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Jackie Sharkey vs Lou Ambers — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jackie Sharkey

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Lou Ambers

Jackie Sharkey (0-8 across 8 tracked bouts) and Lou Ambers (89-8-7) 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

Tracked record

0–8

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ambers

89

Wins29 KO · 33%

8

Losses

7

Draws106 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

Ambers leads 1–0

Jackie Sharkey and Lou Ambers have met 1 time; Ambers leads 1–0.

Jackie Sharkey and Lou Ambers have met 1 time; Ambers leads 1–0.
Met1936May 5Series
Jackie SharkeyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lou AmbersFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Sharkey 0 · Ambers 6 of 6 measurable rows
SharkeyAmbers
Record†
0-889-8-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—32.58%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—31%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 12.2
0.9
12.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
8
106

† 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
Jackie Sharkey: No height on file
Lou Ambers: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Jackie Sharkey: No reach on file
Lou Ambers: 70″
Agenot held
Jackie Sharkey: No date of birth
Lou Ambers: Died aged 81
Stance
Jackie Sharkey: Not recorded
Lou Ambers: Orthodox

Jackie Sharkey left, Lou Ambers right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jackie Sharkey0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Jackie Sharkey: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sharkey yet.

Lou Ambers91 wins · from 106 tracked bouts

Lou Ambers: 91 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (31%), 61 on the cards (67%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 106 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 31%61 on the cards 67%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jackie Sharkey 8, Lou Ambers 106 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Sharkey better on 1 · Ambers better on 1

Sharkey

Opponent

Ambers

  • Jackie Sharkey

    Loss, KO 2

    1938

    JenkinsSharkey better

    Lou Ambers

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 7

    1941

    Loss, TKO 3

    1940

  • Jackie Sharkey

    Loss, TKO 6

    1935

    ArizmendiAmbers better

    Lou Ambers

    2–0–1 against

    Win, TKO 11

    1939

    Draw, PTS

    1938

    Win, UD

    1936

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

Jackie Sharkey last boxed on Apr 1, 1938 — 32,341 days ago. Sharkey had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Miller Jan 1934Miller Apr 1934Arizmendi Dec 1935Ambers May 1936Jenkins Apr 19380.9 tracked bouts per year

Lou Ambers had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Lew Jenkins. Ambers last boxed on Feb 28, 1941.WWLWL

Hally Apr 1940Quarles Apr 1940Jenkins May 1940Quarles Feb 1941Jenkins Feb 194112.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jackie Sharkey and Lou Ambers ever fought each other?
Yes. Jackie Sharkey and Lou Ambers met once on May 5, 1936, and Lou Ambers won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LMay 5, 1936 · Ambers · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sharkey or Ambers?
Jackie Sharkey is 0-8 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lou Ambers is 89-8-7. Lou Ambers has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sharkey0–80%

Ambers89–8–788.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sharkey or Ambers?
Jackie Sharkey has 0 knockout wins and Lou Ambers has 29. Lou Ambers has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sharkey0

Ambers2932.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sharkey and Ambers have any common opponents?
Jackie Sharkey and Lou Ambers share 2 common opponents: Lew Jenkins and Baby Arizmendi. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Lew JenkinsLL

Baby ArizmendiL2–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Ambers?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Jackie Sharkey and 106 bouts tracked for Lou Ambers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sharkey8bouts

Ambers106bouts

How They Win ↓

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