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Honeyboy Lyman vs Tommy Freeman — record, stats and common opponents compared

Honeyboy Lyman

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Tommy Freeman

Honeyboy Lyman (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Tommy Freeman (174-20-21) 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.

Lyman

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Freeman

174

Wins84 KO · 48%

20

Losses

21

Draws224 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

Freeman leads 1–0

Honeyboy Lyman and Tommy Freeman have met 1 time; Freeman leads 1–0.

Honeyboy Lyman and Tommy Freeman have met 1 time; Freeman leads 1–0.
Met1935Aug 29Series
Honeyboy LymanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy FreemanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Lyman 1 · Freeman 4 of 5 measurable rows
LymanFreeman
Record†
0-1174-20-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 84
0
84 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—48.28%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—46%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 224
1
224

† 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
Honeyboy Lyman: No height on file
Tommy Freeman: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Honeyboy Lyman: No reach on file
Tommy Freeman: 70″
Agenot held
Honeyboy Lyman: No date of birth
Tommy Freeman: Died aged 82
Stance
Honeyboy Lyman: Not recorded
Tommy Freeman: Orthodox

Honeyboy Lyman left, Tommy Freeman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Honeyboy Lyman0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Honeyboy Lyman: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lyman yet.

Tommy Freeman181 wins · from 224 tracked bouts

Tommy Freeman: 181 tracked wins — 84 by KO/TKO (46%), 89 on the cards (49%) and 8 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 224 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

84 by KO/TKO 46%89 on the cards 49%8 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Honeyboy Lyman 1, Tommy Freeman 224 — 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

Honeyboy Lyman last boxed on Aug 29, 1935 — 33,292 days ago. Lyman had lost the most recent, to Tommy Freeman.L

Freeman Aug 1935

Tommy Freeman had won four in a row before losing a decision to Ralph Chong. Freeman last boxed on Aug 10, 1938.WWWWL

Kennedy Feb 1938Cole Mar 1938Francis Mar 1938Hood Apr 1938Chong Aug 193812.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Honeyboy Lyman and Tommy Freeman ever fought each other?
Yes. Honeyboy Lyman and Tommy Freeman met once on August 29, 1935, and Tommy Freeman won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LAug 29, 1935 · Freeman · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lyman or Freeman?
Honeyboy Lyman is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Freeman is 174-20-21. Tommy Freeman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lyman0–10%

Freeman174–20–2185.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lyman or Freeman?
Honeyboy Lyman has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Freeman has 84. Tommy Freeman has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lyman0

Freeman8448.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lyman and Freeman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Honeyboy Lyman and Tommy Freeman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lyman and Freeman?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Honeyboy Lyman and 224 bouts tracked for Tommy Freeman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lyman1bout

Freeman224bouts

How They Win ↓

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