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Benny Leonard vs Pal Silvers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Pal Silvers

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Pal Silvers (1-3 across 4 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

Silvers

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Pal Silvers have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Pal Silvers have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1931Oct 6Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Pal SilversFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Silvers 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardSilvers
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
25%
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
4

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

Benny Leonard left, Pal Silvers 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%

Pal Silvers1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Pal Silvers: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Pal Silvers 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Silvers better on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Silvers

  • Benny Leonard

    2–1 against

    Loss, DQ 13

    1922

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1917

    BrittonSilvers better

    Pal Silvers

    Win, PTS

    1928

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

Pal Silvers last boxed on Nov 24, 1939 — 31,742 days ago. Silvers had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Britton Aug 1928Dundee May 1929Leonard Oct 1931Savold Nov 19390.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Pal Silvers ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Pal Silvers met once on October 6, 1931, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WOct 6, 1931 · Leonard · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Silvers?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Pal Silvers is 1-3 across the 4 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%

Silvers1–325%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Silvers0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Silvers have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Pal Silvers share 1 common opponent: Jack Britton. Pal Silvers fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jack Britton2–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Silvers?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 4 bouts tracked for Pal Silvers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Silvers4bouts

How They Win ↓

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