Have Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard ever fought each other?

Yes. Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard have met 3 times and Battling Levinsky leads the series 2-1.

Who has the better record, Levinsky or Howard?

Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Johnny Howard is 4-14 across the 18 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, Levinsky or Howard?

Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Johnny Howard has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.

Do Levinsky and Howard have any common opponents?

Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard share 4 common opponents: Leo Florian Hauck, Harry Greb and Billy Miske (and 1 other). Johnny Howard fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Howard?

This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 18 bouts tracked for Johnny Howard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Battling Levinsky vs Johnny Howard — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Battling Levinsky

Johnny Howard

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Johnny Howard (4-14 across 18 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

Losses

Draws289 tracked bouts

Howard

Tracked record

4–14

counted from 18 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 2–1

Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard have met 3 times; Levinsky leads 2–1.
Met	1917Jun 20	1919May 2	1920Jan 23	Series
Battling LevinskyFighter A	WWon	LLost	WWon	2–1W–L
Johnny HowardFighter B	LLost	WWon	LLost	1–2W–L
Result	PTSLevinsky vs Howard	NWSLevinsky vs Howard	NWSLevinsky vs Howard	3Meetings

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · Howard 1 of 6 measurable rows

LevinskyEdge = longer wingHoward

Record^†: 196-55-38 (edge)4-14
Win %0–100%: 74.4% (edge)
22.2%
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
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 14: 14 (edge)
2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289: 289
18

† 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; Johnny Howard: No date of birth
Stance: Battling Levinsky: Orthodox; Johnny Howard: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Johnny Howard 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

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

Johnny Howard4 wins · from 18 tracked bouts

4 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, Johnny Howard 18 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Howard better on 44 shared · Johnny Howard better on 4

LevinskyBattling Levinsky

Opponent

HowardJohnny Howard

Battling Levinsky
2–3 against
Win, NWS
1918Dec 1918
Win, NWS
1917May 1917
Loss, PTS
1911Oct 1911
Loss, NWS
1911Mar 1911
Loss, NWS
1911Feb 1911
HauckLeo Florian HauckUnited States 144–36–23 · HeavyweightHoward betterJohnny Howard better — 0–2 to 2–3
Johnny Howard
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1920Mar 1920
Loss, NWS
1915Sep 1915
Battling Levinsky
0–6 against
Loss, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Jul 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Apr 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Feb 1919
Loss, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Loss, NWS
1917Sep 1917
GrebHarry GrebUnited States 261–18–19 · MiddleweightHoward betterJohnny Howard better — 0–1 to 0–6
Johnny Howard
Loss, TKO 9
1917Sep 1917
Battling Levinsky
2–2 against
Win, NWS
1919Jul 1919
Win, NWS
1917Feb 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Oct 1916
Loss, NWS
1916Oct 1916
MiskeBilly MiskeUnited States 74–13–16 · Light HeavyweightHoward betterJohnny Howard better — 0–1 to 2–2
Johnny Howard
Loss, KO
1916Aug 1916
Battling Levinsky
2–6–2 against
Win, PTS
1916Oct 1916
Draw, NWS
1916Sep 1916
Win, NWS
1916Jul 1916
Loss, PTS
1916Apr 1916
Loss, NWS
1916Mar 1916
Loss, NWS
1916Feb 1916
Loss, NWS
1914May 1914
Loss, PTS
1914Apr 1914
Draw, NWS
1913Apr 1913
Loss, NWS
1911Oct 1911
DillonJack DillonUnited States 191–31–28 · Light HeavyweightHoward betterJohnny Howard better — 0–2 to 2–6–2
Johnny Howard
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1915Jul 1915
Loss, NWS
1915Feb 1915

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Johnny Howard last boxed on Aug 25, 1920 — 38,770 days ago. Howard had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Smith Aug 1919Levinsky Jan 1920Hauck Mar 1920Smith Jul 1920Chip Aug 19202.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard ever fought each other?: Yes. Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard have met 3 times and Battling Levinsky leads the series 2-1.
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Howard?: Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Johnny Howard is 4-14 across the 18 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, Levinsky or Howard?: Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Johnny Howard has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.
Do Levinsky and Howard have any common opponents?: Battling Levinsky and Johnny Howard share 4 common opponents: Leo Florian Hauck, Harry Greb and Billy Miske (and 1 other). Johnny Howard fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Howard?: This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 18 bouts tracked for Johnny Howard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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