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Battling Levinsky vs Eddie Palmer — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

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Eddie Palmer

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Eddie Palmer (2-4-1 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

55

Losses

38

Draws289 tracked bouts

Palmer

Tracked record

2–4–1

counted from 7 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 with 1 draw

Battling Levinsky and Eddie Palmer have met 2 times; Levinsky leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Battling Levinsky and Eddie Palmer have met 2 times; Levinsky leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1912Mar 121912May 3Series
Battling LevinskyFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
Eddie PalmerFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · Palmer 1 of 6 measurable rows
LevinskyPalmer
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)2-4-1
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
35.7%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289
289
7

† 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
Eddie Palmer: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
Eddie Palmer: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Eddie Palmer 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%

Eddie Palmer2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Eddie Palmer: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Levinsky 289, Eddie Palmer 7 — 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

Eddie Palmer last boxed on Dec 13, 1922 — 37,940 days ago. Palmer had lost two straight, after one straight win.DLWLL

Levinsky Mar 1912Levinsky May 1912Blackburn Aug 1915Flowers Nov 1922Flowers Dec 19220.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and Eddie Palmer ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and Eddie Palmer have met 2 times and Battling Levinsky leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

WMay 3, 1912 · Levinsky · NWS

DMar 12, 1912 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Palmer?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Eddie Palmer is 2-4-1 across the 7 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%

Palmer2–4–135.7%

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

Levinsky3015.3%

Palmer0

The Numbers ↓
Do Levinsky and Palmer have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Levinsky and Eddie Palmer have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Palmer?
This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 7 bouts tracked for Eddie Palmer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Levinsky289bouts

Palmer7bouts

How They Win ↓

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