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

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Benny Leonard

Walter Hennessey

Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Walter Hennessey (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Hennessey

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Hennessey have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.

Benny Leonard and Walter Hennessey have met 1 time; Leonard leads 1–0.
Met1913Aug 2Series
Benny LeonardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter HennesseyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Leonard 4 · Hennessey 1 of 5 measurable rows
LeonardHennessey
Record†
185-22-9 (edge)0-1
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§not comparable
10.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 216
216
1

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

Benny Leonard left, Walter Hennessey 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 Hennessey0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Walter Hennessey: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hennessey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Leonard 216, Walter Hennessey 1 — 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

Walter Hennessey last boxed on Aug 2, 1913 — 41,364 days ago. Hennessey had lost the most recent, to Benny Leonard.L

Leonard Aug 1913

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Leonard and Walter Hennessey ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Leonard and Walter Hennessey met once on August 2, 1913, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WAug 2, 1913 · Leonard · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leonard or Hennessey?
Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Walter Hennessey is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Hennessey0–10%

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

Leonard7037.8%

Hennessey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Leonard and Hennessey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Leonard and Walter Hennessey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leonard and Hennessey?
This comparison is drawn from 216 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 1 bout tracked for Walter Hennessey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leonard216bouts

Hennessey1bout

How They Win ↓

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