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Abe Attell vs Buddy Ryan — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Abe Attell

Buddy Ryan

Abe Attell (110-17-25) and Buddy Ryan (3-4 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Attell

110

Wins38 KO · 35%

17

Losses

25

Draws155 tracked bouts

Ryan

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Attell leads 1–0

Abe Attell and Buddy Ryan have met 1 time; Attell leads 1–0.

Abe Attell and Buddy Ryan have met 1 time; Attell leads 1–0.
Met1902Dec 8Series
Abe AttellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Buddy RyanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Attell 5 · Ryan 1 of 6 measurable rows
AttellRyan
Record†
110-17-25 (edge)3-4
Win %0–100%
80.6% (edge)
42.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 38
38 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
34.55%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
35% (edge)
33%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.7
9.7 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 155
155
7

† 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

Heightnot held
Abe Attell: 5′4″
Buddy Ryan: No height on file
Reachnot held
Abe Attell: 66″
Buddy Ryan: No reach on file
Agenot held
Abe Attell: Died aged 86
Buddy Ryan: No date of birth
Stance
Abe Attell: Orthodox
Buddy Ryan: Not recorded

Abe Attell left, Buddy Ryan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Abe Attell110 wins · from 155 tracked bouts

Abe Attell: 110 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (35%), 34 on the cards (31%) and 38 by another method or unrecorded (35%). Counted from 155 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

38 by KO/TKO 35%34 on the cards 31%38 by another method or unrecorded 35%

Buddy Ryan3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Buddy Ryan: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%), 1 on the cards (33%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%1 on the cards 33%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Abe Attell 155, Buddy Ryan 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Abe Attell had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Phil Virgets. Attell last boxed on Jan 8, 1917.NCWLWL

Kaufman Apr 1913Chaney Apr 1913Beecher Jul 1913Callahan Sep 1915Virgets Jan 19179.7 tracked bouts per year

Buddy Ryan last boxed on Jun 1, 1938 — 32,282 days ago. Ryan had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Mellody Feb 1904Mellody Mar 1904Mellody Nov 1904Klick Nov 1931Lesnevich Jun 19380.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Abe Attell and Buddy Ryan ever fought each other?
Yes. Abe Attell and Buddy Ryan met once on December 8, 1902, and Abe Attell won by PTS.
The meeting

WDec 8, 1902 · Attell · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Attell or Ryan?
Abe Attell is 110-17-25 and Buddy Ryan is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Abe Attell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Attell110–17–2580.6%

Ryan3–442.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Attell or Ryan?
Abe Attell has 38 knockout wins and Buddy Ryan has 1. Abe Attell has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Attell3834.6%

Ryan1

The Numbers ↓
Do Attell and Ryan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Abe Attell and Buddy Ryan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Attell and Ryan?
This comparison is drawn from 155 bouts tracked for Abe Attell and 7 bouts tracked for Buddy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Attell155bouts

Ryan7bouts

How They Win ↓

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