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Ed Martin vs Tommy Ryan — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Ed Martin

Cross-division

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Tommy Ryan

Ed Martin (26-10-4) 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 1 common opponent.

Martin

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

10

Losses

4

Draws41 tracked bouts

Ryan

87

Wins68 KO · 78%

2

Losses

14

Draws109 tracked bouts

Head to Head

1 meeting, no decision

Ed Martin and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.

Ed Martin and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.
Met1911Nov 29Series
Ed MartinFighter ANCNo decision0–0W–L
Tommy RyanFighter BNCNo decision0–0W–L
ResultNC1Meeting

The Numbers

Martin 0 · Ryan 7 of 7 measurable rows
MartinRyan
Record
26-10-487-2-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
70%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 68
17
68 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
65.38%
78.16% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65%
78% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.1
1.8
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 109
41
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

Heightnot held
Ed Martin: No height on file
Tommy Ryan: 5′7″
Agenot held
Ed Martin: No date of birth
Tommy Ryan: Died aged 78
Stance
Ed Martin: Orthodox
Tommy Ryan: Original

Ed Martin left, Tommy Ryan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Heavyweight against Middleweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ed Martin26 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Ed Martin: 26 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (65%), 4 on the cards (15%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 65%4 on the cards 15%5 by another method or unrecorded 19%

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 — Ed Martin 41, Tommy Ryan 109 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Martin better on 1

Martin

Opponent

Ryan

  • Ed Martin

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 4

    1902

    Win, TKO 3

    1902

    CraigMartin better

    Tommy Ryan

    Win, TKO 10

    1899

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

Ed Martin last boxed on Nov 18, 1921 — 38,322 days ago. Martin had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Harry Wills.WWWWL

McVey Jan 1916Hector Sep 1921Herman Sep 1921Smith Oct 1921Wills Nov 19211.8 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 Ed Martin and Tommy Ryan ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Martin and Tommy Ryan met once on November 29, 1911, and the bout produced no decision by NC.
The meeting

NCNov 29, 1911 · No decision · NC

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martin or Ryan?
Ed Martin is 26-10-4 and Tommy Ryan is 87-2-14. Tommy Ryan has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Martin26–10–470%

Ryan87–2–1491.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Martin or Ryan?
Ed Martin has 17 knockout wins and Tommy Ryan has 68. Tommy Ryan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Martin1765.4%

Ryan6878.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Martin and Ryan have any common opponents?
Ed Martin and Tommy Ryan share 1 common opponent: Frank Craig. Ed Martin fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Frank CraigWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martin and Ryan?
This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Ed Martin and 109 bouts tracked for Tommy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martin41bouts

Ryan109bouts

How They Win ↓

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