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Benny Leonard vs Kid Black — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Kid Black

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Kid Black (2-11 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Black

Tracked record

2–11

counted from 13 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

Black leads 1–0

Benny Leonard and Kid Black have met 1 time; Black leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Kid Black have met 1 time; Black leads 1–0.
Met1914Jan 6Series
Benny LeonardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kid BlackFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 6 · Black 1 of 7 measurable rows
LeonardBlack
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)2-11
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
15.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
38% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
13

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

Benny Leonard left, Kid Black 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%

Kid Black2 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Kid Black: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Kid Black 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Leonard better on 2

Leonard

Opponent

Black

  • 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

    DundeeLeonard better

    Kid Black

    1–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    Win, NWS

    1911

    Loss, NWS

    1911

  • Benny Leonard

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, KO 4

    1912

    FlemingLeonard better

    Kid Black

    0–3 against

    Loss, TKO

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1911

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

Kid Black last boxed on May 30, 1921 — 38,498 days ago. Black had won one in a row before losing a decision to Panama Joe Gans.LLLWL

Chaney Dec 1911Fleming Apr 1912Fleming Dec 1912Leonard Jan 1914Gans May 19210.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Kid Black ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Kid Black met once on January 6, 1914, and Kid Black won by NWS.
The meeting

LJan 6, 1914 · Black · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Black?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Kid Black is 2-11 across the 13 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%

Black2–1115.4%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Black0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Black have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Kid Black share 2 common opponents: Johnny Dundee and Frankie Fleming. Benny Leonard fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Johnny Dundee4–2–21–3

Frankie FlemingLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Black?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 13 bouts tracked for Kid Black. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Black13bouts

How They Win ↓

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