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 Tillman (3-16-2 across 21 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 6 common opponents.
Benny Leonard vs Johnny Tillman — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 3–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs TillmanOct 18, 1920 · PTS
- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs TillmanMar 12, 1917 · NWS
- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs TillmanSep 25, 1916 · NWS
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 3-16-2
- 87.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 19%
- 70 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 37.84%
- KO rate
- —
- 38% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 10.3 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.2
- 217
- Bouts tracked
- 21
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 Tillman · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
3
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 21 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
6 sharedBenny Leonard
WUD · Jul 1923WUD · Jul 1923WNWS · Jul 1922Johnny Tillman
LNWS · Nov 1920LNWS · May 1920Benny Leonard
LDQ R13 · Jun 1922WNWS · Jun 1918WNWS · Oct 1917Johnny Tillman
LNWS · May 1921LNWS · Sep 1920LNWS · Nov 1919LNWS · May 1919LPTS · Dec 1917LNWS · Nov 1917Benny Leonard
WKO R9 · Jul 1920Johnny Tillman
WNWS · Sep 1917WNWS · Sep 1917LNWS · Jun 1917Benny Leonard
WNWS · Feb 1920WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Jun 1919WNWS · Jan 1919LNWS · Nov 1916DNWS · Jun 1916DNWS · Mar 1916LNWS · Mar 1915Johnny Tillman
DNWS · Dec 1916
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 Tillman
LLDLL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 28, 1923
Common Questions
- Have Benny Leonard and Johnny Tillman ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Leonard and Johnny Tillman have met 3 times and Benny Leonard leads the series 3-0.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Johnny Tillman?
- Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Johnny Tillman is 3-16-2 across the 21 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 Tillman?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Johnny Tillman has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Johnny Tillman have any common opponents?
- Benny Leonard and Johnny Tillman share 6 common opponents: Lew Tendler, Pinky Mitchell and Jack Britton (and 3 others). Benny Leonard fared better against 5 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Leonard and Johnny Tillman?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 21 bouts tracked for Johnny Tillman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.