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Benny Leonard vs Harry Pierce — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Harry Pierce

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Harry Pierce (1-4-1 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 2 common opponents.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Pierce

Tracked record

1–4–1

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 Harry Pierce have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Harry Pierce have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1918Sep 16Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Harry PierceFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Pierce 2 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardPierce
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)1-4-1
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
38%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
1.8
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″
Harry Pierce: No height on file
Reachnot held
Benny Leonard: 69″
Harry Pierce: No reach on file
Agenot held
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Harry Pierce: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Leonard: Orthodox
Harry Pierce: Not recorded

Benny Leonard left, Harry Pierce 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%

Harry Pierce1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Harry Pierce: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Leonard better on 2

Leonard

Opponent

Pierce

  • Benny Leonard

    Win, KO 9

    1920

    WhiteLeonard better

    Harry Pierce

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1916

  • Benny Leonard

    Win, NWS

    1917

    ReaganLeonard better

    Harry Pierce

    Draw, NWS

    1916

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

Harry Pierce last boxed on Aug 11, 1919 — 39,151 days ago. Pierce had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Susskind Jul 1916White Dec 1916Chaney Aug 1918Leonard Sep 1918White Aug 19191.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Harry Pierce ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Harry Pierce met once on September 16, 1918, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WSep 16, 1918 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Pierce?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Harry Pierce is 1-4-1 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%

Pierce1–4–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Leonard or Pierce?
Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Harry Pierce has 1. Benny Leonard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Leonard7037.8%

Pierce1

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Pierce have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Harry Pierce share 2 common opponents: Charley White and Jimmy Reagan. Benny Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Charley WhiteWL

Jimmy ReaganWD

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

Leonard216bouts

Pierce6bouts

How They Win ↓

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