Have Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg ever fought each other?

Yes. Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg met once on April 5, 1917, and Jackie Sharkey won by NWS.

Who has the better record, Sharkey or Solzberg?

Jackie Sharkey is 59-64-23 and Johnny Solzberg is 2-10 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jackie Sharkey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Sharkey and Solzberg have any common opponents?

Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg share 6 common opponents: Joe Lynch, Joe Burman and Pete Herman (and 3 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Solzberg?

This comparison is drawn from 147 bouts tracked for Jackie Sharkey and 12 bouts tracked for Johnny Solzberg. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jackie Sharkey vs Johnny Solzberg — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Jackie Sharkey

Johnny Solzberg

Jackie Sharkey (59-64-23) and Johnny Solzberg (2-10 across 12 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 6 common opponents.

Sharkey

Wins

Losses

Draws147 tracked bouts

Solzberg

Tracked record

2–10

counted from 12 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

Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met	1917Apr 5	Series
Jackie SharkeyFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Johnny SolzbergFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	NWSSharkey vs Solzberg	1Meeting

Sharkey vs Solzberg · Apr 5, 1917

The Numbers

Sharkey 4 · Solzberg 1 of 5 measurable rows

SharkeyEdge = longer wingSolzberg

Record^†: 59-64-23 (edge)2-10
Win %0–100%: 48.3% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 3% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 9: 9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.2: 12.2 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 147: 147
12

† 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: 5′3″; Johnny Solzberg: No height on file
Stance: Jackie Sharkey: Orthodox; Johnny Solzberg: Not recorded

Jackie Sharkey left, Johnny Solzberg right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Jackie Sharkey59 wins · from 147 tracked bouts

2 by KO/TKO 3%15 on the cards 25%42 by another method or unrecorded 71%

Johnny Solzberg2 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jackie Sharkey 147, Johnny Solzberg 12 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Sharkey better on 3 · Solzberg better on 36 shared · Jackie Sharkey better on 3 · Johnny Solzberg better on 3

SharkeyJackie Sharkey

Opponent

SolzbergJohnny Solzberg

Jackie Sharkey
0–3–2 against
Draw, PTS
1925Jul 1925
Loss, KO
1920Dec 1920
Draw, PTS
1920Sep 1920
Loss, NWS
1917Feb 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Sep 1916
LynchJoe LynchUnited States 99–36–21 · BantamweightSolzberg betterJohnny Solzberg better — 1–0 to 0–3–2
Johnny Solzberg
Win, NWS
1916Nov 1916
Jackie Sharkey
1–1–3 against
Draw, PTS
1921Jun 1921
Draw, NWS
1920Oct 1920
Win, NWS
1919Jun 1919
Draw, NWS
1919Jan 1919
Loss, NWS
1917Jun 1917
BurmanJoe BurmanUnited States 36–3–6Sharkey betterJackie Sharkey better — 1–1–3 to 0–1
Johnny Solzberg
Loss, NWS
1917Feb 1917
Jackie Sharkey
3–2 against
Win, NWS
1920Sep 1920
Win, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Win, NWS
1919Aug 1919
Loss, NWS
1918Sep 1918
Loss, NWS
1918May 1918
HermanPete HermanUnited States 100–32–13Sharkey betterJackie Sharkey better — 3–2 to 0–4
Johnny Solzberg
0–4 against
Loss, TKO 7
1921Apr 1921
Loss, NWS
1920Feb 1920
Loss, NWS
1919May 1919
Loss, PTS
1915Mar 1915
Jackie Sharkey
1–6 against
Loss, NWS
1920Feb 1920
Win, NWS
1919Jun 1919
Loss, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Loss, PTS
1918Feb 1918
Loss, NWS
1917Oct 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Aug 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Nov 1916
MooreMemphis Pal MooreUnited States 170–56–38Solzberg betterJohnny Solzberg better — 0–1 to 1–6
Johnny Solzberg
Loss, NWS
1917Jan 1917
Jackie Sharkey
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
Loss, NWS
1917Jul 1917
WilliamsKid WilliamsUnited States 162–30–12 · BantamweightSolzberg betterJohnny Solzberg better — 1–2 to 0–2
Johnny Solzberg
1–2 against
Loss, RTD 7
1912Jul 1912
Win, NWS
1912Jan 1912
Loss, NWS
1911Aug 1911
Jackie Sharkey
Draw, NWS
1917Feb 1917
CoulonJohnny CoulonCanada 67–11–12Sharkey betterJackie Sharkey better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Johnny Solzberg
Loss, NWS
1912May 1912

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 May 25, 1926 — 36,674 days ago. Sharkey had won one in a row before losing a decision to Young Mulligan.LLLWL

Kochansky Sep 1925Chapman Oct 1925Salerno Nov 1925Sanders Feb 1926Mulligan May 192612.2 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Solzberg last boxed on Apr 4, 1921 — 38,551 days ago. Solzberg had lost six straight.LLLLL

Burman Feb 1917Sharkey Apr 1917Herman May 1919Herman Feb 1920Herman Apr 19211.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg ever fought each other?: Yes. Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg met once on April 5, 1917, and Jackie Sharkey won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Sharkey or Solzberg?: Jackie Sharkey is 59-64-23 and Johnny Solzberg is 2-10 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jackie Sharkey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Sharkey and Solzberg have any common opponents?: Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Solzberg share 6 common opponents: Joe Lynch, Joe Burman and Pete Herman (and 3 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Solzberg?: This comparison is drawn from 147 bouts tracked for Jackie Sharkey and 12 bouts tracked for Johnny Solzberg. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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