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Kid Sullivan vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kid Sullivan

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Young Stribling

Kid Sullivan (2-7-3 across 12 tracked bouts) and Young Stribling (256-16-17) 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.

Sullivan

Tracked record

2–7–3

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Stribling

256

Wins129 KO · 50%

16

Losses

17

Draws290 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

Stribling leads 1–0

Kid Sullivan and Young Stribling have met 1 time; Stribling leads 1–0.

Kid Sullivan and Young Stribling have met 1 time; Stribling leads 1–0.
Met1921Feb 18Series
Kid SullivanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young StriblingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Sullivan 0 · Stribling 5 of 5 measurable rows
SullivanStribling
Record†
2-7-3256-16-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
29.2%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 129
1
129 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡level0–100%
50%
50%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 22.9
0.6
22.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 290
12
290

† 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

Agenot held
Kid Sullivan: No date of birth
Young Stribling: Died aged 28
Stance
Kid Sullivan: Not recorded
Young Stribling: Orthodox

Kid Sullivan left, Young Stribling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kid Sullivan2 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Kid Sullivan: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Young Stribling255 wins · from 290 tracked bouts

Young Stribling: 255 tracked wins — 128 by KO/TKO (50%), 93 on the cards (36%) and 34 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 290 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

128 by KO/TKO 50%93 on the cards 36%34 by another method or unrecorded 13%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Sullivan 12, Young Stribling 290 — 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

Kid Sullivan last boxed on Feb 18, 1921 — 38,593 days ago. Sullivan had lost two straight, after one straight win.DLWLL

Attell Nov 1905Erne Apr 1906II May 1907Dillon May 1909Stribling Feb 19210.6 tracked bouts per year

Young Stribling has won three straight since losing to Pierre Charles. Stribling last boxed on Sep 22, 1933.WLWWW

McCorkindale Dec 1932Charles Mar 1933Neron Aug 1933O'Dell Aug 1933Rosenbloom Sep 193322.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Sullivan and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Sullivan and Young Stribling met once on February 18, 1921, and Young Stribling won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LFeb 18, 1921 · Stribling · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sullivan or Stribling?
Kid Sullivan is 2-7-3 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Stribling is 256-16-17. Young Stribling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sullivan2–7–329.2%

Stribling256–16–1791.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sullivan or Stribling?
Kid Sullivan has 1 knockout win and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sullivan1

Stribling12950.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sullivan and Stribling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Sullivan and Young Stribling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sullivan and Stribling?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Kid Sullivan and 290 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sullivan12bouts

Stribling290bouts

How They Win ↓

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