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 Charley Thomas (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.
Benny Leonard vs Charley Thomas — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 2–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs ThomasMay 7, 1917 · TKO
- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs ThomasMay 1, 1916 · NWS
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 1-7
- 87.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 12.5%
- 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
- 1.3
- 217
- Bouts tracked
- 8
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
Charley Thomas · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 8 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBenny Leonard
WNWS · Feb 1920WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Jun 1919WNWS · Jan 1919LNWS · Nov 1916DNWS · Jun 1916DNWS · Mar 1916LNWS · Mar 1915Charley Thomas
LNWS · Apr 1914WNWS · Oct 1911
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Benny Leonard
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Oct 7, 1932
Charley Thomas
LLLLL
L7 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1918
Common Questions
- Have Benny Leonard and Charley Thomas ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Leonard and Charley Thomas have met 2 times and Benny Leonard leads the series 2-0.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Charley Thomas?
- Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Charley Thomas is 1-7 across the 8 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 Charley Thomas?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Charley Thomas has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Charley Thomas have any common opponents?
- Benny Leonard and Charley Thomas share 3 common opponents: Charley White, Johnny Dundee and Johnny Kilbane. Benny Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Leonard and Charley Thomas?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 8 bouts tracked for Charley Thomas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.