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

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Jack Sharkey

Mexican Joe Lawson

Jack Sharkey (38-14-3) and Mexican Joe Lawson (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Sharkey

38

Wins13 KO · 34%

14

Losses

3

Draws55 tracked bouts

Lawson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Mexican Joe Lawson have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.

Jack Sharkey and Mexican Joe Lawson have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met1926Jan 18Series
Jack SharkeyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mexican Joe LawsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Sharkey 5 · Lawson 1 of 6 measurable rows
SharkeyLawson
Record†
38-14-3 (edge)0-2
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‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
2

† 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
Mexican Joe Lawson: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Sharkey: Orthodox
Mexican Joe Lawson: Not recorded

Jack Sharkey left, Mexican Joe Lawson 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%

Mexican Joe Lawson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Mexican Joe Lawson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lawson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Sharkey 55, Mexican Joe Lawson 2 — 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 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

Mexican Joe Lawson last boxed on Jan 18, 1926 — 36,803 days ago. Lawson had lost two straight.LL

Norfolk Jul 1924Sharkey Jan 19261.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Sharkey and Mexican Joe Lawson ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Sharkey and Mexican Joe Lawson met once on January 18, 1926, and Jack Sharkey won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WJan 18, 1926 · Sharkey · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sharkey or Lawson?
Jack Sharkey is 38-14-3 and Mexican Joe Lawson is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Lawson0–20%

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

Sharkey1334.2%

Lawson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Sharkey and Lawson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Sharkey and Mexican Joe Lawson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Lawson?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Sharkey and 2 bouts tracked for Mexican Joe Lawson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sharkey55bouts

Lawson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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