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.
Gus Ruhlin (3-4-2 across 9 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 3 times. They share 4 common opponents.
Gus Ruhlin vs Tom Sharkey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Gus Ruhlin leads 2–1- Gus Ruhlin wonSharkey vs RuhlinJun 25, 1902 · TKO · R11
- Gus Ruhlin wonSharkey vs RuhlinJun 26, 1900 · TKO · R15
- Tom Sharkey wonSharkey vs RuhlinJun 29, 1898 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 3-4-2
- Record
- 37-9-6 (edge)
- 44.4%
- Win %
- 76.9% (edge)
- 2
- Wins by knockout
- 34 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 91.89%
- 67%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 92% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 4.8 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 53
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
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- Height
- 5′9″ (174 cm)
- 154
- Age
- 152
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGus Ruhlin · 3 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
1
Other
0
Tom Sharkey · 37 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
1
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 53 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedGus Ruhlin
LRTD R6 · Nov 1901DPTS · Jul 1897Tom Sharkey
LPTS · Nov 1899LPTS · May 1898
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gus Ruhlin
DWLLW
No active streak · last fought May 20, 1904
Tom Sharkey
LLNCLW
L2 streak · last fought Feb 27, 1904
Common Questions
- Have Gus Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gus Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey have met 3 times and Gus Ruhlin leads the series 2-1.
- Who has the better record, Gus Ruhlin or Tom Sharkey?
- Gus Ruhlin is 3-4-2 across the 9 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Gus Ruhlin or Tom Sharkey?
- Gus Ruhlin has 2 knockout wins and Tom Sharkey has 34. Tom Sharkey has more.
- Do Gus Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey have any common opponents?
- Gus Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey share 4 common opponents: James J. Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons and Joe Choynski (and 1 other). Tom Sharkey fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gus Ruhlin and Tom Sharkey?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Gus Ruhlin and 53 bouts tracked for Tom Sharkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.