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Ambrose Palmer vs Gus Lesnevich — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ambrose Palmer

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Gus Lesnevich

Ambrose Palmer (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Gus Lesnevich (61-14-5) 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.

Palmer

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lesnevich

61

Wins23 KO · 38%

14

Losses

5

Draws80 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

Lesnevich leads 1–0

Ambrose Palmer and Gus Lesnevich have met 1 time; Lesnevich leads 1–0.

Ambrose Palmer and Gus Lesnevich have met 1 time; Lesnevich leads 1–0.
Met1938Dec 8Series
Ambrose PalmerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gus LesnevichFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Palmer 2 · Lesnevich 5 of 7 measurable rows
PalmerLesnevich
Record†
2-361-14-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
79.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
1
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
38%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.2
0.8
5.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
5
80

† 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

Height+1″
Ambrose Palmer: 5′10″ (edge)
Gus Lesnevich: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Ambrose Palmer: No reach on file
Gus Lesnevich: 73″
Agenot comparable
Ambrose Palmer: Died aged 80
Gus Lesnevich: Died aged 49
Stance
Ambrose Palmer: Not recorded
Gus Lesnevich: Orthodox

Ambrose Palmer left, Gus Lesnevich right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ambrose Palmer2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ambrose Palmer: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Gus Lesnevich61 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

Gus Lesnevich: 61 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (38%) and 38 on the cards (62%). Counted from 80 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 38%38 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ambrose Palmer 5, Gus Lesnevich 80 — 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

Ambrose Palmer had won one in a row before losing a decision to Gus Lesnevich. Palmer last boxed on Dec 8, 1938.LWLWL

Stribling Jul 1932Shade Nov 1933Shade Jan 1934Miler Mar 1936Lesnevich Dec 19380.8 tracked bouts per year

Gus Lesnevich has lost two straight, after one straight win. Lesnevich last boxed on Aug 10, 1949.WLWLL

Fox Mar 1948Mills Jul 1948Eatman Mar 1949Maxim May 1949Charles Aug 19495.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ambrose Palmer and Gus Lesnevich ever fought each other?
Yes. Ambrose Palmer and Gus Lesnevich met once on December 8, 1938, and Gus Lesnevich won by PTS.
The meeting

LDec 8, 1938 · Lesnevich · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Palmer or Lesnevich?
Ambrose Palmer is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gus Lesnevich is 61-14-5. Gus Lesnevich has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Palmer2–340%

Lesnevich61–14–579.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Palmer or Lesnevich?
Ambrose Palmer has 1 knockout win and Gus Lesnevich has 23. Gus Lesnevich has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Palmer1

Lesnevich2337.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Palmer and Lesnevich have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ambrose Palmer and Gus Lesnevich have faced.
Who is bigger, Palmer or Lesnevich?
Ambrose Palmer is the taller fighter at 178 cm, 3 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Palmer178 cm

Lesnevich175 cm185 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Palmer and Lesnevich?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ambrose Palmer and 80 bouts tracked for Gus Lesnevich. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Palmer5bouts

Lesnevich80bouts

How They Win ↓

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