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Joseph Laryea vs Ricky Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joseph Laryea

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Ricky Burns

Joseph Laryea (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) and Ricky Burns (45-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Laryea

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

45

Wins17 KO · 38%

8

Losses

1

Draw55 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

Burns leads 1–0

Joseph Laryea and Ricky Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

Joseph Laryea and Ricky Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met2011Mar 12Series
Joseph LaryeaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ricky BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR71Meeting

The Numbers

Laryea 0 · Burns 7 of 7 measurable rows
LaryeaBurns
Record†
2-545-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
28.6%
84.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
0.4
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
7
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

Heightnot held
Joseph Laryea: No height on file
Ricky Burns: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Joseph Laryea: No reach on file
Ricky Burns: 70″
Age18 yrs apart
Joseph Laryea: 61
Ricky Burns: 43
Stance
Joseph Laryea: Not recorded
Ricky Burns: Orthodox

Joseph Laryea left, Ricky Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joseph Laryea2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Joseph Laryea: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Ricky Burns45 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Ricky Burns: 45 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (38%) and 28 on the cards (62%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 38%28 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joseph Laryea 7, Ricky Burns 55 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Burns better on 1

Laryea

Opponent

Burns

  • Joseph Laryea

    Loss, TKO 3

    2012

    GonzalezBurns better

    Ricky Burns

    Win, RTD 9

    2013

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Joseph Laryea last boxed on Sep 28, 2013 — 4,770 days ago. Laryea had lost five straight.LLLLL

Salem Feb 1999Burns Mar 2011Salka Jun 2012Gonzalez Jul 2012Jr. Sep 20130.4 tracked bouts per year

Ricky Burns last boxed on Sep 1, 2023 — 1,145 days ago. Burns had won two straight since losing a decision to Lee Selby.WWLWW

Njegac Jun 2018Cardle Nov 2018Selby Oct 2019Dominguez Dec 2021Limond Sep 20232.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joseph Laryea and Ricky Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Joseph Laryea and Ricky Burns met once on March 12, 2011, and Ricky Burns won by RTD in round 7.
The meeting

LMar 12, 2011 · Burns · RTD R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Laryea or Burns?
Joseph Laryea is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ricky Burns is 45-8-1. Ricky Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Laryea2–528.6%

Burns45–8–184.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Laryea or Burns?
Joseph Laryea has 0 knockout wins and Ricky Burns has 17. Ricky Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Laryea0

Burns1737.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Laryea and Burns have any common opponents?
Joseph Laryea and Ricky Burns share 1 common opponent: Jose Gonzalez. Ricky Burns fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jose GonzalezLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Laryea and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Joseph Laryea and 55 bouts tracked for Ricky Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Laryea7bouts

Burns55bouts

How They Win ↓

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