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.
George Cook (4-13 across 17 tracked bouts) and Jack Sharkey (38-14-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
George Cook vs Jack Sharkey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jack Sharkey leads 1–0- Jack Sharkey wonSharkey vs CookMay 25, 1925 · SD
The Numbers
- 4-13
- Record
- 38-14-3 (edge)
- 23.5%
- Win %
- 71.8% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 13 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 34.21%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 34% (edge)
- 4
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 4.4 (edge)
- 17
- Bouts tracked
- 55
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 128
- Age
- 123
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Australia
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGeorge Cook · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
4
Other
0
Jack Sharkey · 38 wins
KO/TKO
13
Decision
20
Other
5
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (17 and 55 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedGeorge Cook
LKO R4 · Mar 1932LKO R2 · Jul 1930Jack Sharkey
LKO R6 · Jun 1933WUD · Oct 1931George Cook
LTKO R8 · Sep 1929LNWS · Jul 1929LPTS · Nov 1925LPTS · Jun 1925Jack Sharkey
WPTS · Feb 1929
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
George Cook
LLLLL
L12 streak · last fought Dec 18, 1943
Jack Sharkey
LWDLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 18, 1936
Common Questions
- Have George Cook and Jack Sharkey ever fought each other?
- Yes. George Cook and Jack Sharkey met once on May 25, 1925, and Jack Sharkey won by SD.
- Who has the better record, George Cook or Jack Sharkey?
- George Cook is 4-13 across the 17 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Sharkey is 38-14-3. Jack Sharkey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, George Cook or Jack Sharkey?
- George Cook has 0 knockout wins and Jack Sharkey has 13. Jack Sharkey has more.
- Do George Cook and Jack Sharkey have any common opponents?
- George Cook and Jack Sharkey share 3 common opponents: Primo Carnera, Young Stribling and Tom Heeney. Jack Sharkey fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on George Cook and Jack Sharkey?
- This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for George Cook and 55 bouts tracked for Jack Sharkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.