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Al Thomas vs Benny Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Thomas

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Benny Leonard

Al Thomas (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Benny Leonard (185-22-9) 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.

Thomas

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 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

Leonard leads 1–0

Al Thomas and Benny Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Al Thomas and Benny Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1915Oct 1Series
Al ThomasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Benny LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Thomas 1 · Leonard 5 of 6 measurable rows
ThomasLeonard
Record†
0-2185-22-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 70
0
70 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.84%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—38%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 10.3
0.3
10.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
2
216

† 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

Heightnot held
Al Thomas: No height on file
Benny Leonard: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Al Thomas: No reach on file
Benny Leonard: 69″
Agenot held
Al Thomas: No date of birth
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Stance
Al Thomas: Not recorded
Benny Leonard: Orthodox

Al Thomas left, Benny Leonard right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Thomas0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Al Thomas: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

Benny Leonard185 wins · from 216 tracked bouts

Benny Leonard: 185 tracked wins — 70 by KO/TKO (38%), 17 on the cards (9%) and 98 by another method or unrecorded (53%). Counted from 216 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

70 by KO/TKO 38%17 on the cards 9%98 by another method or unrecorded 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Thomas 2, Benny Leonard 216 — 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

Al Thomas last boxed on Mar 18, 1922 — 38,209 days ago. Thomas had lost two straight.LL

Leonard Oct 1915Freeman Mar 19220.3 tracked bouts per year

Benny Leonard had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Jimmy McLarnin. Leonard last boxed on Oct 7, 1932.WWWWL

Sarko Aug 1932Rafferty Sep 1932Abbott Sep 1932Sarko Sep 1932McLarnin Oct 193210.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Thomas and Benny Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Thomas and Benny Leonard met once on October 1, 1915, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

LOct 1, 1915 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Leonard?
Al Thomas is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Benny Leonard is 185-22-9. Benny Leonard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thomas0–20%

Leonard185–22–987.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thomas or Leonard?
Al Thomas has 0 knockout wins and Benny Leonard has 70. Benny Leonard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thomas0

Leonard7037.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thomas and Leonard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Thomas and Benny Leonard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thomas and Leonard?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Al Thomas and 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thomas2bouts

Leonard216bouts

How They Win ↓

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