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Billy McCarthy vs Tommy Ryan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy McCarthy

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Tommy Ryan

Billy McCarthy (23-19-15) and Tommy Ryan (87-2-14) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

McCarthy

23

Wins16 KO · 70%

19

Losses

15

Draws7 tracked bouts

Ryan

87

Wins68 KO · 78%

2

Losses

14

Draws109 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Ryan leads 1–0

Billy McCarthy and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; Ryan leads 1–0.

Billy McCarthy and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; Ryan leads 1–0.
Met1896Dec 21Series
Billy McCarthyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy RyanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

McCarthy 0 · Ryan 6 of 6 measurable rows
McCarthyRyan
Record
23-19-1587-2-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
53.5%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 68
16
68 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
69.57%
78.16% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—78%
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.1
0.7
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 109
7
109

† 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

HeightLevel
Billy McCarthy: 5′7″
Tommy Ryan: 5′7″
Agenot held
Billy McCarthy: No date of birth
Tommy Ryan: Died aged 78
Stance
Billy McCarthy: Orthodox
Tommy Ryan: Original

Billy McCarthy left, Tommy Ryan 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 McCarthy0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Billy McCarthy: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCarthy yet.

Tommy Ryan87 wins · from 109 tracked bouts

Tommy Ryan: 87 tracked wins — 68 by KO/TKO (78%), 13 on the cards (15%) and 6 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 109 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

68 by KO/TKO 78%13 on the cards 15%6 by another method or unrecorded 7%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy McCarthy 7, Tommy Ryan 109 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Ryan better on 2

McCarthy

Opponent

Ryan

  • Billy McCarthy

    Loss, PTS

    1893

    SmithRyan better

    Tommy Ryan

    3–0–3 against

    Win, KO 4

    1902

    Win, DQ 9

    1896

    Draw, PTS

    1895

    Win, PTS

    1894

    Draw, PTS

    1894

    Draw, PTS

    1893

  • Billy McCarthy

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1895

    Loss, TKO

    1890

    DempseyRyan better

    Tommy Ryan

    Win, TKO 3

    1895

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 McCarthy last boxed on Dec 21, 1896 — 47,418 days ago. McCarthy had lost the most recent, to Tommy Ryan.LLLDL

Dempsey Feb 1890Fitzsimmons May 1890Smith Sep 1893Dempsey Sep 1895Ryan Dec 18960.7 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Ryan has lost the most recent, to Memphis Pal Moore. Ryan last boxed on Mar 17, 1922.WDNCDL

Barry Feb 1907Kelly Mar 1907Martin Nov 1911Moore Mar 1921Moore Mar 19223.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy McCarthy and Tommy Ryan ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy McCarthy and Tommy Ryan met once on December 21, 1896, and Tommy Ryan won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

LDec 21, 1896 · Ryan · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCarthy or Ryan?
Billy McCarthy is 23-19-15 and Tommy Ryan is 87-2-14. Tommy Ryan has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

McCarthy23–19–1553.5%

Ryan87–2–1491.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McCarthy or Ryan?
Billy McCarthy has 16 knockout wins and Tommy Ryan has 68. Tommy Ryan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McCarthy1669.6%

Ryan6878.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCarthy and Ryan have any common opponents?
Billy McCarthy and Tommy Ryan share 2 common opponents: Mysterious Billy Smith and Nonpareil Dempsey. Tommy Ryan fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Mysterious Billy SmithL3–0–3

Nonpareil Dempsey0–1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, McCarthy or Ryan?
Tommy Ryan is the taller fighter at 171 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

McCarthy169 cm

Ryan171 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCarthy and Ryan?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Billy McCarthy and 109 bouts tracked for Tommy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCarthy7bouts

Ryan109bouts

How They Win ↓

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