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Benny Leonard vs Johnny Lustig — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Johnny Lustig

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Johnny Lustig (0-3-2 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

Lustig

Tracked record

0–3–2

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Benny Leonard and Johnny Lustig have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Benny Leonard and Johnny Lustig have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1913Jan 14Series
Benny LeonardFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Johnny LustigFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Lustig 1 of 5 measurable rows
LeonardLustig
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-3-2
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
2.1
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″
Johnny Lustig: No height on file
Reachnot held
Benny Leonard: 69″
Johnny Lustig: No reach on file
Agenot held
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Johnny Lustig: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Leonard: Orthodox
Johnny Lustig: Not recorded

Benny Leonard left, Johnny Lustig 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%

Johnny Lustig0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Lustig: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lustig yet.

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

Common Opponents

3 shared

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

Leonard

Opponent

Lustig

  • Benny Leonard

    4–2–2 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    DundeeLustig better

    Johnny Lustig

    Loss, NWS

    1914

  • Benny Leonard

    Draw, NWS

    1918

    LewisLeonard better

    Johnny Lustig

    Loss, PTS

    1915

  • Benny Leonard

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO 9

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Win, NWS

    1916

    WelshLeonard better

    Johnny Lustig

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Draw, NWS

    1915

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

Johnny Lustig last boxed on Jun 18, 1915 — 40,667 days ago. Lustig had lost two straight.DLDLL

Leonard Jan 1913Dundee Mar 1914Welsh Mar 1915Lewis Mar 1915Welsh Jun 19152.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Johnny Lustig ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Johnny Lustig met once on January 14, 1913, and the bout was a draw by NWS.
The meeting

DJan 14, 1913 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Lustig?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Johnny Lustig is 0-3-2 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%

Lustig0–3–220%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Lustig0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Lustig have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Johnny Lustig share 3 common opponents: Johnny Dundee, Ted "Kid" Lewis and Freddie Welsh. Benny Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Johnny Dundee4–2–2L

Ted "Kid" LewisDL

Freddie Welsh2–10–1–1

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

Leonard216bouts

Lustig5bouts

How They Win ↓

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