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.
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.
Benny Leonard vs Billy Townsend — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 1–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs TownsendJul 28, 1932 · PTS
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 3-5-1
- 87.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 38.9%
- 70 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 37.84%
- KO rate
- —
- 38% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 10.3 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.8
- 217
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′5″ (165 cm)
- Height
- —
- 69″ (175 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 130
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBenny Leonard · 186 wins
KO/TKO
70
Decision
18
Other
98
Billy Townsend · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 9 respectively), 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
Benny Leonard
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Oct 7, 1932
Billy Townsend
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Feb 3, 1933
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Billy 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Benny Leonard or Billy Townsend?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Billy Townsend has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Billy 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 Benny Leonard and Billy Townsend?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 9 bouts tracked for Billy Townsend. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.