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Frankie Callahan vs Lew Tendler — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Frankie Callahan

Cross-division

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Frankie Callahan (104-42-25) and Lew Tendler (145-16-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Callahan

104

Wins24 KO · 23%

42

Losses

25

Draws22 tracked bouts

Tendler

145

Wins38 KO · 26%

16

Losses

8

Draws170 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Tendler leads 5–0

Frankie Callahan and Lew Tendler have met 5 times; Tendler leads 5–0.

Frankie Callahan and Lew Tendler have met 5 times; Tendler leads 5–0.
Met1918Jan 211918Jul 61918Nov 21918Dec 101920Sep 18Series
Frankie CallahanFighter ALLostLLostLLostLLostLLost0–5W–L
Lew TendlerFighter BWWonWWonWWonWWonWWon5–0W–L
ResultNWSNWSNWSTKOR9TKOR55Meetings

The Numbers

Callahan 0 · Tendler 7 of 7 measurable rows
CallahanTendler
Record
104-42-25145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
68.1%
88.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
24
38 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
23.08%
26.21% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
27% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 11.6
2.1
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
22
170

† 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

Agenot comparable
Frankie Callahan: Died aged 32
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance
Frankie Callahan: Southpaw
Lew Tendler: Southpaw

Frankie Callahan left, Lew Tendler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Lightweight against Welterweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Frankie Callahan2 wins · from 22 tracked bouts

Frankie Callahan: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Lew Tendler145 wins · from 170 tracked bouts

Lew Tendler: 145 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (27%), 20 on the cards (14%) and 86 by another method or unrecorded (59%). Counted from 170 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 27%20 on the cards 14%86 by another method or unrecorded 59%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Frankie Callahan 22, Lew Tendler 170 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Tendler better on 3 · even on 1

Callahan

Opponent

Tendler

  • Frankie Callahan

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    LeonardEven

    Lew Tendler

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1923

    Loss, NWS

    1922

  • Frankie Callahan

    1–5 against

    Loss, PTS

    1918

    Loss, PTS

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    DundeeTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1922

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1917

  • Frankie Callahan

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    KansasTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    2–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1917

  • Frankie Callahan

    Win, NWS

    1918

    ChaneyTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 1

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1918

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

Frankie Callahan has lost seven straight. Callahan last boxed on May 30, 1925.LLLLL

Tendler Nov 1918Tendler Dec 1918Tendler Sep 1920Goodrich Apr 1923Ballerino May 19252.1 tracked bouts per year

Lew Tendler has won once since losing a decision to Ace Hudkins. Tendler last boxed on Jun 18, 1928.WWWLW

Forgione Nov 1927Martínez Dec 1927McFarland Jan 1928Hudkins Jan 1928Goldman Jun 192811.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Frankie Callahan and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
Yes. Frankie Callahan and Lew Tendler have met 5 times and Lew Tendler leads the series 5-0.
The 5 meetings

LSep 18, 1920 · Tendler · TKO R5

LDec 10, 1918 · Tendler · TKO R9

LNov 2, 1918 · Tendler · NWS

LJul 6, 1918 · Tendler · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Callahan or Tendler?
Frankie Callahan is 104-42-25 and Lew Tendler is 145-16-8. Lew Tendler has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Callahan104–42–2568.1%

Tendler145–16–888.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Callahan or Tendler?
Frankie Callahan has 24 knockout wins and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Callahan2423.1%

Tendler3826.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Callahan and Tendler have any common opponents?
Frankie Callahan and Lew Tendler share 4 common opponents: Benny Leonard, Johnny Dundee and Rocky Kansas (and 1 other). Lew Tendler fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Callahan and Tendler?
This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Frankie Callahan and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Callahan22bouts

Tendler170bouts

How They Win ↓

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