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

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Benny Leonard

Joe Welsh

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Joe Welsh (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Welsh

Tracked record

0–4

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 2–0

Benny Leonard and Joe Welsh have met 2 times; Leonard leads 2–0.

Benny Leonard and Joe Welsh have met 2 times; Leonard leads 2–0.
Met1916Jan 11917Jun 4Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Joe WelshFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOR5NWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Welsh 1 of 5 measurable rows
LeonardWelsh
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-4
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 reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
1.4
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 Welsh: No height on file
Reachnot held
Benny Leonard: 69″
Joe Welsh: No reach on file
Agenot held
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Joe Welsh: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Leonard: Orthodox
Joe Welsh: Not recorded

Benny Leonard left, Joe Welsh 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 Welsh0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Joe Welsh: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Welsh yet.

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

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Leonard better on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Welsh

  • Benny Leonard

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, NWS

    1922

    TendlerLeonard better

    Joe Welsh

    Loss, NWS

    1918

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 Welsh last boxed on Nov 23, 1918 — 39,412 days ago. Welsh had lost four straight.LLLL

Leonard Jan 1916Leonard Jun 1917O'Dowd Dec 1917Tendler Nov 19181.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Joe Welsh ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Joe Welsh have met 2 times and Benny Leonard leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WJun 4, 1917 · Leonard · NWS

WJan 1, 1916 · Leonard · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Welsh?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Joe Welsh is 0-4 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.
Records · win %

Leonard185–22–987.7%

Welsh0–40%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Welsh0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Welsh have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Joe Welsh share 1 common opponent: Lew Tendler. Benny Leonard fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Lew TendlerWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Welsh?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 4 bouts tracked for Joe Welsh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Welsh4bouts

How They Win ↓

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