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Johnny Martinez vs Lew Tendler — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Martinez

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Johnny Martinez (2-4-1 across 7 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 once. They share 1 common opponent.

Martinez

Tracked record

2–4–1

counted from 7 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 1–0

Johnny Martinez and Lew Tendler have met 1 time; Tendler leads 1–0.

Johnny Martinez and Lew Tendler have met 1 time; Tendler leads 1–0.
Met1920Mar 20Series
Johnny MartinezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lew TendlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Martinez 0 · Tendler 6 of 6 measurable rows
MartinezTendler
Record†
2-4-1145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
35.7%
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‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.6
0.1
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
7
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
Johnny Martinez: No date of birth
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance
Johnny Martinez: Not recorded
Lew Tendler: Southpaw

Johnny Martinez 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
Johnny Martinez2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Johnny Martinez: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 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 — Johnny Martinez 7, Lew Tendler 170 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Tendler better on 1

Martinez

Opponent

Tendler

  • Johnny Martinez

    Draw, NWS

    1911

    DundeeTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1922

    Win, NWS

    1917

    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

Johnny Martinez last boxed on Feb 15, 1975 — 18,876 days ago. Martinez had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Tendler Mar 1920Shaw Nov 1930Garcia Jul 1933Garcia May 1934Arredondo Feb 19750.1 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 Johnny Martinez and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Martinez and Lew Tendler met once on March 20, 1920, and Lew Tendler won by NWS.
The meeting

LMar 20, 1920 · Tendler · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martinez or Tendler?
Johnny Martinez is 2-4-1 across the 7 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 %

Martinez2–4–135.7%

Tendler145–16–888.2%

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

Martinez0

Tendler3826.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Martinez and Tendler have any common opponents?
Johnny Martinez and Lew Tendler share 1 common opponent: Johnny Dundee. Lew Tendler fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Johnny DundeeDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martinez and Tendler?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Johnny Martinez and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martinez7bouts

Tendler170bouts

How They Win ↓

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