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Herbert Slade vs John L. Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Herbert Slade

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John L. Sullivan

Herbert Slade (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and John L. Sullivan (47-1-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Slade

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sullivan

47

Wins32 KO · 68%

1

Loss

2

Draws46 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

Sullivan leads 1–0

Herbert Slade and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.

Herbert Slade and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.
Met1883Aug 6Series
Herbert SladeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John L. SullivanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Slade 0 · Sullivan 4 of 4 measurable rows
SladeSullivan
Record†
0-247-1-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
96% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—86%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
2
46

† 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
Herbert Slade: No height on file
John L. Sullivan: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Herbert Slade: No reach on file
John L. Sullivan: 74″
Agenot comparable
Herbert Slade: Died aged 62
John L. Sullivan: Died aged 59
Stance
Herbert Slade: Not recorded
John L. Sullivan: Orthodox

Herbert Slade left, John L. Sullivan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Herbert Slade0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Herbert Slade: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Slade yet.

John L. Sullivan42 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

John L. Sullivan: 42 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (86%), 4 on the cards (10%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 86%4 on the cards 10%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Herbert Slade 2, John L. Sullivan 46 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Sullivan better on 1

Slade

Opponent

Sullivan

  • Herbert Slade

    Loss, KO

    1883

    MitchellSullivan better

    John L. Sullivan

    1–0–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1888

    Win, TKO

    1883

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

Herbert Slade has lost two straight. Slade last boxed on Sep 18, 1883.LL

Sullivan Aug 1883Mitchell Sep 1883

John L. Sullivan had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to James John Corbett. Sullivan last boxed on Sep 7, 1892.DWDWL

Cardiff Jan 1887Samuells Jan 1888Mitchell Mar 1888Kilrain Jul 1889Corbett Sep 18923.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Herbert Slade and John L. Sullivan ever fought each other?
Yes. Herbert Slade and John L. Sullivan met once on August 6, 1883, and John L. Sullivan won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LAug 6, 1883 · Sullivan · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Slade or Sullivan?
Herbert Slade is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John L. Sullivan is 47-1-2. John L. Sullivan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Slade0–20%

Sullivan47–1–296%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Slade or Sullivan?
Herbert Slade has 0 knockout wins and John L. Sullivan has 32. John L. Sullivan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Slade0

Sullivan3268.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Slade and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Herbert Slade and John L. Sullivan share 1 common opponent: Charley Mitchell. John L. Sullivan fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Charley MitchellL1–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Slade and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Herbert Slade and 46 bouts tracked for John L. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Slade2bouts

Sullivan46bouts

How They Win ↓

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