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George Ryan vs Jack Root — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Ryan

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT, HEAVYWEIGHT

Jack Root

George Ryan (0-0 across 1 tracked bouts) and Jack Root (47-3-3) 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

0–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Root

47

Wins28 KO · 60%

3

Losses

3

Draws55 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

1 meeting, no decision

George Ryan and Jack Root have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.

George Ryan and Jack Root have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.
Met1898Mar 27Series
George RyanFighter ANCNo decision0–0W–L
Jack RootFighter BNCNo decision0–0W–L
ResultNC1Meeting

The Numbers

Ryan 1 · Root 1 of 2 measurable rows
RyanRoot
Record†
0-047-3-3
Win %not comparable
—91.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—59.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
1
55

† 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
George Ryan: No date of birth
Jack Root: Died aged 87

George Ryan left, Jack Root right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
George Ryan0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

George Ryan: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ryan yet.

Jack Root47 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jack Root: 47 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (60%), 15 on the cards (32%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 60%15 on the cards 32%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Ryan 1, Jack Root 55 — 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 Ryan last boxed on Mar 27, 1898 — 46,956 days ago. Ryan had a no contest in the most recent tracked bout with Jack Root.NC

Root Mar 1898

Jack Root has won once since losing by stoppage to Marvin Hart. Root last boxed on Feb 26, 1906.WNCWLW

Gardiner May 1904Ryan Nov 1904Willie Dec 1904Hart Jul 1905Russell Feb 19066.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Ryan and Jack Root ever fought each other?
Yes. George Ryan and Jack Root met once on March 27, 1898, and the bout produced no decision by NC.
The meeting

NCMar 27, 1898 · No decision · NC

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ryan or Root?
George Ryan is 0-0 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Root is 47-3-3. The two are level on win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ryan0–0

Root47–3–391.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ryan or Root?
George Ryan has 0 knockout wins and Jack Root has 28. Jack Root has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ryan0

Root2859.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ryan and Root have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Ryan and Jack Root have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ryan and Root?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for George Ryan and 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ryan1bout

Root55bouts

How They Win ↓

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