey: 37 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (92%), 1 on the cards (3%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 92%1 on the cards 3%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Fred Russell 12, Tom Sharkey 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Sharkey better on 2

Russell

Opponent

Sharkey

  • Fred Russell

    Loss, NWS

    1902

    McCoySharkey better

    Tom Sharkey

    Win, KO 10

    1899

  • Fred Russell

    Loss, DQ 4

    1900

    ChoynskiSharkey better

    Tom Sharkey

    2–0–1 against

    Win, TKO 3

    1900

    Draw, PTS

    1898

    Win, PTS

    1896

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

Fred Russell last boxed on Feb 26, 1906 — 44,065 days ago. Russell had lost four straight.DLLLL

Walcott Apr 1902McCoy May 1902McVey Nov 1902Johnson Dec 1902Root Feb 19062.1 tracked bouts per year

Tom Sharkey has lost two straight. Sharkey last boxed on Feb 27, 1904.WLNCLL

Russell May 1901Everett May 1901Maher Jan 1902Ruhlin Jun 1902Munroe Feb 19044.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Fred Russell and Tom Sharkey ever fought each other?
Yes. Fred Russell and Tom Sharkey met once on May 3, 1901, and Tom Sharkey won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LMay 3, 1901 · Sharkey · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Russell or Sharkey?
Fred Russell is 1-10-1 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tom Sharkey is 37-9-6. Tom Sharkey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Russell1–10–112.5%

Sharkey37–9–676.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Russell or Sharkey?
Fred Russell has 1 knockout win and Tom Sharkey has 34. Tom Sharkey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Russell1

Sharkey3491.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Russell and Sharkey have any common opponents?
Fred Russell and Tom Sharkey share 2 common opponents: Kid McCoy and Joe Choynski. Tom Sharkey fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Kid McCoyLW

Joe ChoynskiL2–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Russell and Sharkey?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Fred Russell and 53 bouts tracked for Tom Sharkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Russell12bouts

Sharkey53bouts

How They Win ↓

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