Have Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan ever fought each other?

Yes. Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan met once on April 9, 1936, and Eddie Babe Risko won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Risko or Payan?

Eddie Babe Risko is 65-26-12 and Mike Payan is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eddie Babe Risko has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Risko or Payan?

Eddie Babe Risko has 12 knockout wins and Mike Payan has 0. Eddie Babe Risko has more.

Do Risko and Payan have any common opponents?

Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan share 2 common opponents: Fred Apostoli and Freddie Steele. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Risko and Payan?

This comparison is drawn from 103 bouts tracked for Eddie Babe Risko and 10 bouts tracked for Mike Payan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Eddie Babe Risko vs Mike Payan — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Eddie Babe Risko

Mike Payan

Eddie Babe Risko (65-26-12) and Mike Payan (1-8-1 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.

Risko

Wins12 KO · 18%

Losses

Draws103 tracked bouts

Payan

Tracked record

1–8–1

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

Risko leads 1–0

Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan have met 1 time; Risko leads 1–0.
Met	1936Apr 9	Series
Eddie Babe RiskoFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Mike PayanFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSRisko vs Payan	1Meeting

Risko vs Payan · Apr 9, 1936

The Numbers

Risko 5 · Payan 1 of 6 measurable rows

RiskoEdge = longer wingPayan

Record^†: 65-26-12 (edge)1-8-1
Win %0–100%: 68.9% (edge)
15%
Wins by knockoutmax 12: 12 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 18.46%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 28% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 12: 12
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.8: 10.8 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103: 103
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: Eddie Babe Risko: Died aged 45; Mike Payan: No date of birth
Stance: Eddie Babe Risko: Orthodox; Mike Payan: Not recorded

Eddie Babe Risko left, Mike Payan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Eddie Babe Risko65 wins · from 103 tracked bouts

18 by KO/TKO 28%47 on the cards 72%

Mike Payan1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Babe Risko 103, Mike Payan 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Risko better on 1 · Payan better on 12 shared · Eddie Babe Risko better on 1 · Mike Payan better on 1

RiskoEddie Babe Risko

Opponent

PayanMike Payan

Eddie Babe Risko
Loss, PTS
1936May 1936
ApostoliFred ApostoliUnited States 61–10–1 · MiddleweightRisko betterEddie Babe Risko better — 0–1 to 0–2
Mike Payan
0–2 against
Loss, KO 2
1938Sep 1938
Loss, PTS
1935May 1935
Eddie Babe Risko
0–3 against
Loss, UD
1937Feb 1937
Loss, UD
1936Jul 1936
Loss, UD
1936Mar 1936
SteeleFreddie SteeleUnited States 125–5–11 · MiddleweightPayan betterMike Payan better — 0–2 to 0–3
Mike Payan
0–2 against
Loss, TKO 5
1935Oct 1935
Loss, PTS
1935May 1935

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

Eddie Babe Risko has lost five straight. Risko last boxed on May 17, 1939.LLLLL

Lane Sep 1938Brown Sep 1938Soose Oct 1938Franklin Feb 1939Marshall May 193910.8 tracked bouts per year

Mike Payan last boxed on Sep 6, 1938 — 32,192 days ago. Payan had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Steele May 1935Apostoli May 1935Steele Oct 1935Risko Apr 1936Apostoli Sep 19381 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan ever fought each other?: Yes. Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan met once on April 9, 1936, and Eddie Babe Risko won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Risko or Payan?: Eddie Babe Risko is 65-26-12 and Mike Payan is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eddie Babe Risko has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Risko or Payan?: Eddie Babe Risko has 12 knockout wins and Mike Payan has 0. Eddie Babe Risko has more.
Do Risko and Payan have any common opponents?: Eddie Babe Risko and Mike Payan share 2 common opponents: Fred Apostoli and Freddie Steele. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Risko and Payan?: This comparison is drawn from 103 bouts tracked for Eddie Babe Risko and 10 bouts tracked for Mike Payan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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