Have Benny Leonard and Joe Malone ever fought each other?

Yes. Benny Leonard and Joe Malone met once on July 23, 1919, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Leonard or Malone?

Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Joe Malone is 0-3-1 across the 4 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, Leonard or Malone?

Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Joe Malone has 0. Benny Leonard has more.

Do Leonard and Malone have any common opponents?

Benny Leonard and Joe Malone share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Reagan. Benny Leonard fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Malone?

This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 4 bouts tracked for Joe Malone. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Benny Leonard vs Joe Malone — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Benny Leonard

Joe Malone

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Joe Malone (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

Losses

Draws216 tracked bouts

Malone

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 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 Malone have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met	1919Jul 23	Series
Benny LeonardFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Joe MaloneFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR3Leonard vs Malone	1Meeting

Leonard vs Malone · Jul 23, 1919

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Malone 1 of 5 measurable rows

LeonardEdge = longer wingMalone

Record^†: 185-22-9 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%: 87.7% (edge)
12.5%
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 reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.3: 10.3 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216: 216
4

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

Benny Leonard left, Joe Malone 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

70 by KO/TKO 38%17 on the cards 9%98 by another method or unrecorded 53%

Joe Malone0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Malone yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Joe Malone 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Leonard better on 11 shared · Benny Leonard better on 1

LeonardBenny Leonard

Opponent

MaloneJoe Malone

Benny Leonard
Win, NWS
1917Feb 1917
ReaganJimmy ReaganUnited States 25–33–15Leonard betterBenny Leonard better — 1–0 to 0–0–1
Joe Malone
Draw, NWS
1917Jul 1917

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 Malone last boxed on Aug 2, 1927 — 36,239 days ago. Malone had lost three straight.DLLL

Reagan Jul 1917Leonard Jul 1919Goldstein Jul 1925Routis Aug 19270.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Benny Leonard and Joe Malone ever fought each other?: Yes. Benny Leonard and Joe Malone met once on July 23, 1919, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Leonard or Malone?: Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Joe Malone is 0-3-1 across the 4 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, Leonard or Malone?: Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Joe Malone has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
Do Leonard and Malone have any common opponents?: Benny Leonard and Joe Malone share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Reagan. Benny Leonard fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Malone?: This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 4 bouts tracked for Joe Malone. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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