and the head will die
Jack Dempsey (68-6-10) and Jack Sharkey (38-14-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Dempsey
68
Wins53 KO · 78%
6
Losses
10
Draws85 tracked bouts
Sharkey
38
Wins13 KO · 34%
14
Losses
3
Draws55 tracked bouts
Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.
| Met | 1927Jul 21 | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Jack DempseyFighter A | WWon | 1–0W–L |
| Jack SharkeyFighter B | LLost | 0–1W–L |
| Result | KOR7 | 1Meeting |
† 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.
Jack Dempsey left, Jack Sharkey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.
Jack Dempsey: 68 tracked wins — 54 by KO/TKO (79%), 9 on the cards (13%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.
54 by KO/TKO 79%9 on the cards 13%5 by another method or unrecorded 7%
Jack Sharkey: 38 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (34%), 20 on the cards (53%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.
13 by KO/TKO 34%20 on the cards 53%5 by another method or unrecorded 13%
One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Dempsey 85, Jack Sharkey 55 — not from a career-complete method table.
1 shared · Sharkey better on 11 shared · Jack Sharkey better on 1
DempseyJack Dempsey
Opponent
SharkeyJack Sharkey
Jack Dempsey
1918Jan 1918
Jack Sharkey
2–0 against
1926Dec 1926
1924Jul 1924
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.
Jack Dempsey had won one in a row before losing a decision to Gene Tunney. Dempsey last boxed on Sep 22, 1927.WWLWL
Gibbons Jul 1923Firpo Sep 1923Tunney Sep 1926Sharkey Jul 1927Tunney Sep 19276.5 tracked bouts per year
Jack Sharkey had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Louis. Sharkey last boxed on Aug 18, 1936.WLDWL
Winston Nov 1935Shucco Feb 1936Shucco Apr 1936Brubaker Jun 1936Louis Aug 19364.4 tracked bouts per year
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