Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Jimmy Barry vs Young Lyons — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸BANTAMWEIGHT

Jimmy Barry

Young Lyons

Jimmy Barry (61-0-10) and Young Lyons (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Barry

61

Wins39 KO · 64%

0

Losses

10

Draws71 tracked bouts

Lyons

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Barry leads 2–0

Jimmy Barry and Young Lyons have met 2 times; Barry leads 2–0.

Jimmy Barry and Young Lyons have met 2 times; Barry leads 2–0.
Met1891Jul 301896Jan 12Series
Jimmy BarryFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Young LyonsFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Barry 5 · Lyons 0 of 5 measurable rows
BarryLyons
Record†
61-0-10 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
93% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 39
39 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
63.93%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
64%—
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.4
7.4 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 71
71
2

† 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
Jimmy Barry: 5′2″
Young Lyons: No height on file
Agenot held
Jimmy Barry: Died aged 73
Young Lyons: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Barry: Orthodox
Young Lyons: Not recorded

Jimmy Barry left, Young Lyons right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jimmy Barry61 wins · from 71 tracked bouts

Jimmy Barry: 61 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (64%), 20 on the cards (33%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 71 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 64%20 on the cards 33%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Young Lyons0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Young Lyons: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lyons yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Barry 71, Young Lyons 2 — 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

Jimmy Barry drew the most recent tracked bout with Harry Harris. Barry last boxed on Sep 1, 1899.DDDDD

Ritchie Aug 1898Bartley Oct 1898Leon Nov 1898Leon Dec 1898Harris Sep 18997.4 tracked bouts per year

Young Lyons last boxed on Jan 12, 1896 — 47,763 days ago. Lyons had lost two straight.LL

Barry Jul 1891Barry Jan 18960.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Barry and Young Lyons ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Barry and Young Lyons have met 2 times and Jimmy Barry leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WJan 12, 1896 · Barry · KO

WJul 30, 1891 · Barry · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barry or Lyons?
Jimmy Barry is 61-0-10 and Young Lyons is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Barry has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barry61–0–1093%

Lyons0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barry or Lyons?
Jimmy Barry has 39 knockout wins and Young Lyons has 0. Jimmy Barry has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barry3963.9%

Lyons0

The Numbers ↓
Do Barry and Lyons have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Barry and Young Lyons have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barry and Lyons?
This comparison is drawn from 71 bouts tracked for Jimmy Barry and 2 bouts tracked for Young Lyons. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barry71bouts

Lyons2bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

3 suggested matchups

Compare Barry with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.