Have Billy Soose and Butch Lynch ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Soose and Butch Lynch met once on November 29, 1939, and Billy Soose won by KO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Soose or Lynch?

Billy Soose is 34-6-1 and Butch Lynch is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Soose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Soose or Lynch?

Billy Soose has 13 knockout wins and Butch Lynch has 0. Billy Soose has more.

Do Soose and Lynch have any common opponents?

Billy Soose and Butch Lynch share 2 common opponents: Ken Overlin and Eddie Babe Risko. Billy Soose fared better against 2 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Billy Soose and 10 bouts tracked for Butch Lynch. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Soose vs Butch Lynch — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Billy Soose

Butch Lynch

Billy Soose (34-6-1) and Butch Lynch (0-10 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Soose

Wins13 KO · 38%

Losses

Draw41 tracked bouts

Lynch

Tracked record

0–10

counted from 10 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

Soose leads 1–0

Billy Soose and Butch Lynch have met 1 time; Soose leads 1–0.
Met	1939Nov 29	Series
Billy SooseFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Butch LynchFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOR4Soose vs Lynch	1Meeting

Soose vs Lynch · Nov 29, 1939

The Numbers

Soose 5 · Lynch 0 of 5 measurable rows

SooseEdge = longer wingLynch

Record^†: 34-6-1 (edge)0-10
Win %0–100%: 84.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 13: 13 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 38.24%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 38%—
Times stopped^‡max 8: 0 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.7: 10.7 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41: 41
10

† 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: Billy Soose: Died aged 83; Butch Lynch: No date of birth
Stance: Billy Soose: Orthodox; Butch Lynch: Not recorded

Billy Soose left, Butch 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 Soose34 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

13 by KO/TKO 38%21 on the cards 62%

Butch Lynch0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Lynch yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Soose 41, Butch Lynch 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Soose better on 22 shared · Billy Soose better on 2

SooseBilly Soose

Opponent

LynchButch Lynch

Billy Soose
2–0 against
Win, UD
1941May 1941
Win, SD
1940Jul 1940
OverlinKen OverlinUnited States 136–19–10 · MiddleweightSoose betterBilly Soose better — 2–0 to 0–2
Butch Lynch
0–2 against
Loss, KO 8
1940Mar 1940
Loss, KO 7
1937Oct 1937
Billy Soose
Win, KO 3
1938Oct 1938
RiskoEddie Babe RiskoUnited States 65–26–12 · MiddleweightSoose betterBilly Soose better — 1–0 to 0–1
Butch Lynch
Loss, KO 8
1936Dec 1936

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 Soose had won one in a row before losing a decision to Jimmy Bivins. Soose last boxed on Jan 13, 1942.WLDWL

Celli Jul 1941Abrams Jul 1941Garcia Sep 1941Reeves Dec 1941Bivins Jan 194210.7 tracked bouts per year

Butch Lynch last boxed on Jul 8, 1946 — 29,322 days ago. Lynch had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Soose Nov 1939Overlin Mar 1940Hardwick Feb 1945Williams Jan 1946Christoforidis Jul 19460.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Soose and Butch Lynch ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Soose and Butch Lynch met once on November 29, 1939, and Billy Soose won by KO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Soose or Lynch?: Billy Soose is 34-6-1 and Butch Lynch is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Soose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Soose or Lynch?: Billy Soose has 13 knockout wins and Butch Lynch has 0. Billy Soose has more.
Do Soose and Lynch have any common opponents?: Billy Soose and Butch Lynch share 2 common opponents: Ken Overlin and Eddie Babe Risko. Billy Soose fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Soose and Lynch?: This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Billy Soose and 10 bouts tracked for Butch Lynch. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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