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Benny Lynch vs Kid Hardy — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Lynch

Kid Hardy

Benny Lynch (88-14-17) and Kid Hardy (0-1-1 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

Hardy

Tracked record

0–1–1

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 Kid Hardy have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.

Benny Lynch and Kid Hardy have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.
Met1932Feb 5Series
Benny LynchFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kid HardyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Lynch 5 · Hardy 1 of 6 measurable rows
LynchHardy
Record†
88-14-17 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
38.64%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
39%—
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 16
16 (edge)
0.2
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
Kid Hardy: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Lynch: Orthodox
Kid Hardy: Not recorded

Benny Lynch left, Kid Hardy 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%

Kid Hardy0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Kid Hardy: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hardy yet.

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

Kid Hardy last boxed on Feb 5, 1932 — 34,601 days ago. Hardy had lost the most recent, to Benny Lynch.DL

III Dec 1921Lynch Feb 19320.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Lynch and Kid Hardy ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Lynch and Kid Hardy met once on February 5, 1932, and Benny Lynch won by PTS.
The meeting

WFeb 5, 1932 · Lynch · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lynch or Hardy?
Benny Lynch is 88-14-17 and Kid Hardy is 0-1-1 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%

Hardy0–1–125%

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

Lynch3438.6%

Hardy0

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

Lynch119bouts

Hardy2bouts

How They Win ↓

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