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Jack Burke vs John L. Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jack Burke

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John L. Sullivan

Jack Burke (0-1-6 across 8 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 3 common opponents.

Burke

Tracked record

0–1–6

counted from 8 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

Jack Burke and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.

Jack Burke and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.
Met1885Jun 13Series
Jack BurkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John L. SullivanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Burke 1 · Sullivan 4 of 5 measurable rows
BurkeSullivan
Record†
0-1-647-1-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
42.9%
96% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—86%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.4
2.8
3.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
8
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
Jack Burke: No height on file
John L. Sullivan: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Jack Burke: No reach on file
John L. Sullivan: 74″
Agenot held
Jack Burke: No date of birth
John L. Sullivan: Died aged 59
Stance
Jack Burke: Not recorded
John L. Sullivan: Orthodox

Jack Burke 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
Jack Burke0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Jack Burke: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burke 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 — Jack Burke 8, John L. Sullivan 46 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Burke better on 1 · Sullivan better on 2

Burke

Opponent

Sullivan

  • Jack Burke

    Draw, PTS

    1887

    CorbettBurke better

    John L. Sullivan

    Loss, KO

    1892

  • Jack Burke

    Draw, PTS

    1884

    KilrainSullivan better

    John L. Sullivan

    Win, KO

    1889

  • Jack Burke

    0–0–3 against

    Draw, PTS

    1886

    Draw, PTS

    1885

    No contest, NC 3

    1884

    Draw, PTS

    1884

    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

Jack Burke last boxed on Aug 27, 1887 — 50,822 days ago. Burke had drawn the most recent tracked bout with James John Corbett.LDDDD

Sullivan Jun 1885Mitchell Jun 1885Martin Mar 1886Mitchell May 1886Corbett Aug 18872.8 tracked bouts per year

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 Jack Burke and John L. Sullivan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Burke and John L. Sullivan met once on June 13, 1885, and John L. Sullivan won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 13, 1885 · Sullivan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burke or Sullivan?
Jack Burke is 0-1-6 across the 8 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 %

Burke0–1–642.9%

Sullivan47–1–296%

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

Burke0

Sullivan3268.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Burke and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Jack Burke and John L. Sullivan share 3 common opponents: James John Corbett, Jake Kilrain and Charley Mitchell. John L. Sullivan fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

James John CorbettDL

Jake KilrainDW

Charley Mitchell0–0–31–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burke and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Jack Burke and 46 bouts tracked for John L. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burke8bouts

Sullivan46bouts

How They Win ↓

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