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George Gardiner vs Young Sharkey — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Gardiner (44-11-9) and Young Sharkey (0-3-1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gardiner

44

Wins

11

Losses

9

Draws68 tracked bouts

Sharkey

Tracked record

0–3–1

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

Gardiner leads 1–0

George Gardiner and Young Sharkey have met 1 time; Gardiner leads 1–0.

George Gardiner and Young Sharkey have met 1 time; Gardiner leads 1–0.
Met1899Jun 7Series
George GardinerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Young SharkeyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Gardiner 3 · Sharkey 1 of 4 measurable rows
GardinerSharkey
Record†
44-11-9 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%
75.8% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
68
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

Agenot held
George Gardiner: Died aged 77
Young Sharkey: No date of birth
Stance
George Gardiner: Orthodox
Young Sharkey: Not recorded

George Gardiner left, Young 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
George Gardiner43 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

George Gardiner: 43 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (70%), 9 on the cards (21%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 70%9 on the cards 21%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

Young Sharkey0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Young Sharkey: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sharkey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Gardiner 68, Young Sharkey 4 — 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

George Gardiner drew the most recent tracked bout with John Willie. Gardiner last boxed on Sep 5, 1908.LDLLD

Chiariglione Apr 1907Mustain Oct 1907Mustain Jan 1908Ross May 1908Willie Sep 19086.3 tracked bouts per year

Young Sharkey last boxed on Oct 13, 1922 — 38,003 days ago. Sharkey had lost two straight.LDLL

Gardiner Jun 1899Bronson Aug 1906Tunney Dec 1916Bass Oct 19220.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Gardiner and Young Sharkey ever fought each other?
Yes. George Gardiner and Young Sharkey met once on June 7, 1899, and George Gardiner won by TKO.
The meeting

WJun 7, 1899 · Gardiner · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gardiner or Sharkey?
George Gardiner is 44-11-9 and Young Sharkey is 0-3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Gardiner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gardiner44–11–975.8%

Sharkey0–3–112.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gardiner and Sharkey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Gardiner and Young Sharkey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gardiner and Sharkey?
This comparison is drawn from 68 bouts tracked for George Gardiner and 4 bouts tracked for Young Sharkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gardiner68bouts

Sharkey4bouts

How They Win ↓

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