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Benny Leonard vs Charley Pitts — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Charley Pitts

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Charley Pitts (2-4 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Pitts

Tracked record

2–4

counted from 6 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 Charley Pitts have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Charley Pitts have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1919Jun 9Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Charley PittsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Pitts 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardPitts
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)2-4
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
33.3%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
6

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

Benny Leonard left, Charley Pitts 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%

Charley Pitts2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Charley Pitts: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Charley Pitts 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Leonard better on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Pitts

  • Benny Leonard

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, NWS

    1922

    TendlerLeonard better

    Charley Pitts

    1–1 against

    Win, DQ 7

    1922

    Loss, NWS

    1919

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

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

Charley Pitts last boxed on Sep 14, 1926 — 36,561 days ago. Pitts had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Tendler Nov 1919Walker Mar 1921Tendler Apr 1922Chaney Nov 1922Thompson Sep 19260.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Charley Pitts ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Charley Pitts met once on June 9, 1919, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WJun 9, 1919 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Pitts?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Charley Pitts is 2-4 across the 6 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%

Pitts2–433.3%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Pitts0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Pitts have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Charley Pitts share 1 common opponent: Lew Tendler. Benny Leonard fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Lew TendlerW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Pitts?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 6 bouts tracked for Charley Pitts. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Pitts6bouts

How They Win ↓

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