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.
Benny Leonard (185-22-9) and Walter Hennessey (0-1 across 1 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.
Benny Leonard vs Walter Hennessey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 1–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs HennesseyAug 2, 1913 · TKO · R3
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 0-1
- 87.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 70 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 37.84%
- KO rate
- —
- 38%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 5
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 10.3
- Bouts per year
- —
- 217
- Bouts tracked
- 1
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′5″ (165 cm)
- Height
- —
- 69″ (175 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 130
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBenny Leonard · 186 wins
KO/TKO
70
Decision
18
Other
98
Walter Hennessey · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 1 respectively), 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
Benny Leonard
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Oct 7, 1932
Walter Hennessey
L
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1913
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Walter Hennessey?
- Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Walter Hennessey is 0-1 across the 1 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Benny Leonard or Walter Hennessey?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Walter Hennessey has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Walter 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 Benny Leonard and Walter Hennessey?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 1 bout tracked for Walter Hennessey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.