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Battling Levinsky vs Marty Gallagher — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

Marty Gallagher

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Marty Gallagher (4-3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

55

Losses

38

Draws289 tracked bouts

Gallagher

Tracked record

4–3

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

Gallagher leads 1–0

Battling Levinsky and Marty Gallagher have met 1 time; Gallagher leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and Marty Gallagher have met 1 time; Gallagher leads 1–0.
Met1928Dec 3Series
Battling LevinskyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marty GallagherFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 4 · Gallagher 2 of 6 measurable rows
LevinskyGallagher
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)4-3
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
57.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
15.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
15%
25% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
0.8
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
Marty Gallagher: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
Marty Gallagher: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Marty Gallagher 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%

Marty Gallagher4 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Marty Gallagher: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

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

Marty Gallagher last boxed on Jan 18, 1938 — 32,416 days ago. Gallagher had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to John Henry Lewis.LWWWL

Galento Jun 1934Galento Sep 1934Levinsky Oct 1935Levinsky Sep 1936Lewis Jan 19380.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and Marty Gallagher ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and Marty Gallagher met once on December 3, 1928, and Marty Gallagher won by PTS.
The meeting

LDec 3, 1928 · Gallagher · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Gallagher?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Marty Gallagher is 4-3 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%

Gallagher4–357.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Levinsky or Gallagher?
Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Marty Gallagher has 1. Battling Levinsky has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Levinsky3015.3%

Gallagher1

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

Levinsky289bouts

Gallagher7bouts

How They Win ↓

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