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.
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.
Joe Welling vs Lew Tendler — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lew Tendler leads 3–0- Lew Tendler wonTendler vs WellingOct 26, 1920 · NWS
- Lew Tendler wonTendler vs WellingJul 14, 1919 · NWS
- Lew Tendler wonTendler vs WellingFeb 26, 1919 · NWS
The Numbers
- 8-13-1
- Record
- 145-16-8 (edge)
- 38.6%
- Win %
- 88.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 38 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 26.21%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 27% (edge)
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.7
- Bouts per year
- 11.7 (edge)
- 22
- Bouts tracked
- 171
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
- —
- Age
- 127
- —
- Stance
- Southpaw
- —
- Division
- Welterweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJoe Welling · 8 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
5
Lew Tendler · 145 wins
KO/TKO
39
Decision
20
Other
86
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (22 and 171 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
6 sharedJoe Welling
LNWS · Feb 1921LTKO R14 · Nov 1920Lew Tendler
LUD · Jul 1923LUD · Jul 1923LNWS · Jul 1922Joe Welling
WPTS · Sep 1920WNWS · Apr 1920LNWS · Aug 1919WPTS · Dec 1918DNWS · Nov 1918WNWS · Jul 1917LNWS · Jun 1917LNWS · Aug 1916Lew Tendler
WUD · May 1922WNWS · Oct 1917WNWS · Mar 1917
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Joe Welling
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Nov 21, 1923
Lew Tendler
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1928
Common Questions
- 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, Joe Welling or Lew 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, Joe Welling or Lew Tendler?
- Joe Welling has 0 knockout wins and Lew Tendler has 38. Lew Tendler has more.
- Do Joe Welling and Lew 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 Joe Welling and Lew Tendler?
- This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Joe Welling and 171 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.