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Buddy Ryan vs Gus Lesnevich — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buddy Ryan

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Gus Lesnevich

Buddy Ryan (3-4 across 7 tracked bouts) and Gus Lesnevich (61-14-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ryan

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lesnevich

61

Wins23 KO · 38%

14

Losses

5

Draws80 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

Lesnevich leads 1–0

Buddy Ryan and Gus Lesnevich have met 1 time; Lesnevich leads 1–0.

Buddy Ryan and Gus Lesnevich have met 1 time; Lesnevich leads 1–0.
Met1938Jun 1Series
Buddy RyanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gus LesnevichFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ryan 1 · Lesnevich 6 of 7 measurable rows
RyanLesnevich
Record†
3-461-14-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
42.9%
79.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
1
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.2
0.2
5.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
7
80

† 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
Buddy Ryan: No height on file
Gus Lesnevich: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Buddy Ryan: No reach on file
Gus Lesnevich: 73″
Agenot held
Buddy Ryan: No date of birth
Gus Lesnevich: Died aged 49
Stance
Buddy Ryan: Not recorded
Gus Lesnevich: Orthodox

Buddy Ryan left, Gus Lesnevich right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buddy Ryan3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Buddy Ryan: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%), 1 on the cards (33%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%1 on the cards 33%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

Gus Lesnevich61 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

Gus Lesnevich: 61 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (38%) and 38 on the cards (62%). Counted from 80 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 38%38 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Ryan 7, Gus Lesnevich 80 — 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

Buddy Ryan last boxed on Jun 1, 1938 — 32,281 days ago. Ryan had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Mellody Feb 1904Mellody Mar 1904Mellody Nov 1904Klick Nov 1931Lesnevich Jun 19380.2 tracked bouts per year

Gus Lesnevich has lost two straight, after one straight win. Lesnevich last boxed on Aug 10, 1949.WLWLL

Fox Mar 1948Mills Jul 1948Eatman Mar 1949Maxim May 1949Charles Aug 19495.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Ryan and Gus Lesnevich ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Ryan and Gus Lesnevich met once on June 1, 1938, and Gus Lesnevich won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 1, 1938 · Lesnevich · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ryan or Lesnevich?
Buddy Ryan is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gus Lesnevich is 61-14-5. Gus Lesnevich has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ryan3–442.9%

Lesnevich61–14–579.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ryan or Lesnevich?
Buddy Ryan has 1 knockout win and Gus Lesnevich has 23. Gus Lesnevich has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ryan1

Lesnevich2337.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ryan and Lesnevich have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buddy Ryan and Gus Lesnevich have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ryan and Lesnevich?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Buddy Ryan and 80 bouts tracked for Gus Lesnevich. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ryan7bouts

Lesnevich80bouts

How They Win ↓

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