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Jackie Sharkey vs Johnny Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jackie Sharkey

Johnny Taylor

Jackie Sharkey (59-64-23) and Johnny Taylor (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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Sharkey

59

Wins

64

Losses

23

Draws147 tracked bouts

Taylor

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

Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Taylor have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.

Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Taylor have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met1916May 12Series
Jackie SharkeyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny TaylorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Sharkey 3 · Taylor 1 of 4 measurable rows
SharkeyTaylor
Record†
59-64-23 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
48.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
3%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.2
12.2 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 147
147
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

Heightnot held
Jackie Sharkey: 5′3″
Johnny Taylor: No height on file
Stance
Jackie Sharkey: Orthodox
Johnny Taylor: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jackie Sharkey59 wins · from 147 tracked bouts

Jackie Sharkey: 59 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (3%), 15 on the cards (25%) and 42 by another method or unrecorded (71%). Counted from 147 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Johnny Taylor0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Johnny Taylor: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Taylor yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jackie Sharkey 147, Johnny Taylor 4 — 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

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 Taylor last boxed on Oct 28, 1946 — 29,213 days ago. Taylor had lost four straight.LLLL

Sharkey May 1916Armstrong Jun 1942Armstrong Sep 1942Lytell Oct 19460.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Taylor met once on May 12, 1916, and Jackie Sharkey won by NWS.
The meeting

WMay 12, 1916 · Sharkey · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sharkey or Taylor?
Jackie Sharkey is 59-64-23 and Johnny Taylor is 0-4 across the 4 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.
Records · win %

Sharkey59–64–2348.3%

Taylor0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sharkey and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jackie Sharkey and Johnny Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 147 bouts tracked for Jackie Sharkey and 4 bouts tracked for Johnny Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sharkey147bouts

Taylor4bouts

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