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Gary Jacobs vs Pernell Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gary Jacobs

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Pernell Whitaker

Gary Jacobs (45-8) and Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Jacobs

45

Wins26 KO · 58%

8

Losses

0

Draws2 tracked bouts

Whitaker

40

Wins17 KO · 43%

4

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Whitaker leads 1–0

Gary Jacobs and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.

Gary Jacobs and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.
Met1995Aug 26Series
Gary JacobsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pernell WhitakerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Jacobs 3 · Whitaker 4 of 7 measurable rows
JacobsWhitaker
Record
45-840-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
84.9%
90% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
17
KO rate0–100%
57.78% (edge)
42.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—43%
Times stopped†max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.8
0.3
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
2
46

† 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

Height+1″
Gary Jacobs: 5′7″ (edge)
Pernell Whitaker: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Gary Jacobs: No reach on file
Pernell Whitaker: 69″
Agenot comparable
Gary Jacobs: 60
Pernell Whitaker: Died aged 55
Stance
Gary Jacobs: Southpaw
Pernell Whitaker: Southpaw

Gary Jacobs left, Pernell Whitaker right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gary Jacobs0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Gary Jacobs: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jacobs yet.

Pernell Whitaker40 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Pernell Whitaker: 40 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (43%) and 23 on the cards (57%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 43%23 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gary Jacobs 2, Pernell Whitaker 46 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Whitaker better on 1

Jacobs

Opponent

Whitaker

  • Gary Jacobs

    Loss, UD

    1989

    McGirtWhitaker better

    Pernell Whitaker

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1994

    Win, UD

    1993

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

Gary Jacobs last boxed on Aug 26, 1995 — 11,377 days ago. Jacobs had lost two straight.LL

McGirt Aug 1989Whitaker Aug 19950.3 tracked bouts per year

Pernell Whitaker has lost two straight. Whitaker last boxed on Apr 27, 2001.WLNCLL

Hurtado Jan 1997Hoya Apr 1997Pestryayev Oct 1997Trinidad Feb 1999Bojorquez Apr 20012.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gary Jacobs and Pernell Whitaker ever fought each other?
Yes. Gary Jacobs and Pernell Whitaker met once on August 26, 1995, and Pernell Whitaker won by UD.
The meeting

LAug 26, 1995 · Whitaker · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jacobs or Whitaker?
Gary Jacobs is 45-8 and Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Jacobs45–884.9%

Whitaker40–4–190%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jacobs or Whitaker?
Gary Jacobs has 26 knockout wins and Pernell Whitaker has 17. Gary Jacobs has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jacobs2657.8%

Whitaker1742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jacobs and Whitaker have any common opponents?
Gary Jacobs and Pernell Whitaker share 1 common opponent: Buddy McGirt. Pernell Whitaker fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Buddy McGirtLW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Jacobs or Whitaker?
Gary Jacobs is the taller fighter at 170 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Jacobs170 cm

Whitaker168 cm175 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jacobs and Whitaker?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Gary Jacobs and 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jacobs2bouts

Whitaker46bouts

How They Win ↓

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