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

Johnny Mendelsohn

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Johnny Mendelsohn (1-5 across 6 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 4 common opponents.

Mendelsohn

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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 Mendelsohn and Lew Tendler have met 1 time; Tendler leads 1–0.

Johnny Mendelsohn and Lew Tendler have met 1 time; Tendler leads 1–0.
Met1922Nov 3Series
Johnny MendelsohnFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lew TendlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Mendelsohn 0 · Tendler 5 of 5 measurable rows
MendelsohnTendler
Record†
1-5145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
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‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.6
0.6
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
6
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 Mendelsohn: No date of birth
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance
Johnny Mendelsohn: Not recorded
Lew Tendler: Southpaw

Johnny Mendelsohn 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 Mendelsohn1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Mendelsohn: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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 — Johnny Mendelsohn 6, Lew Tendler 170 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Mendelsohn better on 1 · Tendler better on 3

Mendelsohn

Opponent

Tendler

  • Johnny Mendelsohn

    Loss, TKO 4

    1927

    DundeeTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    Draw, PTS

    1925

  • Johnny Mendelsohn

    Win, NWS

    1918

    MitchellTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    2–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1924

    Win, NWS

    1920

  • Johnny Mendelsohn

    Loss, NWS

    1923

    LeonardMendelsohn better

    Lew Tendler

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1923

    Loss, NWS

    1922

  • Johnny Mendelsohn

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1923

    Loss, NWS

    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

Johnny Mendelsohn last boxed on May 2, 1927 — 36,334 days ago. Mendelsohn had lost five straight.LLLLL

Kansas Nov 1921Tendler Nov 1922Kansas Jul 1923Leonard Sep 1923Dundee May 19270.6 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 Mendelsohn and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Mendelsohn and Lew Tendler met once on November 3, 1922, and Lew Tendler won by NWS.
The meeting

LNov 3, 1922 · Tendler · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mendelsohn or Tendler?
Johnny Mendelsohn is 1-5 across the 6 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 %

Mendelsohn1–516.7%

Tendler145–16–888.2%

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

Mendelsohn0

Tendler3826.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mendelsohn and Tendler have any common opponents?
Johnny Mendelsohn and Lew Tendler share 4 common opponents: Joe Dundee, Pinky Mitchell and Benny Leonard (and 1 other). Lew Tendler fared better against 3 of them.
4 shared opponents

Joe DundeeLD

Pinky MitchellWW

Benny LeonardLL

Rocky KansasL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mendelsohn and Tendler?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Mendelsohn and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mendelsohn6bouts

Tendler170bouts

How They Win ↓

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