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

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Benny Leonard

Kid Goodman

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Kid Goodman (1-9-4 across 14 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

Goodman

Tracked record

1–9–4

counted from 14 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 Kid Goodman have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Benny Leonard and Kid Goodman have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1912Apr 26Series
Benny LeonardFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Kid GoodmanFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Goodman 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardGoodman
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)1-9-4
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
21.4%
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
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
14

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

Benny Leonard left, Kid Goodman 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 Goodman1 win · from 14 tracked bouts

Kid Goodman: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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 Goodman 14 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Leonard better on 1 · Goodman better on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Goodman

  • Benny Leonard

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, NWS

    1922

    TendlerLeonard better

    Kid Goodman

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1914

  • 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

    DundeeGoodman better

    Kid Goodman

    Draw, 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 Goodman last boxed on Jul 27, 1916 — 40,262 days ago. Goodman had lost four straight.DLLLL

Leonard Apr 1912Tendler May 1914Tendler Jan 1915Tendler Dec 1915Moore Jul 19161 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Kid Goodman ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Kid Goodman met once on April 26, 1912, and the bout was a draw by NWS.
The meeting

DApr 26, 1912 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Goodman?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Kid Goodman is 1-9-4 across the 14 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%

Goodman1–9–421.4%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Goodman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Goodman have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Kid Goodman share 2 common opponents: Lew Tendler and Johnny Dundee. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Lew TendlerWL

Johnny Dundee4–2–2D

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Goodman?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 14 bouts tracked for Kid Goodman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Goodman14bouts

How They Win ↓

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