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.
Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Bob Devere (1-7-1 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Battling Levinsky vs Bob Devere — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Battling Levinsky leads 1–0- Battling Levinsky wonLevinsky vs DevereMar 17, 1916 · NWS
The Numbers
- 196-55-38 (edge)
- Record
- 1-7-1
- 74.4% (edge)
- Win %
- 16.7%
- 30 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 15.31%
- KO rate
- —
- 15% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 4
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 14.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.9
- 293
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 135
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Levinsky · 200 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
38
Other
132
Bob Devere · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (293 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBattling Levinsky
WNWS · Dec 1915WNWS · Oct 1914WNWS · Dec 1913Bob Devere
WNWS · Mar 1917Battling Levinsky
WPTS · Oct 1916DNWS · Sep 1916WNWS · Jul 1916LPTS · Apr 1916LNWS · Mar 1916LNWS · Feb 1916LNWS · May 1914LPTS · Apr 1914DNWS · Apr 1913LNWS · Oct 1911Bob Devere
LNWS · May 1916
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Battling Levinsky
WLLWL
W1 streak · last fought Oct 21, 1930
Bob Devere
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Jan 14, 1921
Common Questions
- Have Battling Levinsky and Bob Devere ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Levinsky and Bob Devere met once on March 17, 1916, and Battling Levinsky won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Battling Levinsky or Bob Devere?
- Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Bob Devere is 1-7-1 across the 9 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Levinsky or Bob Devere?
- Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Bob Devere has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.
- Do Battling Levinsky and Bob Devere have any common opponents?
- Battling Levinsky and Bob Devere share 3 common opponents: Jack Dempsey, Andrew Chiariglione and Jack Dillon. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Levinsky and Bob Devere?
- This comparison is drawn from 293 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 9 bouts tracked for Bob Devere. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.