On August 18, 1936, Joe Louis (24-1, 20 KOs) and Jack Sharkey (38-13-3, 13 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Joe Louis is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round KO loss to Max Schmeling, 1 month and 30 days ago. Jack Sharkey is on a 1-fight win streak with a 24% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Phil Brubaker, 1 month and 24 days ago.
The winning odds are at 61.3-38.7 in favor of Jack Sharkey. Joe Louis also has a chance at winning but he will have to put up a really good fight to get the win.
Joe Louis stopped Jack Sharkey via KO in the 3rd round. Louis improves his record to 25-1 (21 KOs), while Sharkey adds a loss to his record at 38-14-3.