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Heavyweight Boxing

Jake Kilrain vs John L. Sullivan

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Jake Kilrain and John L. Sullivan met once (1889). John L. Sullivan won in 1889 by ko.

Side by side

Jake KilrainJohn L. Sullivan
Reach74″ (188 cm)
Height70″ (177.8 cm)
Reach advantage+5.74%
31–5Record42–1
58%Finish rate76%
19Longest unbeaten run46
51Recorded bouts50
StanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentJake KilrainJohn L. Sullivan
James J. Corbett L L
Charley Mitchell D D
Jack Burke D W
Charley Mitchell D W

Careers side by side

Jake Kilrain

1880 1890 win vs Dennis Roach (1879)win vs Dan Dwyer (1879)win vs Jem Driscoll (1879)win vs Jack Daley (1879)win vs John Hughes (1880)draw vs George Godfrey (1882)win vs Jerry Murphy (1883)draw vs Jem Goode (1883)win vs George Godfrey (1883)win vs John McGylnn (1883)win vs Pete McCoy (1883)win vs John Allen (1883)win vs Alf Greenfield (1884)draw vs Jack Burke (1884)draw vs Jem Goode (1884)draw vs Mike Cleary (1884)win vs William Sherriff (1884)draw vs Charley Mitchell (1884)draw vs George Fryer (1885)win vs Jerry Murphy (1885)? vs Jack Ashton (1886)? vs Johny Seidel (1886)win vs John P. Clow (1886)win vs Denny Killen (1886)win vs Tommy Kelly (1886)win vs Joe Godfrey (1886)win vs Frank Herald (1886)draw vs Frank Faber (1886)draw vs Jem Smith (1887)win vs Joe Lannon (1887)loss vs John Scholes (1889)loss vs John L. Sullivan (1889)win vs George Maguire (1890)win vs Mike Brennan (1890)win vs George Harris (1890)win vs Arthur Chambers (1890)win vs Jerry Slattery (1890)win vs Dick Mayel (1890)win vs Tommy McManus (1890)win vs Frank Straub (1890)win vs Frank Bosworth (1890)loss vs James J. Corbett (1890)win vs Felix Vacquelin (1890)loss vs Frank Slavin (1891)win vs George Godfrey (1891)? vs Abe Ullman (1895)loss vs Steve O'Donnell (1895)loss vs Frank Slavin (1896)loss vs Steve O'Donnell (1899)
winlossdraw / NC1879–1899

John L. Sullivan

1880 1890 win vs George Rooke (1879)win vs John A. Hogan (1879)win vs Tommy Chandler (1879)win vs Dan Dwyer (1879)win vs Johnny Cocky Woods (1879)win vs Jack Curley (1879)win vs Professor John Donaldson (1880)win vs Jack Burns (1881)win vs Captain James Dalton (1881)win vs Dan McCarty (1881)win vs Fred Crossley (1881)win vs John Flood (1881)win vs Steve Taylor (1881)win vs P J Rentzler (1882)win vs Charley O'Donnell (1882)win vs S P Stockton (1882)win vs Henry Higgins (1882)win vs Joe Collins (1882)win vs Jimmy Elliott (1882)win vs John McDermont (1882)win vs Paddy Ryan (1882)win vs Mike Sheehan (1883)win vs Morris Hefey (1883)win vs Jim Miles (1883)win vs James McCoy (1883)win vs Herbert Slade (1883)win vs Charley Mitchell (1883)win vs Harry Gilman (1883)win vs John Laflin (1884)win vs Enos Phillips (1884)win vs William Fleming (1884)win vs Dan Henry (1884)win vs Al Marx (1884)win vs George M Robinson (1884)win vs Boiquet (1884)win vs James Lang (1884)win vs Sylvester Le Gouriff (1884)win vs Fred Robinson (1884)win vs Jeff Tomkins (1884)win vs Dominick McCaffrey (1885)win vs Jack Burke (1885)? vs Paddy Ryan (1885)win vs Alf Greenfield (1885)win vs Paddy Ryan (1886)win vs Frank Herald (1886)draw vs Patsy Cardiff (1887)draw vs Charley Mitchell (1888)win vs William Samuells (1888)win vs Jake Kilrain (1889)loss vs James J. Corbett (1892)
winlossdraw / NC1879–1892

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