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George Lawler vs Tommy Ryan — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Lawler

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Tommy Ryan

George Lawler (1-2 across 3 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 once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lawler

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ryan

87

Wins68 KO · 78%

2

Losses

14

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 1–0

George Lawler and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; Ryan leads 1–0.

George Lawler and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; Ryan leads 1–0.
Met1900Feb 2Series
George LawlerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy RyanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR131Meeting

The Numbers

Lawler 0 · Ryan 5 of 5 measurable rows
LawlerRyan
Record†
1-287-2-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
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‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
0.7
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 109
3
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
George Lawler: No height on file
Tommy Ryan: 5′7″
Agenot held
George Lawler: No date of birth
Tommy Ryan: Died aged 78
Stance
George Lawler: Not recorded
Tommy Ryan: Original

George Lawler 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
George Lawler1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

George Lawler: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — George Lawler 3, Tommy Ryan 109 — 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

George Lawler last boxed on Apr 16, 1904 — 44,748 days ago. Lawler had won once since losses to Klondike and Tommy Ryan.LLW

Klondike Dec 1899Ryan Feb 1900Klondike Apr 19040.7 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 George Lawler and Tommy Ryan ever fought each other?
Yes. George Lawler and Tommy Ryan met once on February 2, 1900, and Tommy Ryan won by TKO in round 13.
The meeting

LFeb 2, 1900 · Ryan · TKO R13

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lawler or Ryan?
George Lawler is 1-2 across the 3 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.
Records · win %

Lawler1–233.3%

Ryan87–2–1491.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lawler or Ryan?
George Lawler has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Ryan has 68. Tommy Ryan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lawler0

Ryan6878.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lawler and Ryan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Lawler and Tommy Ryan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lawler and Ryan?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for George Lawler and 109 bouts tracked for Tommy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lawler3bouts

Ryan109bouts

How They Win ↓

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