Have Billy Stift and Tommy Ryan ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Stift and Tommy Ryan have met 5 times and Tommy Ryan leads the series 5-0.

Who has the better record, Stift or Ryan?

Billy Stift is 2-16-3 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Ryan is 87-2-14. Tommy Ryan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Stift or Ryan?

Billy Stift has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Ryan has 68. Tommy Ryan has more.

Do Stift and Ryan have any common opponents?

Billy Stift and Tommy Ryan share 4 common opponents: Jack Root, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Mysterious Billy Smith (and 1 other). Tommy Ryan fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stift and Ryan?

This comparison is drawn from 21 bouts tracked for Billy Stift and 109 bouts tracked for Tommy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Stift vs Tommy Ryan — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Stift

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Tommy Ryan

Billy Stift (2-16-3 across 21 tracked bouts) and Tommy Ryan (87-2-14) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Stift

Tracked record

2–16–3

counted from 21 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ryan

Wins68 KO · 78%

Losses

Draws109 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

Ryan leads 5–0

Billy Stift and Tommy Ryan have met 5 times; Ryan leads 5–0.
Met	1897Nov 30	1899Apr 19	1902Apr 3	1903Jan 15	1904Dec 29	Series
Billy StiftFighter A	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–5W–L
Tommy RyanFighter B	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	5–0W–L
Result	TKOR6Ryan vs Stift	PTSRyan vs Stift	PTSRyan vs Stift	KOR4Ryan vs Stift	KOR4Ryan vs Stift	5Meetings

The Numbers

Stift 0 · Ryan 6 of 6 measurable rows

StiftEdge = longer wingRyan

Record^†: 2-16-387-2-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 16.7%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 68: 0
68 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —78.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
78% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 8: 8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.1: 2.8
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 109: 21
109

† 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 Stift: No height on file; Tommy Ryan: 5′7″
Agenot held: Billy Stift: No date of birth; Tommy Ryan: Died aged 78
Stance: Billy Stift: Not recorded; Tommy Ryan: Original

Billy Stift 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 Stift2 wins · from 21 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Tommy Ryan87 wins · from 109 tracked bouts

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 Stift 21, Tommy Ryan 109 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Ryan better on 3 · even on 14 shared · Tommy Ryan better on 3 · even on 1

StiftBilly Stift

Opponent

RyanTommy Ryan

Billy Stift
0–3 against
Loss, KO 2
1902Apr 1902
Loss, PTS
1899Sep 1899
Loss, DQ 7
1899Feb 1899
RootJack RootUnited States 47–3–3 · Light Heavyweight, HeavyweightRyan betterTommy Ryan better — 0–0–1 to 0–3
Tommy Ryan
0–0–1 against
No contest, NC 4
1904Nov 1904
Draw, PTS
1900Jul 1900
Billy Stift
0–2 against
Loss, KO 2
1904Sep 1904
Loss, PTS
1902Sep 1902
O'BrienPhiladelphia Jack O'BrienUnited States 147–16–24 · HeavyweightRyan betterTommy Ryan better — 0–0–1 to 0–2
Tommy Ryan
Draw, NWS
1904Jan 1904
Billy Stift
1–0–1 against
Draw, PTS
1899Sep 1899
Win, DQ 5
1898Jun 1898
SmithMysterious Billy SmithCanada 37–25–27 · WelterweightRyan betterTommy Ryan better — 3–0–3 to 1–0–1
Tommy Ryan
3–0–3 against
Win, KO 4
1902Mar 1902
Win, DQ 9
1896Nov 1896
Draw, PTS
1895May 1895
Win, PTS
1894Jul 1894
Draw, PTS
1894Jan 1894
Draw, PTS
1893Aug 1893
Billy Stift
Loss, KO 13
1899Oct 1899
McCoyKid McCoyUnited States 79–6–11 · MiddleweightEvenEven — Billy Stift 0–1, Tommy Ryan 0–1–2
Tommy Ryan
0–1–2 against
Draw, PTS
1900May 1900
Draw, PTS
1897Sep 1897
Loss, KO 15
1896Mar 1896

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 Stift last boxed on Jun 19, 1905 — 44,316 days ago. Stift had lost 11 straight.LLLLL

Gardiner Dec 1902Ryan Jan 1903O'Brien Sep 1904Ryan Dec 1904Gardiner Jun 19052.8 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 Stift and Tommy Ryan ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Stift and Tommy Ryan have met 5 times and Tommy Ryan leads the series 5-0.
Who has the better record, Stift or Ryan?: Billy Stift is 2-16-3 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Ryan is 87-2-14. Tommy Ryan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Stift or Ryan?: Billy Stift has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Ryan has 68. Tommy Ryan has more.
Do Stift and Ryan have any common opponents?: Billy Stift and Tommy Ryan share 4 common opponents: Jack Root, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Mysterious Billy Smith (and 1 other). Tommy Ryan fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stift and Ryan?: This comparison is drawn from 21 bouts tracked for Billy Stift and 109 bouts tracked for Tommy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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