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 Eddie Shannon (1-3-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Benny Leonard vs Eddie Shannon — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 1–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs ShannonMay 10, 1917 · TKO · R6
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 1-3-1
- 87.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 30%
- 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
- 5
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
Eddie Shannon · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 5 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 1915Eddie Shannon
LTKO R7 · Nov 1917
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
Eddie Shannon
WDLLL
W1 streak · last fought Dec 20, 1920
Common Questions
- Have Benny Leonard and Eddie Shannon ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Leonard and Eddie Shannon met once on May 10, 1917, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Eddie Shannon?
- Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Eddie Shannon is 1-3-1 across the 5 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 Eddie Shannon?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Eddie Shannon has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Eddie Shannon have any common opponents?
- Benny Leonard and Eddie Shannon share 3 common opponents: Charley White, Johnny Dundee and Johnny Kilbane. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Leonard and Eddie Shannon?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 5 bouts tracked for Eddie Shannon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.