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Jack Sharkey vs Joe Louis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Sharkey

Jack Sharkey

Joe Louis

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Joe Louis

Jack Sharkey (38-14-3) and Joe Louis (66-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Sharkey

38

Wins13 KO · 34%

14

Losses

3

Draws55 tracked bouts

Louis

66

Wins52 KO · 79%

3

Losses

0

Draws72 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Louis leads 1–0

Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.

Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis have met 1 time; Louis leads 1–0.
Met1936Aug 18Series
Jack SharkeyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe LouisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Sharkey 1 · Louis 6 of 7 measurable rows
SharkeyLouis
Record
38-14-366-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
71.8%
95.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
13
52 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
34.21%
78.79% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
34%
79% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 2
2
2
Bouts per year‡max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
55
72

† 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 Sharkey: No height on file
Joe Louis: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Jack Sharkey: No reach on file
Joe Louis: 76″
Agenot comparable
Jack Sharkey: Died aged 91
Joe Louis: Died aged 66
Stance
Jack Sharkey: Orthodox
Joe Louis: Orthodox

Jack Sharkey left, Joe Louis 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 Sharkey38 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

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%

Joe Louis67 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Louis: 67 tracked wins — 53 by KO/TKO (79%), 13 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

53 by KO/TKO 79%13 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Sharkey 55, Joe Louis 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Louis better on 2 · even on 1

Sharkey

Opponent

Louis

  • Jack Sharkey

    1–1 against

    Win, SD

    1932

    Loss, DQ 4

    1930

    SchmelingEven

    Joe Louis

    1–1 against

    Win, TKO 1

    1938

    Loss, KO 12

    1936

  • Jack Sharkey

    Loss, UD

    1933

    LevinskyLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 1

    1935

  • Jack Sharkey

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1933

    Win, UD

    1931

    CarneraLouis better

    Joe Louis

    Win, TKO 6

    1935

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 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

Joe Louis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Freddie Mack. Louis last boxed on Sep 25, 1963.WLLWL

Bivins Aug 1951Marciano Oct 1951Bodell Apr 1962Bodell Jul 1962Mack Sep 19632.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis met once on August 18, 1936, and Joe Louis won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LAug 18, 1936 · Louis · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sharkey or Louis?
Jack Sharkey is 38-14-3 and Joe Louis is 66-3. Joe Louis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Sharkey38–14–371.8%

Louis66–395.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sharkey or Louis?
Jack Sharkey has 13 knockout wins and Joe Louis has 52. Joe Louis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sharkey1334.2%

Louis5278.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sharkey and Louis have any common opponents?
Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis share 3 common opponents: Max Schmeling, King Levinsky and Primo Carnera. Joe Louis fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Max Schmeling1–11–1

King LevinskyLW

Primo Carnera1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Louis?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Sharkey and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Louis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sharkey55bouts

Louis72bouts

How They Win ↓

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