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.
James McCoy (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and John L. Sullivan (42-1-3) 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.
James McCoy vs John L. Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
John L. Sullivan leads 1–0- John L. Sullivan wonSullivan vs McCoyOct 17, 1883 · TKO
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 42-1-3 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 94.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 32 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 76.19%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 84%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 0.5
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 51
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′10″ (179 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
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- Age
- 167
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- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJames McCoy · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
John L. Sullivan · 43 wins
KO/TKO
36
Decision
5
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 51 respectively), 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
James McCoy
L
L1 streak · last fought Oct 17, 1883
John L. Sullivan
LLWDL
L2 streak · last fought Jun 8, 1974
Common Questions
- Have James McCoy and John L. Sullivan ever fought each other?
- Yes. James McCoy and John L. Sullivan met once on October 17, 1883, and John L. Sullivan won by TKO.
- Who has the better record, James McCoy or John L. Sullivan?
- James McCoy is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John L. Sullivan is 42-1-3. John L. Sullivan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, James McCoy or John L. Sullivan?
- James McCoy has 0 knockout wins and John L. Sullivan has 32. John L. Sullivan has more.
- Do James McCoy and John L. Sullivan have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James McCoy and John L. Sullivan have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on James McCoy and John L. Sullivan?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for James McCoy and 51 bouts tracked for John L. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.