Have Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon ever fought each other?

Yes. Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon have met 5 times and Battling Levinsky leads the series 4-0 with 1 draw.

Who has the better record, Levinsky or McMahon?

Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Tom McMahon is 2-10-3 across the 15 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 McMahon?

Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Tom McMahon has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.

Do Levinsky and McMahon have any common opponents?

Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon share 4 common opponents: Billy Miske, Leo Florian Hauck and Gunboat Smith (and 1 other). Tom McMahon fared better against 3 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 15 bouts tracked for Tom McMahon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Battling Levinsky vs Tom McMahon — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Battling Levinsky

Tom McMahon

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Tom McMahon (2-10-3 across 15 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

Losses

Draws289 tracked bouts

McMahon

Tracked record

2–10–3

counted from 15 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 4–0 with 1 draw

Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon have met 5 times; Levinsky leads 4–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1911Mar 25	1913Feb 10	1914Feb 6	1916Jan 1	1917Oct 15	Series
Battling LevinskyFighter A	DDraw	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	4–0–1W–L–D
Tom McMahonFighter B	DDraw	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–4–1W–L–D
Result	NWSLevinsky vs McMahon	NWSLevinsky vs McMahon	NWSLevinsky vs McMahon	NWSLevinsky vs McMahon	PTSLevinsky vs McMahon	5Meetings

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · McMahon 1 of 6 measurable rows

LevinskyEdge = longer wingMcMahon

Record^†: 196-55-38 (edge)2-10-3
Win %0–100%: 74.4% (edge)
23.3%
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)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289: 289
15

† 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; Tom McMahon: No date of birth
Stance: Battling Levinsky: Orthodox; Tom McMahon: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Tom McMahon 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%

Tom McMahon2 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

2 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, Tom McMahon 15 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Levinsky better on 1 · McMahon better on 34 shared · Battling Levinsky better on 1 · Tom McMahon better on 3

LevinskyBattling Levinsky

Opponent

McMahonTom McMahon

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 HeavyweightMcMahon betterTom McMahon better — 0–1 to 2–2
Tom McMahon
Loss, NWS
1918Nov 1918
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 · HeavyweightMcMahon betterTom McMahon better — 0–1 to 2–3
Tom McMahon
Loss, NWS
1911Feb 1911
Battling Levinsky
4–1–1 against
Win, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Win, PTS
1916Oct 1916
Win, NWS
1916May 1916
Loss, PTS
1915Jan 1915
Draw, PTS
1915Jan 1915
Win, NWS
1914Oct 1914
SmithGunboat SmithUnited States 81–49–13 · HeavyweightLevinsky betterBattling Levinsky better — 4–1–1 to 0–1–1
Tom McMahon
0–1–1 against
Draw, PTS
1918Jul 1918
Loss, NWS
1916Jul 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 HeavyweightMcMahon betterTom McMahon better — 1–1–1 to 2–6–2
Tom McMahon
1–1–1 against
Draw, PTS
1917May 1917
Loss, NWS
1915Sep 1915
Win, NWS
1915Jun 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

Tom McMahon last boxed on Nov 18, 1918 — 39,416 days ago. McMahon had lost the most recent, to Billy Miske.LDLDL

Smith Jul 1916Dillon May 1917Levinsky Oct 1917Smith Jul 1918Miske Nov 19181.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon ever fought each other?: Yes. Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon have met 5 times and Battling Levinsky leads the series 4-0 with 1 draw.
Who has the better record, Levinsky or McMahon?: Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Tom McMahon is 2-10-3 across the 15 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 McMahon?: Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Tom McMahon has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.
Do Levinsky and McMahon have any common opponents?: Battling Levinsky and Tom McMahon share 4 common opponents: Billy Miske, Leo Florian Hauck and Gunboat Smith (and 1 other). Tom McMahon fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and McMahon?: This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 15 bouts tracked for Tom McMahon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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