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Battling Levinsky vs James Jay Lawless — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

James Jay Lawless

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and James Jay Lawless (1-2 across 3 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

Lawless

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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 James Jay Lawless have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and James Jay Lawless have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.
Met1928Apr 2Series
Battling LevinskyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
James Jay LawlessFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 4 · Lawless 1 of 5 measurable rows
LevinskyLawless
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
33.3%
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§not comparable
14—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289
289
3

† 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
James Jay Lawless: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
James Jay Lawless: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, James Jay Lawless 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%

James Jay Lawless1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

James Jay Lawless: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Levinsky 289, James Jay Lawless 3 — 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

James Jay Lawless last boxed on Nov 21, 1928 — 35,761 days ago. Lawless had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ernie Schaaf.LWL

Levinsky Apr 1928Galento Aug 1928Schaaf Nov 1928

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and James Jay Lawless ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and James Jay Lawless met once on April 2, 1928, and Battling Levinsky won by PTS.
The meeting

WApr 2, 1928 · Levinsky · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Lawless?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and James Jay Lawless is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Lawless1–233.3%

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

Levinsky3015.3%

Lawless0

The Numbers ↓
Do Levinsky and Lawless have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Levinsky and James Jay Lawless have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Lawless?
This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 3 bouts tracked for James Jay Lawless. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Levinsky289bouts

Lawless3bouts

How They Win ↓

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