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Battling Levinsky vs Tony Melchior — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

Tony Melchior

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Tony Melchior (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

55

Losses

38

Draws289 tracked bouts

Melchior

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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 Tony Melchior have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and Tony Melchior have met 1 time; Levinsky leads 1–0.
Met1920Apr 28Series
Battling LevinskyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony MelchiorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 4 · Melchior 1 of 5 measurable rows
LevinskyMelchior
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
15.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
15%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289
289
4

† 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
Tony Melchior: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
Tony Melchior: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Tony Melchior 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%

Tony Melchior0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Tony Melchior: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Melchior yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Levinsky 289, Tony Melchior 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Levinsky better on 1 · Melchior better on 1 · even on 1

Levinsky

Opponent

Melchior

  • Battling Levinsky

    2–2 against

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    MiskeMelchior better

    Tony Melchior

    Loss, TKO 4

    1921

  • Battling Levinsky

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    GibbonsEven

    Tony Melchior

    Loss, KO 1

    1921

  • Battling Levinsky

    4–1–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1917

    Win, PTS

    1916

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1914

    SmithLevinsky better

    Tony Melchior

    Loss, NWS

    1920

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

Tony Melchior last boxed on Nov 11, 1921 — 38,328 days ago. Melchior had lost four straight.LLLL

Levinsky Apr 1920Smith Jun 1920Gibbons Feb 1921Miske Nov 19212.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and Tony Melchior ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and Tony Melchior met once on April 28, 1920, and Battling Levinsky won by NWS.
The meeting

WApr 28, 1920 · Levinsky · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Melchior?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Tony Melchior is 0-4 across the 4 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%

Melchior0–40%

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

Levinsky3015.3%

Melchior0

The Numbers ↓
Do Levinsky and Melchior have any common opponents?
Battling Levinsky and Tony Melchior share 3 common opponents: Billy Miske, Tommy Gibbons and Gunboat Smith. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Billy Miske2–2L

Tommy GibbonsLL

Gunboat Smith4–1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Melchior?
This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 4 bouts tracked for Tony Melchior. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Levinsky289bouts

Melchior4bouts

How They Win ↓

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