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Benny Leonard vs Joe Goldberg — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Joe Goldberg

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Joe Goldberg (1-5-1 across 7 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

Goldberg

Tracked record

1–5–1

counted from 7 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 Joe Goldberg have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Joe Goldberg have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1915Mar 24Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe GoldbergFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 6 · Goldberg 1 of 7 measurable rows
LeonardGoldberg
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)1-5-1
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
21.4%
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
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
3.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
7

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

Benny Leonard left, Joe Goldberg 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%

Joe Goldberg1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Goldberg: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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, Joe Goldberg 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Leonard better on 2 · Goldberg better on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Goldberg

  • Benny Leonard

    4–0 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1922

    Win, UD

    1922

    Win, NWS

    1921

    Win, NWS

    1916

    KansasLeonard better

    Joe Goldberg

    1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1914

  • Benny Leonard

    1–1 against

    Win, TKO 3

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    KilbaneLeonard better

    Joe Goldberg

    Loss, NWS

    1913

  • Benny Leonard

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, KO 4

    1912

    FlemingGoldberg better

    Joe Goldberg

    Draw, NWS

    1913

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

Joe Goldberg last boxed on Apr 12, 1915 — 40,736 days ago. Goldberg had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Walsh Oct 1913Walsh Dec 1913Kansas Feb 1914Leonard Mar 1915Kansas Apr 19153.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Joe Goldberg ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Joe Goldberg met once on March 24, 1915, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WMar 24, 1915 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Goldberg?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Joe Goldberg is 1-5-1 across the 7 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%

Goldberg1–5–121.4%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Goldberg0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Goldberg have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Joe Goldberg share 3 common opponents: Rocky Kansas, Johnny Kilbane and Frankie Fleming. Benny Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Rocky KansasW1–1

Johnny Kilbane1–1L

Frankie FlemingLD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Goldberg?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 7 bouts tracked for Joe Goldberg. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Goldberg7bouts

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