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Benny Leonard vs Walter Brooks — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Leonard

Walter Brooks

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Walter Brooks (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

Brooks

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 Walter Brooks have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Walter Brooks have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1913Jul 12Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter BrooksFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 5 · Brooks 1 of 6 measurable rows
LeonardBrooks
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
10.3 (edge)
0.5
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″
Walter Brooks: No height on file
Reachnot held
Benny Leonard: 69″
Walter Brooks: No reach on file
Agenot held
Benny Leonard: Died aged 51
Walter Brooks: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Leonard: Orthodox
Walter Brooks: Not recorded

Benny Leonard left, Walter Brooks 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%

Walter Brooks0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Walter Brooks: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Brooks yet.

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

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Leonard

Opponent

Brooks

  • Benny Leonard

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, KO 4

    1912

    FlemingEven

    Walter Brooks

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 6

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1913

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

Walter Brooks last boxed on Jan 29, 1919 — 39,353 days ago. Brooks had lost three straight.LLL

Leonard Jul 1913Fleming Sep 1913Fleming Jan 19190.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Walter Brooks ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Walter Brooks met once on July 12, 1913, and Benny Leonard won by NWS.
The meeting

WJul 12, 1913 · Leonard · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Brooks?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Walter Brooks 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%

Brooks0–30%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Brooks0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Brooks have any common opponents?
Benny Leonard and Walter Brooks share 1 common opponent: Frankie Fleming. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Frankie FlemingLL

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

Leonard216bouts

Brooks3bouts

How They Win ↓

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