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.
Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Johnny McCarthy (0-6-4 across 10 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.
Benny Leonard vs Johnny McCarthy — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 1–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs McCarthyMay 10, 1918 · NWS
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 0-6-4
- 87.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 20%
- 70 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 37.84%
- KO rate
- —
- 38%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 5
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 10.3 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.4
- 217
- Bouts tracked
- 10
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′5″ (165 cm)
- Height
- —
- 69″ (175 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 130
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBenny Leonard · 186 wins
KO/TKO
70
Decision
18
Other
98
Johnny McCarthy · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 10 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBenny Leonard
LDQ R13 · Jun 1922WNWS · Jun 1918WNWS · Oct 1917Johnny McCarthy
LPTS · Oct 1911Benny Leonard
WTKO · Apr 1919LNWS · Feb 1919Johnny McCarthy
LPTS · Aug 1917DPTS · Nov 1916LPTS · Oct 1916DPTS · Sep 1911DPTS · Aug 1911DPTS · Mar 1911
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Benny Leonard
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Oct 7, 1932
Johnny McCarthy
LLLDL
L3 streak · last fought May 10, 1918
Common Questions
- Have Benny Leonard and Johnny McCarthy ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Leonard and Johnny McCarthy met once on May 10, 1918, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Johnny McCarthy?
- Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Johnny McCarthy is 0-6-4 across the 10 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, Benny Leonard or Johnny McCarthy?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Johnny McCarthy has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Johnny McCarthy have any common opponents?
- Benny Leonard and Johnny McCarthy share 3 common opponents: Jack Britton, Willie Ritchie and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Benny Leonard fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Leonard and Johnny McCarthy?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 10 bouts tracked for Johnny McCarthy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.