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Jack Sharkey vs Leo Gates — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Sharkey

Leo Gates

Jack Sharkey (38-14-3) and Leo Gates (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Sharkey

38

Wins13 KO · 34%

14

Losses

3

Draws55 tracked bouts

Gates

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Sharkey leads 1–0

Jack Sharkey and Leo Gates have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.

Jack Sharkey and Leo Gates have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met1928Jun 21Series
Jack SharkeyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Leo GatesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Sharkey 5 · Gates 0 of 5 measurable rows
SharkeyGates
Record†
38-14-3 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
71.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 13
13 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
34.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
34%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
3.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
4

† 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

Agenot held
Jack Sharkey: Died aged 91
Leo Gates: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Sharkey: Orthodox
Leo Gates: Not recorded

Jack Sharkey left, Leo Gates 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%

Leo Gates0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Leo Gates: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gates yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Sharkey 55, Leo Gates 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Sharkey better on 2

Sharkey

Opponent

Gates

  • Jack Sharkey

    Win, PTS

    1929

    StriblingSharkey better

    Leo Gates

    Loss, TKO 5

    1927

  • Jack Sharkey

    Win, KO 1

    1928

    DelaneySharkey better

    Leo Gates

    Loss, KO 2

    1928

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

Leo Gates last boxed on Jun 21, 1928 — 35,913 days ago. Gates had lost four straight.LLLL

Stribling Mar 1927Flowers Nov 1927Delaney Feb 1928Sharkey Jun 19283.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Sharkey and Leo Gates ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Sharkey and Leo Gates met once on June 21, 1928, and Jack Sharkey won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WJun 21, 1928 · Sharkey · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sharkey or Gates?
Jack Sharkey is 38-14-3 and Leo Gates is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Sharkey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sharkey38–14–371.8%

Gates0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sharkey or Gates?
Jack Sharkey has 13 knockout wins and Leo Gates has 0. Jack Sharkey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sharkey1334.2%

Gates0

The Numbers ↓
Do Sharkey and Gates have any common opponents?
Jack Sharkey and Leo Gates share 2 common opponents: Young Stribling and Jack Delaney. Jack Sharkey fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Young StriblingWL

Jack DelaneyWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Gates?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Sharkey and 4 bouts tracked for Leo Gates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sharkey55bouts

Gates4bouts

How They Win ↓

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