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

Johnny Tillman

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

Johnny Tillman (3-16-2 across 21 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.

Tillman

Tracked record

3–16–2

counted from 21 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

Johnny Tillman and Lew Tendler have met 2 times; Tendler leads 2–0.

Johnny Tillman and Lew Tendler have met 2 times; Tendler leads 2–0.
Met1920May 31920Nov 25Series
Johnny TillmanFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Lew TendlerFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Tillman 1 · Tendler 5 of 6 measurable rows
TillmanTendler
Record†
3-16-2145-16-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
19%
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 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.6
2.2
11.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 170
21
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 Tillman: No date of birth
Lew Tendler: Died aged 72
Stance
Johnny Tillman: Not recorded
Lew Tendler: Southpaw

Johnny Tillman 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 Tillman3 wins · from 21 tracked bouts

Johnny Tillman: 3 tracked wins — 3 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 21 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 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 Tillman 21, Lew Tendler 170 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Tendler better on 3

Tillman

Opponent

Tendler

  • Johnny Tillman

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1923

    Draw, NWS

    1922

    MitchellTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    2–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1924

    Win, NWS

    1920

  • Johnny Tillman

    0–3 against

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    LeonardTendler better

    Lew Tendler

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1923

    Loss, NWS

    1922

  • Johnny Tillman

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    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 Tillman last boxed on Sep 28, 1923 — 37,644 days ago. Tillman had lost two straight.LLDLL

Tendler Nov 1920Britton May 1921Mitchell Aug 1922Mitchell Feb 1923Freeman Sep 19232.2 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 Tillman and Lew Tendler ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Tillman and Lew Tendler have met 2 times and Lew Tendler leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LNov 25, 1920 · Tendler · NWS

LMay 3, 1920 · Tendler · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tillman or Tendler?
Johnny Tillman is 3-16-2 across the 21 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 %

Tillman3–16–219%

Tendler145–16–888.2%

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

Tillman0

Tendler3826.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tillman and Tendler have any common opponents?
Johnny Tillman and Lew Tendler share 3 common opponents: Pinky Mitchell, Benny Leonard and Johnny Dundee. Lew Tendler fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Pinky Mitchell0–1–1W

Benny LeonardLL

Johnny DundeeDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tillman and Tendler?
This comparison is drawn from 21 bouts tracked for Johnny Tillman and 170 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tillman21bouts

Tendler170bouts

How They Win ↓

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