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Battling Levinsky vs K.O. Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

K.O. Sullivan

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and K.O. Sullivan (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

55

Losses

38

Draws289 tracked bouts

Sullivan

Tracked record

1–6

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

Battling Levinsky and K.O. Sullivan have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and K.O. Sullivan have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.
Met1915Jul 2Series
Battling LevinskyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
K.O. SullivanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · Sullivan 1 of 6 measurable rows
LevinskySullivan
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)1-6
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
14.3%
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§max 14
14 (edge)
1.3
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
K.O. Sullivan: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
K.O. Sullivan: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, K.O. Sullivan 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%

K.O. Sullivan1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

K.O. Sullivan: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Levinsky 289, K.O. Sullivan 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Levinsky better on 2

Levinsky

Opponent

Sullivan

  • Battling Levinsky

    Loss, PTS

    1922

    TunneyLevinsky better

    K.O. Sullivan

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1920

    Loss, PTS

    1919

  • Battling Levinsky

    2–3 against

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Loss, PTS

    1911

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    HauckLevinsky better

    K.O. Sullivan

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1916

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

K.O. Sullivan last boxed on Nov 12, 1920 — 38,691 days ago. Sullivan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Hauck Mar 1916Tunney Apr 1919Tunney Apr 1920Hauck May 1920Hauck Nov 19201.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and K.O. Sullivan ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and K.O. Sullivan met once on July 2, 1915, and Battling Levinsky won by NWS.
The meeting

WJul 2, 1915 · Levinsky · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Sullivan?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and K.O. Sullivan is 1-6 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%

Sullivan1–614.3%

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

Levinsky3015.3%

Sullivan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Levinsky and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Battling Levinsky and K.O. Sullivan share 2 common opponents: Gene Tunney and Leo Florian Hauck. Battling Levinsky fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Gene TunneyLL

Leo Florian Hauck2–3L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 7 bouts tracked for K.O. Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Levinsky289bouts

Sullivan7bouts

How They Win ↓

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