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Battling Levinsky vs Phil Mercurio — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

Phil Mercurio

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Phil Mercurio (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

Mercurio

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

Mercurio leads 1–0

Battling Levinsky and Phil Mercurio have met 1 time; Mercurio leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and Phil Mercurio have met 1 time; Mercurio leads 1–0.
Met1928Jul 13Series
Battling LevinskyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Phil MercurioFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · Mercurio 1 of 6 measurable rows
LevinskyMercurio
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
1.2
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
Phil Mercurio: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
Phil Mercurio: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Phil Mercurio 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%

Phil Mercurio1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Phil Mercurio: 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, Phil Mercurio 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

Phil Mercurio last boxed on Jan 2, 1931 — 34,989 days ago. Mercurio had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Levinsky Jul 1928Braddock Sep 1930Galento Jan 19311.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and Phil Mercurio ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and Phil Mercurio met once on July 13, 1928, and Phil Mercurio won by NWS.
The meeting

LJul 13, 1928 · Mercurio · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Mercurio?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Phil Mercurio 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%

Mercurio1–233.3%

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

Levinsky3015.3%

Mercurio0

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

Levinsky289bouts

Mercurio3bouts

How They Win ↓

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