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 Willie Garafola (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.
Benny Leonard vs Willie Garafola — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Benny Leonard leads 1–0- Benny Leonard wonLeonard vs GarafolaMay 2, 1932 · TKO · R4
The Numbers
- 185-22-9 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 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 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.5
- 217
- Bouts tracked
- 2
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
Willie Garafola · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (217 and 2 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
Willie Garafola
LL
L2 streak · last fought May 2, 1932
Common Questions
- Have Benny Leonard and Willie Garafola ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Leonard and Willie Garafola met once on May 2, 1932, and Benny Leonard won by TKO in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Benny Leonard or Willie Garafola?
- Benny Leonard is 185-22-9 and Willie Garafola 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Benny Leonard or Willie Garafola?
- Benny Leonard has 70 knockout wins and Willie Garafola has 0. Benny Leonard has more.
- Do Benny Leonard and Willie Garafola have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Leonard and Willie Garafola have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Leonard and Willie Garafola?
- This comparison is drawn from 217 bouts tracked for Benny Leonard and 2 bouts tracked for Willie Garafola. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.