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Benny Lynch vs Joe Rivers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Lynch

Joe Rivers

Benny Lynch (88-14-17) and Joe Rivers (2-5 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.

Lynch

88

Wins34 KO · 39%

14

Losses

17

Draws119 tracked bouts

Rivers

Tracked record

2–5

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

Lynch leads 1–0

Benny Lynch and Joe Rivers have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.

Benny Lynch and Joe Rivers have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.
Met1931Jun 26Series
Benny LynchFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe RiversFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Lynch 6 · Rivers 0 of 6 measurable rows
LynchRivers
Record†
88-14-17 (edge)2-5
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
38.64%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
39% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 16
16 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
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

Agenot held
Benny Lynch: Died aged 33
Joe Rivers: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Lynch: Orthodox
Joe Rivers: Not recorded

Benny Lynch left, Joe Rivers 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%

Joe Rivers2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Rivers: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

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

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

Joe Rivers last boxed on Jun 26, 1931 — 34,825 days ago. Rivers had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Gans Jun 1918Delaney Aug 1921Canzoneri Aug 1927Bass Jan 1929Lynch Jun 19310.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Lynch and Joe Rivers ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Lynch and Joe Rivers met once on June 26, 1931, and Benny Lynch won by PTS.
The meeting

WJun 26, 1931 · Lynch · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lynch or Rivers?
Benny Lynch is 88-14-17 and Joe Rivers is 2-5 across the 7 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%

Rivers2–528.6%

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

Lynch3438.6%

Rivers0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lynch and Rivers have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Lynch and Joe Rivers have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lynch and Rivers?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Benny Lynch and 7 bouts tracked for Joe Rivers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lynch119bouts

Rivers7bouts

How They Win ↓

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