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

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Benny Leonard

Billy Townsend

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Billy Townsend (3-5-1 across 9 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

Townsend

Tracked record

3–5–1

counted from 9 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 Townsend have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Billy Townsend have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1932Jul 28Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Billy TownsendFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Townsend 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardTownsend
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)3-5-1
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
38.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
38% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
9

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

Benny Leonard left, Billy Townsend 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 Townsend3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Billy Townsend: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Billy Townsend 9 — 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 Townsend last boxed on Feb 3, 1933 — 34,225 days ago. Townsend had lost five straight.LLLLL

Petrole Dec 1931Leonard Jul 1932Battalino Aug 1932Steele Aug 1932Canzoneri Feb 19332.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Billy Townsend ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Billy Townsend met once on July 28, 1932, and Benny Leonard won by PTS.
The meeting

WJul 28, 1932 · Leonard · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Townsend?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Billy Townsend is 3-5-1 across the 9 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%

Townsend3–5–138.9%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Townsend0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Townsend have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Leonard and Billy Townsend have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Townsend?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 9 bouts tracked for Billy Townsend. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Townsend9bouts

How They Win ↓

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