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

Jack Curley

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John L. Sullivan

Jack Curley (0-3 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Curley

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Curley and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.

Jack Curley and John L. Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.
Met1879Mar 13Series
Jack CurleyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John L. SullivanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Curley 0 · Sullivan 4 of 4 measurable rows
CurleySullivan
Record†
0-347-1-2 (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‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.4
0.1
3.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
3
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 Curley: No height on file
John L. Sullivan: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Jack Curley: No reach on file
John L. Sullivan: 74″
Agenot held
Jack Curley: No date of birth
John L. Sullivan: Died aged 59
Stance
Jack Curley: Not recorded
John L. Sullivan: Orthodox

Jack Curley 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 Curley0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jack Curley: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Curley 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 Curley 3, John L. Sullivan 46 — 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

Jack Curley last boxed on Mar 18, 1910 — 42,584 days ago. Curley had lost three straight.LLL

Sullivan Mar 1879Glover May 1909Britton Mar 19100.1 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 Curley and John L. Sullivan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Curley and John L. Sullivan met once on March 13, 1879, and John L. Sullivan won by KO.
The meeting

LMar 13, 1879 · Sullivan · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Curley or Sullivan?
Jack Curley is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Curley0–30%

Sullivan47–1–296%

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

Curley0

Sullivan3268.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Curley and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Curley and John L. Sullivan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Curley and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jack Curley and 46 bouts tracked for John L. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Curley3bouts

Sullivan46bouts

How They Win ↓

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