Have Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch have met 2 times and Joe Lynch leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Fitzsimmons or Lynch?

Billy Fitzsimmons is 0-9-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Lynch is 99-36-21. Joe Lynch has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Fitzsimmons or Lynch?

Billy Fitzsimmons has 0 knockout wins and Joe Lynch has 37. Joe Lynch has more.

Do Fitzsimmons and Lynch have any common opponents?

Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch share 4 common opponents: Memphis Pal Moore, Abe Goldstein and Joe Burman (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fitzsimmons and Lynch?

This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Billy Fitzsimmons and 156 bouts tracked for Joe Lynch. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Fitzsimmons vs Joe Lynch — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Fitzsimmons

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Joe Lynch

Billy Fitzsimmons (0-9-1 across 10 tracked bouts) and Joe Lynch (99-36-21) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Fitzsimmons

Tracked record

0–9–1

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lynch

Wins37 KO · 37%

Losses

Draws156 tracked bouts

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 2–0

Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch have met 2 times; Lynch leads 2–0.
Met	1917Sep 10	1920May 7	Series
Billy FitzsimmonsFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Joe LynchFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	NWSLynch vs Fitzsimmons	PTSLynch vs Fitzsimmons	2Meetings

The Numbers

Fitzsimmons 0 · Lynch 6 of 6 measurable rows

FitzsimmonsEdge = longer wingLynch

Record^†: 0-9-199-36-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 5%
70.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 37: 0
37 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —37.37%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —39%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 13.8: 1
13.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156: 10
156

† 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

Heightnot held: Billy Fitzsimmons: No height on file; Joe Lynch: 5′6″
Reachnot held: Billy Fitzsimmons: No reach on file; Joe Lynch: 66″
Agenot held: Billy Fitzsimmons: No date of birth; Joe Lynch: Died aged 66
Stance: Billy Fitzsimmons: Not recorded; Joe Lynch: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Fitzsimmons0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Fitzsimmons yet.

Joe Lynch100 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

39 by KO/TKO 39%14 on the cards 14%47 by another method or unrecorded 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Fitzsimmons 10, Joe Lynch 156 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Fitzsimmons better on 2 · Lynch better on 24 shared · Billy Fitzsimmons better on 2 · Joe Lynch better on 2

FitzsimmonsBilly Fitzsimmons

Opponent

LynchJoe Lynch

Billy Fitzsimmons
Loss, PTS
1916Nov 1916
MooreMemphis Pal MooreUnited States 170–56–38Fitzsimmons betterBilly Fitzsimmons better — 0–1 to 3–4–3
Joe Lynch
3–4–3 against
Loss, NWS
1926Mar 1926
Draw, PTS
1926Feb 1926
Loss, NWS
1923Nov 1923
Win, NWS
1922Sep 1922
Loss, NWS
1921May 1921
Draw, NWS
1920Oct 1920
Win, NWS
1920May 1920
Loss, PTS
1918Jan 1918
Win, PTS
1917Dec 1917
Draw, NWS
1917Oct 1917
Billy Fitzsimmons
Loss, KO
1920Mar 1920
GoldsteinAbe GoldsteinUnited States 102–24–9Lynch betterJoe Lynch better — 1–1 to 0–1
Joe Lynch
1–1 against
Loss, PTS
1924Mar 1924
Win, KO 11
1920Nov 1920
Billy Fitzsimmons
0–1–1 against
Draw, NWS
1917Mar 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Feb 1917
BurmanJoe BurmanUnited States 36–3–6Fitzsimmons betterBilly Fitzsimmons better — 0–1–1 to 2–2–1
Joe Lynch
2–2–1 against
Loss, NWS
1923Mar 1923
Loss, NWS
1921Jun 1921
Win, NWS
1921Mar 1921
Win, NWS
1919Oct 1919
Draw, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Billy Fitzsimmons
0–3 against
Loss, NWS
1916Dec 1916
Loss, NWS
1912Nov 1912
Loss, TKO 8
1912Sep 1912
WilliamsKid WilliamsUnited States 162–30–12 · BantamweightLynch betterJoe Lynch better — 1–0–1 to 0–3
Joe Lynch
1–0–1 against
Win, TKO 4
1918Jan 1918
Draw, NWS
1917Mar 1917

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Fitzsimmons last boxed on Feb 13, 1923 — 37,871 days ago. Fitzsimmons had lost four straight.DLLLL

Burman Mar 1917Lynch Sep 1917Goldstein Mar 1920Lynch May 1920Ballerino Feb 19231 tracked bouts per year

Joe Lynch has won three straight since two bouts without a win. Lynch last boxed on Dec 17, 1926.DLWWW

Moore Feb 1926Moore Mar 1926Murray Sep 1926Spencer Oct 1926Siegel Dec 192613.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch have met 2 times and Joe Lynch leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Fitzsimmons or Lynch?: Billy Fitzsimmons is 0-9-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Lynch is 99-36-21. Joe Lynch has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Fitzsimmons or Lynch?: Billy Fitzsimmons has 0 knockout wins and Joe Lynch has 37. Joe Lynch has more.
Do Fitzsimmons and Lynch have any common opponents?: Billy Fitzsimmons and Joe Lynch share 4 common opponents: Memphis Pal Moore, Abe Goldstein and Joe Burman (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fitzsimmons and Lynch?: This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Billy Fitzsimmons and 156 bouts tracked for Joe Lynch. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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