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Benny Leonard vs Leo Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Leo Johnson

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Leo Johnson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Leonard leads 1–0

Benny Leonard and Leo Johnson have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Leo Johnson have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1917Sep 21Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Leo JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Johnson 1 of 5 measurable rows
LeonardJohnson
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
37.84%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
38%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
3

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

Benny Leonard left, Leo Johnson 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%

Leo Johnson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Leo Johnson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Leo Johnson 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Johnson better on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Johnson

  • 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

    DundeeJohnson better

    Leo Johnson

    Result unrecorded, ND

    1910

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

Leo Johnson last boxed on Feb 17, 1955 — 26,177 days ago. Johnson had lost three straight.LLL

Attell Nov 1911Leonard Sep 1917Jackson Feb 19550.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Leo Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Leo Johnson met once on September 21, 1917, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 21, 1917 · Leonard · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Johnson?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Leo Johnson is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Johnson0–30%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Johnson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Johnson have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Leo Johnson share 1 common opponent: Johnny Dundee. Leo Johnson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Johnny Dundee4–2–20–0

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 3 bouts tracked for Leo Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Johnson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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