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Benny Leonard vs Jake Abel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Jake Abel

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Jake Abel (0-5 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.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Abel

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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 Jake Abel have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Jake Abel have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1919Dec 22Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jake AbelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Abel 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardAbel
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
5

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

Benny Leonard left, Jake Abel 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%

Jake Abel0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jake Abel: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Abel yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Jake Abel 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Leonard better on 3

Leonard

Opponent

Abel

  • Benny Leonard

    2–1 against

    Loss, DQ 13

    1922

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1917

    BrittonLeonard better

    Jake Abel

    Loss, PTS

    1920

  • Benny Leonard

    Win, KO 9

    1920

    WhiteLeonard better

    Jake Abel

    Loss, KO

    1913

  • Benny Leonard

    Draw, NWS

    1918

    LewisLeonard better

    Jake Abel

    Loss, PTS

    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

Jake Abel last boxed on Jul 4, 1922 — 38,101 days ago. Abel had lost five straight.LLLLL

White Jul 1913Lewis Oct 1919Leonard Dec 1919Britton Nov 1920Stribling Jul 19220.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Jake Abel ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Jake Abel met once on December 22, 1919, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WDec 22, 1919 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Abel?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Jake Abel is 0-5 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.
Records · win %

Leonard185–22–987.7%

Abel0–50%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Abel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Abel have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Jake Abel share 3 common opponents: Jack Britton, Charley White and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Benny Leonard fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Jack Britton2–1L

Charley WhiteWL

Ted "Kid" LewisDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Abel?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 5 bouts tracked for Jake Abel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Abel5bouts

How They Win ↓

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