On July 21, 1927, Jack Dempsey (57-5-9, 42 KOs) and Jack Sharkey (27-6, 8 KOs) meet in the ring in a 15-round bout.
Jack Dempsey is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 59% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Gene Tunney, 9 months and 28 days ago. Jack Sharkey is on a 13-fight win streak with a 24% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Jim Maloney, 2 months and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Jack Dempsey at 99-1 winning odds. Jack Sharkey really doesn't have much to present against Dempsey.
Jack Dempsey stopped Jack Sharkey via KO in the 7th round. Dempsey improves his record to 58-5-9 (43 KOs), while Sharkey adds a loss to his record at 27-7.