Have Joe Welling and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?

Yes. Joe Welling and Lew Tendler have met 3 times and Lew Tendler leads the series 3-0.

Who has the better record, Welling or Tendler?

Joe Welling is 8-13-1 across the 22 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.

Who has more knockouts, Welling or Tendler?

Joe Welling has 0 knockout wins and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.

Do Welling and Tendler have any common opponents?

Joe Welling and Lew Tendler share 6 common opponents: Joe Dundee, Pinky Mitchell and Benny Leonard (and 3 others). Lew Tendler fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Welling and Tendler?

This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Joe Welling and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Joe Welling vs Lew Tendler — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Joe Welling

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Joe Welling (8-13-1 across 22 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 3 times. They share 6 common opponents.

Welling

Tracked record

8–13–1

counted from 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tendler

145

Wins38 KO · 26%

Losses

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 3–0

Joe Welling and Lew Tendler have met 3 times; Tendler leads 3–0.
Met	1919Feb 26	1919Jul 14	1920Oct 26	Series
Joe WellingFighter A	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–3W–L
Lew TendlerFighter B	WWon	WWon	WWon	3–0W–L
Result	NWSTendler vs Welling	NWSTendler vs Welling	NWSTendler vs Welling	3Meetings

The Numbers

Welling 0 · Tendler 5 of 5 measurable rows

WellingEdge = longer wingTendler

Record^†: 8-13-1145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 38.6%
88.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38: 0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —26.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
27% (edge)
Times stopped^‡levelmax 1: 1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 11.6: 2.7
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170: 22
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: Joe Welling: No date of birth; Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance: Joe Welling: Not recorded; Lew Tendler: Southpaw

Joe Welling 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

Joe Welling8 wins · from 22 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 38%5 by another method or unrecorded 63%

Lew Tendler145 wins · from 170 tracked bouts

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 — Joe Welling 22, Lew Tendler 170 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Tendler better on 4 · even on 26 shared · Lew Tendler better on 4 · even on 2

WellingJoe Welling

Opponent

TendlerLew Tendler

Joe Welling
Loss, PTS
1923Nov 1923
DundeeJoe DundeeUnited States 92–23–12Tendler betterLew Tendler better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Lew Tendler
Draw, PTS
1925Jul 1925
Joe Welling
Loss, NWS
1920Feb 1920
MitchellPinky MitchellUnited States 48–26–6Tendler betterLew Tendler better — 2–0 to 0–1
Lew Tendler
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1924Feb 1924
Win, NWS
1920May 1920
Joe Welling
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1921Feb 1921
Loss, TKO 14
1920Nov 1920
LeonardBenny LeonardUnited States 185–22–9EvenEven — 0–2 both
Lew Tendler
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1923Jul 1923
Loss, NWS
1922Jul 1922
Joe Welling
4–3–1 against
Win, PTS
1920Sep 1920
Win, NWS
1920Apr 1920
Loss, NWS
1919Aug 1919
Win, PTS
1918Dec 1918
Draw, NWS
1918Nov 1918
Win, NWS
1917Jul 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Jun 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Aug 1916
DundeeJohnny DundeeUnited States 201–73–46 · FeatherweightTendler betterLew Tendler better — 3–0 to 4–3–1
Lew Tendler
3–0 against
Win, UD
1922May 1922
Win, NWS
1917Oct 1917
Win, NWS
1917Mar 1917
Joe Welling
Loss, NWS
1920May 1920
KansasRocky KansasUnited States 123–27–15 · LightweightTendler betterLew Tendler better — 2–1 to 0–1
Lew Tendler
2–1 against
Loss, PTS
1921Oct 1921
Win, NWS
1919Jan 1919
Win, NWS
1917Oct 1917
Joe Welling
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1920Jun 1920
Win, NWS
1920May 1920
ChaneyGeorge ChaneyUnited States 136–36–6 · Super Featherweight, FeatherweightEvenEven — 2–0 both
Lew Tendler
2–0 against
Win, KO 1
1919Jun 1919
Win, NWS
1918Sep 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

Joe Welling last boxed on Nov 21, 1923 — 37,591 days ago. Welling had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Dundee Sep 1920Tendler Oct 1920Leonard Nov 1920Leonard Feb 1921Dundee Nov 19232.7 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 Joe Welling and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?: Yes. Joe Welling and Lew Tendler have met 3 times and Lew Tendler leads the series 3-0.
Who has the better record, Welling or Tendler?: Joe Welling is 8-13-1 across the 22 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.
Who has more knockouts, Welling or Tendler?: Joe Welling has 0 knockout wins and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.
Do Welling and Tendler have any common opponents?: Joe Welling and Lew Tendler share 6 common opponents: Joe Dundee, Pinky Mitchell and Benny Leonard (and 3 others). Lew Tendler fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Welling and Tendler?: This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Joe Welling and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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