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Joe Johnson vs Tommy Ryan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Johnson

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Tommy Ryan

Joe Johnson (0-4 across 4 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.

Johnson

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Joe Johnson and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; Ryan leads 1–0.

Joe Johnson and Tommy Ryan have met 1 time; Ryan leads 1–0.
Met1888Jul 20Series
Joe JohnsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy RyanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Johnson 0 · Ryan 5 of 5 measurable rows
JohnsonRyan
Record†
0-487-2-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 68
0
68 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.16%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—78%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
0
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 109
4
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
Joe Johnson: No height on file
Tommy Ryan: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joe Johnson: No date of birth
Tommy Ryan: Died aged 78
Stance
Joe Johnson: Not recorded
Tommy Ryan: Original

Joe Johnson 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
Joe Johnson0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Joe Johnson: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

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 — Joe Johnson 4, 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

Joe Johnson last boxed on Aug 24, 1993 — 12,114 days ago. Johnson had lost four straight.LLLL

Ryan Jul 1888Olin Jun 1929Toney Nov 1989McKart Aug 19930 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 Joe Johnson and Tommy Ryan ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Johnson and Tommy Ryan met once on July 20, 1888, and Tommy Ryan won by KO.
The meeting

LJul 20, 1888 · Ryan · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Johnson or Ryan?
Joe Johnson is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Johnson0–40%

Ryan87–2–1491.3%

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

Johnson0

Ryan6878.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Johnson and Ryan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Johnson and Tommy Ryan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnson and Ryan?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Joe Johnson and 109 bouts tracked for Tommy Ryan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Johnson4bouts

Ryan109bouts

How They Win ↓

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