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Benny Leonard vs Paul Doyle — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Paul Doyle

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Paul Doyle (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Leonard

185

Wins70 KO · 38%

22

Losses

9

Draws216 tracked bouts

Doyle

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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 Paul Doyle have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Paul Doyle have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1919Jan 1Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Paul DoyleFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 6 · Doyle 1 of 7 measurable rows
LeonardDoyle
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%
87.7% (edge)
16.7%
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 reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
6

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

Benny Leonard left, Paul Doyle 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%

Paul Doyle1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Paul Doyle: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 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, Paul Doyle 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

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

Paul Doyle last boxed on May 28, 1926 — 36,676 days ago. Doyle had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Shade May 1922Latzo Jul 1922Latzo Feb 1923Shade Aug 1923Freeman May 19260.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Paul Doyle ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Paul Doyle met once on January 1, 1919, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WJan 1, 1919 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Doyle?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Paul Doyle is 1-5 across the 6 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%

Doyle1–516.7%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Doyle0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Doyle have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Leonard and Paul Doyle have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Doyle?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 6 bouts tracked for Paul Doyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Doyle6bouts

How They Win ↓

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