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Benny Leonard vs Billy Meyers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Billy Meyers

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Billy Meyers (0-2 across 2 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.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Meyers

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Leonard leads 1–0

Benny Leonard and Billy Meyers have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Billy Meyers have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1912Feb 12Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Billy MeyersFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Meyers 1 of 5 measurable rows
LeonardMeyers
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
2

† 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

Heightnot held
Benny Leonard: 5′5″
Billy Meyers: No height on file
Reachnot held
Benny Leonard: 69″
Billy Meyers: No reach on file
Agenot held
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Billy Meyers: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Leonard: Orthodox
Billy Meyers: Not recorded

Benny Leonard left, Billy Meyers 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 Leonard185 wins · from 216 tracked bouts

Benny Leonard: 185 tracked wins — 70 by KO/TKO (38%), 17 on the cards (9%) and 98 by another method or unrecorded (53%). Counted from 216 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

70 by KO/TKO 38%17 on the cards 9%98 by another method or unrecorded 53%

Billy Meyers0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Meyers: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Meyers yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Billy Meyers 2 — 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 Leonard had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Jimmy McLarnin. Leonard last boxed on Oct 7, 1932.WWWWL

Sarko Aug 1932Rafferty Sep 1932Abbott Sep 1932Sarko Sep 1932McLarnin Oct 193210.3 tracked bouts per year

Billy Meyers last boxed on Aug 27, 1948 — 28,543 days ago. Meyers had lost two straight.LL

Leonard Feb 1912Sands Aug 19480.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Billy Meyers ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Billy Meyers met once on February 12, 1912, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WFeb 12, 1912 · Leonard · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Meyers?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Billy Meyers is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Benny Leonard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Leonard185–22–987.7%

Meyers0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Leonard or Meyers?
Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Billy Meyers has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Leonard7037.8%

Meyers0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Meyers have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Leonard and Billy Meyers have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Meyers?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 2 bouts tracked for Billy Meyers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Meyers2bouts

How They Win ↓

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