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Alex Hart vs Benny Leonard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Alex Hart

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Benny Leonard

Alex Hart (4-8-2 across 14 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 3 common opponents.

Hart

Tracked record

4–8–2

counted from 14 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

Alex Hart and Benny Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Alex Hart and Benny Leonard have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1923Jul 9Series
Alex HartFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Benny LeonardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Hart 1 · Leonard 5 of 6 measurable rows
HartLeonard
Record†
4-8-2185-22-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
35.7%
87.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 70
0
70 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.84%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
3
10.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
14
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
Alex Hart: No height on file
Benny Leonard: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Alex Hart: No reach on file
Benny Leonard: 69″
Agenot held
Alex Hart: No date of birth
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Stance
Alex Hart: Not recorded
Benny Leonard: Orthodox

Alex Hart 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
Alex Hart4 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Alex Hart: 4 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (25%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (75%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 25%3 by another method or unrecorded 75%

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 — Alex Hart 14, Benny Leonard 216 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Hart better on 1 · Leonard better on 2

Hart

Opponent

Leonard

  • Alex Hart

    Loss, NWS

    1922

    TendlerLeonard better

    Benny Leonard

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, NWS

    1922

  • Alex Hart

    Loss, NWS

    1923

    KansasLeonard better

    Benny Leonard

    4–0 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1922

    Win, UD

    1922

    Win, NWS

    1921

    Win, NWS

    1916

  • Alex Hart

    Win, NWS

    1922

    DundeeHart better

    Benny Leonard

    4–2–2 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Alex Hart last boxed on Aug 30, 1926 — 36,577 days ago. Hart had lost the most recent, to Vince Dundee.WWDDL

Goodrich Feb 1924Dundee Mar 1924Dundee Dec 1924Dundee Apr 1925Dundee Aug 19263 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 Alex Hart and Benny Leonard ever fought each other?
Yes. Alex Hart and Benny Leonard met once on July 9, 1923, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

LJul 9, 1923 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hart or Leonard?
Alex Hart is 4-8-2 across the 14 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 %

Hart4–8–235.7%

Leonard185–22–987.7%

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

Hart0

Leonard7037.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hart and Leonard have any common opponents?
Alex Hart and Benny Leonard share 3 common opponents: Lew Tendler, Rocky Kansas and Johnny Dundee. Benny Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Lew TendlerLW

Rocky KansasLW

Johnny DundeeW4–2–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hart and Leonard?
This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for Alex Hart and 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hart14bouts

Leonard216bouts

How They Win ↓

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