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Battling Levinsky vs Billy Ketchell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

Billy Ketchell

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Billy Ketchell (2-2-1 across 5 tracked bouts) 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.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

55

Losses

38

Draws289 tracked bouts

Ketchell

Tracked record

2–2–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Levinsky leads 1–0

Battling Levinsky and Billy Ketchell have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and Billy Ketchell have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.
Met1915Mar 19Series
Battling LevinskyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Billy KetchellFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · Ketchell 1 of 6 measurable rows
LevinskyKetchell
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)2-2-1
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
15.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
15% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289
289
5

† 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
Battling Levinsky: Died aged 57
Billy Ketchell: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
Billy Ketchell: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Billy Ketchell right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Battling Levinsky196 wins · from 289 tracked bouts

Battling Levinsky: 196 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (15%), 39 on the cards (20%) and 127 by another method or unrecorded (65%). Counted from 289 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 15%39 on the cards 20%127 by another method or unrecorded 65%

Billy Ketchell2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Billy Ketchell: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Levinsky 289, Billy Ketchell 5 — 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

Battling Levinsky has won once since losses to Otto von Porat and Herman Weiner. Levinsky last boxed on Oct 21, 1930.LWLLW

Gallagher Dec 1928Corri Jan 1929Porat Jan 1929Weiner Jan 1929Sims Oct 193014 tracked bouts per year

Billy Ketchell last boxed on Sep 1, 1936 — 32,919 days ago. Ketchell had won once since a draw with Jersey Joe Walcott.LLWDW

Levinsky Mar 1915Overlin Apr 1934Latzo Apr 1934Walcott Jul 1936Walcott Sep 19360.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and Billy Ketchell ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and Billy Ketchell met once on March 19, 1915, and Battling Levinsky won by NWS.
The meeting

WMar 19, 1915 · Levinsky · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Ketchell?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Billy Ketchell is 2-2-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Levinsky has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Levinsky196–55–3874.4%

Ketchell2–2–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Levinsky or Ketchell?
Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Billy Ketchell has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Levinsky3015.3%

Ketchell0

The Numbers ↓
Do Levinsky and Ketchell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Levinsky and Billy Ketchell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Ketchell?
This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 5 bouts tracked for Billy Ketchell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Levinsky289bouts

Ketchell5bouts

How They Win ↓

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