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Benny Lynch vs Young O'Brien — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Benny Lynch

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Young O'Brien

Benny Lynch (88-14-17) and Young O'Brien (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lynch

88

Wins34 KO · 39%

14

Losses

17

Draws119 tracked bouts

O'Brien

Tracked record

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

Series level 1–1

Benny Lynch and Young O'Brien have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Benny Lynch and Young O'Brien have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1931Sep 41931Oct 15Series
Benny LynchFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Young O'BrienFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Lynch 5 · O'Brien 1 of 6 measurable rows
LynchO'Brien
Record†
88-14-17 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
38.64%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
39% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
16—
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
Young O'Brien: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Lynch: Orthodox
Young O'Brien: Not recorded

Benny Lynch left, Young O'Brien 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%

Young O'Brien1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Young O'Brien: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Lynch 119, Young O'Brien 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

Young O'Brien last boxed on Oct 15, 1931 — 34,714 days ago. O'Brien had won one in a row before losing a decision to Benny Lynch.WL

Lynch Sep 1931Lynch Oct 1931

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Lynch and Young O'Brien ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Lynch and Young O'Brien have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WOct 15, 1931 · Lynch · PTS

LSep 4, 1931 · O'Brien · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lynch or O'Brien?
Benny Lynch is 88-14-17 and Young O'Brien is 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%

O'Brien1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lynch or O'Brien?
Benny Lynch has 34 knockout wins and Young O'Brien has 0. Benny Lynch has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lynch3438.6%

O'Brien0

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

Lynch119bouts

O'Brien2bouts

How They Win ↓

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