Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Babe Ruth vs Barney Ross — record, stats and common opponents compared

Babe Ruth

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Barney Ross

Babe Ruth (1-9-1 across 11 tracked bouts) and Barney Ross (74-4-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Ruth

Tracked record

1–9–1

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ross

74

Wins22 KO · 30%

4

Losses

3

Draws81 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

Ross leads 1–0

Babe Ruth and Barney Ross have met 1 time; Ross leads 1–0.

Babe Ruth and Barney Ross have met 1 time; Ross leads 1–0.
Met1931Jul 15Series
Babe RuthFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Barney RossFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Ruth 0 · Ross 7 of 7 measurable rows
RuthRoss
Record†
1-9-174-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
13.6%
93.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—29.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
30% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.3
1.7
9.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
11
81

† 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
Babe Ruth: No height on file
Barney Ross: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Babe Ruth: No reach on file
Barney Ross: 67″
Agenot held
Babe Ruth: No date of birth
Barney Ross: Died aged 57
Stance
Babe Ruth: Not recorded
Barney Ross: Orthodox

Babe Ruth left, Barney Ross right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Babe Ruth1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

Babe Ruth: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Barney Ross74 wins · from 81 tracked bouts

Barney Ross: 74 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (30%), 50 on the cards (68%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 81 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 30%50 on the cards 68%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Babe Ruth 11, Barney Ross 81 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ross better on 1

Ruth

Opponent

Ross

  • Babe Ruth

    Win, PTS

    1925

    PetroleRoss better

    Barney Ross

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1934

    Win, UD

    1933

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

Babe Ruth last boxed on Jul 15, 1931 — 34,796 days ago. Ruth had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Miller Sep 1930Miller Oct 1930Miller Dec 1930Sarron Jun 1931Ross Jul 19311.7 tracked bouts per year

Barney Ross had won four in a row before losing a decision to Henry Armstrong. Ross last boxed on May 31, 1938.WWWWL

Manfredo Aug 1937Garcia Sep 1937Schaft Apr 1938Venner Apr 1938Armstrong May 19389.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Babe Ruth and Barney Ross ever fought each other?
Yes. Babe Ruth and Barney Ross met once on July 15, 1931, and Barney Ross won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LJul 15, 1931 · Ross · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruth or Ross?
Babe Ruth is 1-9-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Barney Ross is 74-4-3. Barney Ross has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ruth1–9–113.6%

Ross74–4–393.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ruth or Ross?
Babe Ruth has 0 knockout wins and Barney Ross has 22. Barney Ross has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ruth0

Ross2229.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ruth and Ross have any common opponents?
Babe Ruth and Barney Ross share 1 common opponent: Billy Petrole. Barney Ross fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Billy PetroleWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ruth and Ross?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Babe Ruth and 81 bouts tracked for Barney Ross. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ruth11bouts

Ross81bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Ruth with…

Compare Ross with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.