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Benny Leonard vs Spider Roach — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Spider Roach

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Spider Roach (0-2 across 2 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

Roach

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Spider Roach have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Spider Roach have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1919Feb 5Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Spider RoachFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Roach 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardRoach
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-2
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
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
2

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

Benny Leonard left, Spider Roach 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%

Spider Roach0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Spider Roach: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roach yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Spider Roach 2 — 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

Spider Roach last boxed on Mar 22, 1932 — 34,548 days ago. Roach had lost two straight.LL

Leonard Feb 1919Dano Mar 19320.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Spider Roach ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Spider Roach met once on February 5, 1919, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WFeb 5, 1919 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Roach?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Spider Roach is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Roach0–20%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Roach0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Roach have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Leonard and Spider Roach have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Roach?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 2 bouts tracked for Spider Roach. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Roach2bouts

How They Win ↓

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