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Benny Lynch vs Billy Johnstone — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Lynch

Billy Johnstone

Benny Lynch (88-14-17) and Billy Johnstone (0-2 across 2 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.

Lynch

88

Wins34 KO · 39%

14

Losses

17

Draws119 tracked bouts

Johnstone

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Lynch leads 1–0

Benny Lynch and Billy Johnstone have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.

Benny Lynch and Billy Johnstone have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.
Met1934Oct 25Series
Benny LynchFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Billy JohnstoneFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Lynch 6 · Johnstone 0 of 6 measurable rows
LynchJohnstone
Record†
88-14-17 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
38.64%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
39%—
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 16
16 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
2

† 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
Benny Lynch: Died aged 33
Billy Johnstone: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Lynch: Orthodox
Billy Johnstone: Not recorded

Benny Lynch left, Billy Johnstone right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny Lynch88 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Benny Lynch: 88 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (39%), 53 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 39%53 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Billy Johnstone0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Johnstone: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnstone yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Lynch 119, Billy Johnstone 2 — 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

Benny Lynch has lost two straight, after one straight win. Lynch last boxed on Oct 3, 1938.WDWLL

Filhol Feb 1938Kane Mar 1938Jurich Jun 1938Morgan Sep 1938Toma Oct 193816 tracked bouts per year

Billy Johnstone last boxed on Apr 4, 1974 — 19,193 days ago. Johnstone had lost two straight.LL

Lynch Oct 1934Revill Apr 19740.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Lynch and Billy Johnstone ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Lynch and Billy Johnstone met once on October 25, 1934, and Benny Lynch won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

WOct 25, 1934 · Lynch · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lynch or Johnstone?
Benny Lynch is 88-14-17 and Billy Johnstone is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Benny Lynch has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lynch88–14–1781.1%

Johnstone0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lynch or Johnstone?
Benny Lynch has 34 knockout wins and Billy Johnstone has 0. Benny Lynch has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lynch3438.6%

Johnstone0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lynch and Johnstone have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Lynch and Billy Johnstone have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lynch and Johnstone?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Benny Lynch and 2 bouts tracked for Billy Johnstone. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lynch119bouts

Johnstone2bouts

How They Win ↓

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