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Artie Root vs Lew Tendler — record, stats and common opponents compared

Artie Root

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Artie Root (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Lew Tendler (145-16-8) 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.

Root

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tendler

145

Wins38 KO · 26%

16

Losses

8

Draws170 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

Tendler leads 1–0

Artie Root and Lew Tendler have met 1 time; Tendler leads 1–0.

Artie Root and Lew Tendler have met 1 time; Tendler leads 1–0.
Met1917Feb 26Series
Artie RootFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lew TendlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Root 1 · Tendler 4 of 5 measurable rows
RootTendler
Record†
0-3145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—27%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.6
0.9
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
3
170

† 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

Agenot held
Artie Root: No date of birth
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance
Artie Root: Not recorded
Lew Tendler: Southpaw

Artie Root left, Lew Tendler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Artie Root0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Artie Root: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Root yet.

Lew Tendler145 wins · from 170 tracked bouts

Lew Tendler: 145 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (27%), 20 on the cards (14%) and 86 by another method or unrecorded (59%). Counted from 170 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 27%20 on the cards 14%86 by another method or unrecorded 59%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Artie Root 3, Lew Tendler 170 — 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

Artie Root last boxed on Jul 28, 1920 — 38,799 days ago. Root had lost three straight.LLL

Tendler Feb 1917Wolfe Feb 1919Kilbane Jul 19200.9 tracked bouts per year

Lew Tendler has won once since losing a decision to Ace Hudkins. Tendler last boxed on Jun 18, 1928.WWWLW

Forgione Nov 1927Martínez Dec 1927McFarland Jan 1928Hudkins Jan 1928Goldman Jun 192811.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Artie Root and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
Yes. Artie Root and Lew Tendler met once on February 26, 1917, and Lew Tendler won by NWS.
The meeting

LFeb 26, 1917 · Tendler · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Root or Tendler?
Artie Root is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lew Tendler is 145-16-8. Lew Tendler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Root0–30%

Tendler145–16–888.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Root or Tendler?
Artie Root has 0 knockout wins and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Root0

Tendler3826.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Root and Tendler have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Artie Root and Lew Tendler have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Root and Tendler?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Artie Root and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Root3bouts

Tendler170bouts

How They Win ↓

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