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Harlem Eddie Kelly vs Lew Tendler — record, stats and common opponents compared

Harlem Eddie Kelly

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Harlem Eddie Kelly (0-8 across 9 tracked bouts) and Lew Tendler (145-16-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–8

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tendler

145

Wins38 KO · 26%

16

Losses

8

Draws170 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

Tendler leads 2–0

Harlem Eddie Kelly and Lew Tendler have met 2 times; Tendler leads 2–0.

Harlem Eddie Kelly and Lew Tendler have met 2 times; Tendler leads 2–0.
Met1919Feb 101920Nov 8Series
Harlem Eddie KellyFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Lew TendlerFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultNWSKOR52Meetings

The Numbers

Kelly 0 · Tendler 5 of 5 measurable rows
KellyTendler
Record†
0-8145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—27%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.6
2
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
9
170

† 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

Agenot held
Harlem Eddie Kelly: No date of birth
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance
Harlem Eddie Kelly: Not recorded
Lew Tendler: Southpaw

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harlem Eddie Kelly0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Harlem Eddie Kelly: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

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 — Harlem Eddie Kelly 9, Lew Tendler 170 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Tendler better on 1 · even on 2

Kelly

Opponent

Tendler

  • Harlem Eddie Kelly

    0–1 against

    No contest, NC 3

    1922

    Loss, KO 5

    1921

    WalkerEven

    Lew Tendler

    Loss, UD

    1924

  • Harlem Eddie Kelly

    0–2 against

    Loss, DQ 5

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    LeonardEven

    Lew Tendler

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1923

    Loss, NWS

    1922

  • Harlem Eddie Kelly

    Loss, KO 2

    1921

    KansasTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    2–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    Win, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1917

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

Harlem Eddie Kelly last boxed on May 9, 1922 — 38,158 days ago. Kelly had a no contest in the most recent tracked bout with Mickey Walker.LLLLNC

Tendler Nov 1920Leonard Nov 1920Walker Feb 1921Kansas May 1921Walker May 19222 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 Harlem Eddie Kelly and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
Yes. Harlem Eddie Kelly and Lew Tendler have met 2 times and Lew Tendler leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LNov 8, 1920 · Tendler · KO R5

LFeb 10, 1919 · Tendler · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Tendler?
Harlem Eddie Kelly is 0-8 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lew Tendler is 145-16-8. Lew Tendler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly0–80%

Tendler145–16–888.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Tendler?
Harlem Eddie Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Tendler3826.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Tendler have any common opponents?
Harlem Eddie Kelly and Lew Tendler share 3 common opponents: Mickey Walker, Benny Leonard and Rocky Kansas. Lew Tendler fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

Mickey Walker0–1L

Benny LeonardLL

Rocky KansasL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Tendler?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Harlem Eddie Kelly and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly9bouts

Tendler170bouts

How They Win ↓

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