Have Jackie Sharkey and Young Terry McGovern ever fought each other?

Yes. Jackie Sharkey and Young Terry McGovern met once on December 6, 1918, and Jackie Sharkey won by NWS.

Who has the better record, Sharkey or McGovern?

Jackie Sharkey is 59-64-23 and Young Terry McGovern is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Young Terry McGovern has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Sharkey and McGovern have any common opponents?

Jackie Sharkey and Young Terry McGovern share 1 common opponent: Joe Burman. Jackie Sharkey fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 147 bouts tracked for Jackie Sharkey and 4 bouts tracked for Young Terry McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jackie Sharkey vs Young Terry McGovern — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Jackie Sharkey

Young Terry McGovern

Jackie Sharkey (59-64-23) and Young Terry McGovern (2-2 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 1 common opponent.

Sharkey

Wins

Losses

Draws147 tracked bouts

McGovern

Tracked record

2–2

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 Young Terry McGovern have met 1 time; Sharkey leads 1–0.
Met	1918Dec 6	Series
Jackie SharkeyFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Young Terry McGovernFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	NWSSharkey vs McGovern	1Meeting

Sharkey vs McGovern · Dec 6, 1918

The Numbers

Sharkey 2 · McGovern 3 of 5 measurable rows

SharkeyEdge = longer wingMcGovern

Record^†: 59-64-232-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 48.3%
50% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 3% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 9: 9
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.2: 12.2 (edge)
0.9
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″; Young Terry McGovern: No height on file
Stance: Jackie Sharkey: Orthodox; Young Terry McGovern: Not recorded

Jackie Sharkey left, Young Terry McGovern 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%

Young Terry McGovern2 wins · from 4 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, Young Terry McGovern 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Sharkey better on 11 shared · Jackie Sharkey better on 1

SharkeyJackie Sharkey

Opponent

McGovernYoung Terry McGovern

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
Young Terry McGovern
Loss, NWS
1918Nov 1918

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 — 36,687 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

Young Terry McGovern last boxed on Dec 6, 1918 — 39,414 days ago. McGovern had lost two straight, after two straight wins.WWLL

Tendler Aug 1914Tendler Sep 1914Burman Nov 1918Sharkey Dec 19180.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Jackie Sharkey and Young Terry McGovern ever fought each other?: Yes. Jackie Sharkey and Young Terry McGovern met once on December 6, 1918, and Jackie Sharkey won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Sharkey or McGovern?: Jackie Sharkey is 59-64-23 and Young Terry McGovern is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Young Terry McGovern has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Sharkey and McGovern have any common opponents?: Jackie Sharkey and Young Terry McGovern share 1 common opponent: Joe Burman. Jackie Sharkey fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sharkey and McGovern?: This comparison is drawn from 147 bouts tracked for Jackie Sharkey and 4 bouts tracked for Young Terry McGovern. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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