Have Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich met once on March 11, 1936, and Gus Lesnevich won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Hood or Lesnevich?

Billy Hood is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gus Lesnevich is 61-14-5. Gus Lesnevich has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Hood or Lesnevich?

Billy Hood has 0 knockout wins and Gus Lesnevich has 23. Gus Lesnevich has more.

Do Hood and Lesnevich have any common opponents?

Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich share 1 common opponent: Ezzard Charles. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hood and Lesnevich?

This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Hood and 80 bouts tracked for Gus Lesnevich. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Hood vs Gus Lesnevich — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Hood

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Gus Lesnevich

Billy Hood (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Gus Lesnevich (61-14-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Hood

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lesnevich

Wins23 KO · 38%

Losses

Draws80 tracked bouts

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

Lesnevich leads 1–0

Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich have met 1 time; Lesnevich leads 1–0.
Met	1936Mar 11	Series
Billy HoodFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Gus LesnevichFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	PTSLesnevich vs Hood	1Meeting

Lesnevich vs Hood · Mar 11, 1936

The Numbers

Hood 1 · Lesnevich 6 of 7 measurable rows

HoodEdge = longer wingLesnevich

Record^†: 1-561-14-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 16.7%
79.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23: 0
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —37.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
38% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 5: 4 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 5.2: 1
5.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80: 6
80

† 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: Billy Hood: No height on file; Gus Lesnevich: 5′9″
Reachnot held: Billy Hood: No reach on file; Gus Lesnevich: 73″
Agenot held: Billy Hood: No date of birth; Gus Lesnevich: Died aged 49
Stance: Billy Hood: Not recorded; Gus Lesnevich: Orthodox

Billy Hood left, Gus Lesnevich right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Hood1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Gus Lesnevich61 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

23 by KO/TKO 38%38 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Hood 6, Gus Lesnevich 80 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

HoodBilly Hood

Opponent

LesnevichGus Lesnevich

Billy Hood
Loss, KO 2
1940Sep 1940
CharlesEzzard CharlesUnited States 95–25–1EvenEven — 0–1 both
Gus Lesnevich
Loss, RTD 7
1949Aug 1949

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

Billy Hood last boxed on Sep 23, 1940 — 31,435 days ago. Hood had lost five straight.LLLLL

Freeman Oct 1935Lesnevich Mar 1936Overlin Jul 1936Freeman Apr 1938Charles Sep 19401 tracked bouts per year

Gus Lesnevich has lost two straight, after one straight win. Lesnevich last boxed on Aug 10, 1949.WLWLL

Fox Mar 1948Mills Jul 1948Eatman Mar 1949Maxim May 1949Charles Aug 19495.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich met once on March 11, 1936, and Gus Lesnevich won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Hood or Lesnevich?: Billy Hood is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gus Lesnevich is 61-14-5. Gus Lesnevich has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Hood or Lesnevich?: Billy Hood has 0 knockout wins and Gus Lesnevich has 23. Gus Lesnevich has more.
Do Hood and Lesnevich have any common opponents?: Billy Hood and Gus Lesnevich share 1 common opponent: Ezzard Charles. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hood and Lesnevich?: This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Hood and 80 bouts tracked for Gus Lesnevich. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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