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Benny Bass vs Sailor Joe Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Benny Bass

Sailor Joe Kelly

Benny Bass (190-41-10) and Sailor Joe Kelly (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bass

190

Wins72 KO · 38%

41

Losses

10

Draws243 tracked bouts

Kelly

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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

Bass leads 3–0 with 1 draw

Benny Bass and Sailor Joe Kelly have met 4 times; Bass leads 3–0 with 1 draw.

Benny Bass and Sailor Joe Kelly have met 4 times; Bass leads 3–0 with 1 draw.
Met1921Mar 221921May 31921Nov 231922Feb 20Series
Benny BassFighter AWWonDDrawWWonWWon3–0–1W–L–D
Sailor Joe KellyFighter BLLostDDrawLLostLLost0–3–1W–L–D
ResultNWSNWSNWSNWS4Meetings

The Numbers

Bass 5 · Kelly 1 of 6 measurable rows
BassKelly
Record†
190-41-10 (edge)0-4-1
Win %0–100%
80.9% (edge)
10%
Wins by knockoutmax 72
72 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.89%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 11.9
11.9 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 243
243
5

† 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
Benny Bass: Died aged 70
Sailor Joe Kelly: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Bass: Orthodox
Sailor Joe Kelly: Not recorded

Benny Bass left, Sailor Joe Kelly right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny Bass190 wins · from 243 tracked bouts

Benny Bass: 190 tracked wins — 72 by KO/TKO (38%), 83 on the cards (44%) and 35 by another method or unrecorded (18%). Counted from 243 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

72 by KO/TKO 38%83 on the cards 44%35 by another method or unrecorded 18%

Sailor Joe Kelly0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Sailor Joe Kelly: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Bass 243, Sailor Joe Kelly 5 — 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

Benny Bass has lost two straight. Bass last boxed on May 7, 1940.WWDLL

Sarullo Jan 1940Rahn Feb 1940Tygh Mar 1940Tygh Apr 1940Speigal May 194011.9 tracked bouts per year

Sailor Joe Kelly last boxed on Feb 20, 1922 — 38,236 days ago. Kelly had lost two straight.LLDLL

Reagan Jun 1916Bass Mar 1921Bass May 1921Bass Nov 1921Bass Feb 19220.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Bass and Sailor Joe Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Bass and Sailor Joe Kelly have met 4 times and Benny Bass leads the series 3-0 with 1 draw.
The 4 meetings

WFeb 20, 1922 · Bass · NWS

WNov 23, 1921 · Bass · NWS

DMay 3, 1921 · Draw · NWS

WMar 22, 1921 · Bass · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bass or Kelly?
Benny Bass is 190-41-10 and Sailor Joe Kelly is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Benny Bass has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bass190–41–1080.9%

Kelly0–4–110%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bass or Kelly?
Benny Bass has 72 knockout wins and Sailor Joe Kelly has 0. Benny Bass has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bass7237.9%

Kelly0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bass and Kelly have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Bass and Sailor Joe Kelly have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bass and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 243 bouts tracked for Benny Bass and 5 bouts tracked for Sailor Joe Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bass243bouts

Kelly5bouts

How They Win ↓

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