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Benny Lynch vs Paddy Sweeney — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Lynch

Paddy Sweeney

Benny Lynch (88-14-17) and Paddy Sweeney (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Sweeney

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Paddy Sweeney have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.

Benny Lynch and Paddy Sweeney have met 1 time; Lynch leads 1–0.
Met1931Nov 28Series
Benny LynchFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Paddy SweeneyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Lynch 4 · Sweeney 1 of 5 measurable rows
LynchSweeney
Record†
88-14-17 (edge)0-1
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 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
16—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
1

† 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
Paddy Sweeney: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Lynch: Orthodox
Paddy Sweeney: Not recorded

Benny Lynch left, Paddy Sweeney 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%

Paddy Sweeney0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Paddy Sweeney: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sweeney yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Lynch 119, Paddy Sweeney 1 — 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

Paddy Sweeney last boxed on Nov 28, 1931 — 34,669 days ago. Sweeney had lost the most recent, to Benny Lynch.L

Lynch Nov 1931

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Lynch and Paddy Sweeney ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Lynch and Paddy Sweeney met once on November 28, 1931, and Benny Lynch won by PTS.
The meeting

WNov 28, 1931 · Lynch · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lynch or Sweeney?
Benny Lynch is 88-14-17 and Paddy Sweeney is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Sweeney0–10%

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

Lynch3438.6%

Sweeney0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lynch and Sweeney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Lynch and Paddy Sweeney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lynch and Sweeney?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Benny Lynch and 1 bout tracked for Paddy Sweeney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lynch119bouts

Sweeney1bout

How They Win ↓

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