Have Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie ever fought each other?

Yes. Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie met once on November 10, 1913, and Willie Ritchie won by NWS.

Who has the better record, Cross or Ritchie?

Leach Cross is 7-9 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Ritchie is 45-14-17. Willie Ritchie has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Cross or Ritchie?

Leach Cross has 2 knockout wins and Willie Ritchie has 9. Willie Ritchie has more.

Do Cross and Ritchie have any common opponents?

Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie share 6 common opponents: Adolph Wolgast, Johnny Dundee and Charley White (and 3 others). Willie Ritchie fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cross and Ritchie?

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Leach Cross and 77 bouts tracked for Willie Ritchie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Leach Cross vs Willie Ritchie — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Leach Cross

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Willie Ritchie

Leach Cross (7-9 across 16 tracked bouts) and Willie Ritchie (45-14-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 6 common opponents.

Cross

Tracked record

7–9

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ritchie

Wins9 KO · 20%

Losses

Draws77 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

Ritchie leads 1–0

Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.
Met	1913Nov 10	Series
Leach CrossFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie RitchieFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	NWSRitchie vs Cross	1Meeting

Ritchie vs Cross · Nov 10, 1913

The Numbers

Cross 2 · Ritchie 4 of 6 measurable rows

CrossEdge = longer wingRitchie

Record^†: 7-945-14-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 43.8%
70.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 9: 2
9 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 29% (edge)
20%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.6: 2.1
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 77: 16
77

† 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: Leach Cross: No date of birth; Willie Ritchie: Died aged 84
Stance: Leach Cross: Not recorded; Willie Ritchie: Orthodox

Leach Cross left, Willie Ritchie right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Leach Cross7 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

2 by KO/TKO 29%5 by another method or unrecorded 71%

Willie Ritchie45 wins · from 77 tracked bouts

9 by KO/TKO 20%23 on the cards 51%13 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Leach Cross 16, Willie Ritchie 77 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Cross better on 2 · Ritchie better on 3 · even on 16 shared · Leach Cross better on 2 · Willie Ritchie better on 3 · even on 1

CrossLeach Cross

Opponent

RitchieWillie Ritchie

Leach Cross
2–0 against
Win, TKO 6
1915Dec 1915
Win, NWS
1915Jun 1915
WolgastAdolph WolgastUnited States 87–33–23Ritchie betterWillie Ritchie better — 3–0 to 2–0
Willie Ritchie
3–0 against
Win, NWS
1914Mar 1914
Win, DQ 16
1912Nov 1912
Win, NWS
1912May 1912
Leach Cross
Loss, NWS
1915Jun 1915
DundeeJohnny DundeeUnited States 201–73–46 · FeatherweightEvenEven — Leach Cross 0–1, Willie Ritchie 0–1–1
Willie Ritchie
0–1–1 against
Loss, NWS
1915Oct 1915
Draw, PTS
1914Oct 1914
Leach Cross
Win, NWS
1915Mar 1915
WhiteCharley WhiteUnited Kingdom 123–35–13Cross betterLeach Cross better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willie Ritchie
Loss, NWS
1914May 1914
Leach Cross
Loss, PTS
1914Apr 1914
WelshFreddie WelshUnited Kingdom 121–29–17 · LightweightCross betterLeach Cross better — 0–1 to 1–2
Willie Ritchie
1–2 against
Win, NWS
1915Mar 1915
Loss, PTS
1914Jul 1914
Loss, PTS
1911Nov 1911
Leach Cross
Loss, NWS
1912Oct 1912
BrittonJack BrittonUnited States 237–60–43 · WelterweightRitchie betterWillie Ritchie better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willie Ritchie
Win, PTS
1911Oct 1911
Leach Cross
1–1 against
Win, NWS
1909May 1909
Loss, NWS
1909Jan 1909
ErneYoung ErneUnited States 164–58–52Ritchie betterWillie Ritchie better — 1–0 to 1–1
Willie Ritchie
Win, NWS
1912Feb 1912

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

Leach Cross last boxed on Dec 17, 1915 — 40,483 days ago. Cross had won once since losing to Johnny Dundee.LWWLW

Welsh Apr 1914White Mar 1915Wolgast Jun 1915Dundee Jun 1915Wolgast Dec 19152.1 tracked bouts per year

Willie Ritchie has won three straight since losing a decision to Joe Simonich. Ritchie last boxed on Aug 29, 1927.WLWWW

Holley May 1923Simonich Aug 1924Comiskey Jun 1927LaSalle Aug 1927Hoppe Aug 19273.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie ever fought each other?: Yes. Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie met once on November 10, 1913, and Willie Ritchie won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Cross or Ritchie?: Leach Cross is 7-9 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Ritchie is 45-14-17. Willie Ritchie has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Cross or Ritchie?: Leach Cross has 2 knockout wins and Willie Ritchie has 9. Willie Ritchie has more.
Do Cross and Ritchie have any common opponents?: Leach Cross and Willie Ritchie share 6 common opponents: Adolph Wolgast, Johnny Dundee and Charley White (and 3 others). Willie Ritchie fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cross and Ritchie?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Leach Cross and 77 bouts tracked for Willie Ritchie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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