Bantamweight · United States
Tommy Ryan 87-11-18, 3 NC 68 KO · 1887–1924
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Tommy Ryan was a bantamweight boxer from United States, born Mar 31, 1870. Record 87-11-18, 3 NC with 68 knockouts over 1887–1924. Tommy Ryan last fought Abe Goldstein on Sep 8, 1924 and lost by PTS over 15 rounds.
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Born Mar 31, 1870
Died Aug 3, 1948
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Height 171 cm
Debut Jan 1, 1887
Career 1887–1924
Rounds boxed 978
KO share 78%
Born in Redwood, New York, U.S.
Titles World middleweight title 1902
Confirmed bouts 13 of 119
Career record Record
87-11-18, 3 NC, 68 KOs · 1887–1924
Last result L
For NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles PTS 15/15 · Queensboro A.C., Long Island City, 🇺🇸
The record 119 bouts, 1887–1924, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 86-3-6
L
For NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles PTS 15/15 · Queensboro A.C., Long Island City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-10-18 · Goldstein 88-13-8
L
10 · Three-I League Park, Terre Haute, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-9-18 · Taylor 57-12-11
L
10 · Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-8-18 · Taylor 54-11-11
L
10 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-7-18 · Goldstein 72-11-8
L
10 · Palisades Rink, McKeesport, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-6-18 · Goldstein 68-10-8
L
12
Ryan 87-5-18 · Burman 80-13-19
L
12 · Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-4-18 · Moore 123-31-23
D
12
Ryan 87-4-17 · Burman 77-13-18
D
10 · Palisades Rink, McKeesport, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-4-16 · Moore 110-27-21
L
10 · Palisades Rink, McKeesport, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-3-16 · Williams 111-17-8
NC
NC 6 · Armory, Portland, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-3-16 · Martin 23-8-2
L
PTS 6/6 · Menominee, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-2-16 · Forbes 82-12-26
D
PTS 6/6 · Bartholomay Pavilion, Charlotte, 🇺🇸
Ryan 87-2-15 · Micheli —
W
Dave Barry
KO 5/20 · Bell Opera House, Benton Harbor, 🇺🇸
Ryan 86-2-15 · Barry —
W
Billy Stift
KO 4/10 · Bell Opera House, Benton Harbor, 🇺🇸
Ryan 85-2-15 · Stift —
NC
NC 4/6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Ryan 85-2-15 · Root 46-2-3
W
Jack Graham
TKO 4/10 · South Bend, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Ryan 84-2-15 · Graham —
W
Tommy Wallace
KO 5/10 · Bell Opera House, Benton Harbor, 🇺🇸
Ryan 83-2-15 · Wallace —
W
Bob Douglass
KO 4/8 · Jai Alai Club, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 82-2-15 · Douglass —
W
Jack Beauscholte
TKO 6/10 · Auditorium, Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 81-2-15 · Beauscholte —
Show all 119 bouts D
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Ryan 81-2-14 · O'Brien 110-6-17
W
John Willie
KO 4/20 · Broadway Theater, Butte, 🇺🇸
Ryan 80-2-14 · Willie —
D
Dan Hickey
PTS 6/6 · Auditorium, Battle Creek, 🇺🇸
Ryan 80-2-13 · Hickey —
W
KO 5 · Battle Creek, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 79-2-13 · Walker —
W
Cyclone Kelly
TKO 7/10 · Whittington Park A.C., Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
Ryan 78-2-13 · Kelly —
W
Billy Stift
KO 4/10 · Delaware Club, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 77-2-13 · Stift —
W
Jack Beauscholte
KO 3/6 · Turner Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 75-2-13 · Beauscholte —
W
Barney Walsh
KO 2/6 · Turner Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 75-2-13 · Walsh —
W
Kid Carter
Retained world middleweight title KO 6/20 · International A.C., Fort Erie, 🇨🇦
Ryan 74-2-13 · Carter —
W
Johnny Gorman
Retained world middleweight title KO 3/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden
Ryan 73-2-13 · Gorman —
W
Jimmy Handler
TKO 4/10 · Turner Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 72-2-13 · Handler —
W
Billy Stift
PTS 10/10 · Turner Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 71-2-13 · Stift —
W
KO 4/10 · Turner Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 70-2-13 · Smith 37-24-28
W
Tim Draffin Murphy
KO 8/10 · Strope's Hall, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 69-2-13 · Murphy —
W
Jack Beauscholte
PTS 6/6 · De Soto Club, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 68-2-13 · Beauscholte —
W
George Green
Retained world middleweight title KO 7/10 · 3rd Regiment Armory, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 67-2-13 · Green —
L
George Green
DQ 6/15 · Jackson County Democratic Club, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 67-1-13 · Green —
W
Bob Douglass
TKO 7/10 · Kansas City, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Ryan 66-1-13 · Douglass —
W
Tommy West
Retained world middleweight title TKO 17/20 · Auditorium, Louisville, 🇺🇸
Ryan 65-1-13 · West —
W
Jim Judge
KO 4/6 · Minneapolis A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 64-1-13 · Judge —
W
Jack Beauscholte
KO 3/20 · City Hall, Springfield, 🇺🇸
Ryan 63-1-13 · Beauscholte —
W
Kid Carter
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 62-1-13 · Carter —
W
Geoff Thorne
KO 3/6 · Chicago A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 61-1-13 · Thorne —
D
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 61-1-12 · Root 33-0-0
W
Young Mahoney
PTS 6/6 · Fort Dearborn A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 60-1-12 · Mahoney —
D
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 60-1-11 · McCoy 61-4-8
W
George Lawler
TKO 13/20 · Auditorium, Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
Ryan 59-1-11 · Lawler —
W
Retained world middleweight title TKO 10/20 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Ryan 58-1-11 · Craig —
W
Jack Moffat
Retained world middleweight title PTS 20/20 · Auditorium for fistic carnival, Dubuque, 🇺🇸
Ryan 57-1-11 · Moffat —
W
Billy Stift
PTS 20/20 · Saengerfest Hall, Davenport, 🇺🇸
Ryan 56-1-11 · Stift —
W
Frank Neal
KO 6/20 · Tuxedo A.C., Dubuque, 🇺🇸
Ryan 55-1-11 · Neal —
W
Paddy Purtell
TKO 4/10 · Robinson Opera House, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Ryan 54-1-11 · Purtell —
W
Charley Johnson
Retained world middleweight title KO 8/20 · Whittington Park, Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
Ryan 53-1-11 · Johnson —
W
Dick O'Brien
Retained world middleweight title TKO 14/25 · Coliseum, Hartford, 🇺🇸
Ryan 52-1-11 · O'Brien —
NC
Tommy West
NC 6 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Ryan 52-1-11 · West —
W
Johnny Gorman
Retained world middleweight title RTD 8/20 · Turn Hall, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Ryan 51-1-11 · Gorman —
W
Jack Bonner
6 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Ryan 50-1-11 · Bonner —
W
Jack Bonner
Retained world middleweight title PTS 20/20 · Greater New York A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Ryan 49-1-11 · Bonner —
W
Tommy West
Retained world middleweight title TKO 14/20 · Lenox A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 48-1-11 · West —
W
George Green
Retained world middleweight title KO 18/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Ryan 47-1-11 · Green —
W
Bill Heffernan
Won vacant world middleweight title KO 3/20 · Olympic A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Ryan 46-1-11 · Heffernan —
W
Billy Stift
TKO 6/12 · Battery D Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 45-1-11 · Stift —
W
Australian Jim Ryan
KO 5/20 · Maple Avenue A.C., Elmira, 🇺🇸
Ryan 44-1-11 · Ryan —
D
PTS 10/10 · American S.C., Scranton, 🇺🇸
Ryan 44-1-10 · McAuliffe 28-0-9
D
PTS 5/5 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Ryan 44-1-9 · McCoy 41-2-6
W
Tom Williams
KO 2/20 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Ryan 43-1-9 · Williams —
W
Patsy Raedy
TKO 6/20 · Rienzi A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Ryan 42-1-9 · Raedy —
W
Paddy Gorman
TKO 3 · Rienzi A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Ryan 41-1-9 · Gorman —
W
Patsy Raedy
TKO 18/20 · Rienzi A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Ryan 40-1-9 · Raedy —
W
Tom Tracey
Retained world welterweight title TKO 9/20 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Ryan 39-1-9 · Tracey —
W
Billy Payne
KO 4/20 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Ryan 38-1-9 · Payne —
W
TKO 7/20 · Empire A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Ryan 37-1-9 · McCarthy —
W
DQ 9/20 · Empire A.C., Maspeth, 🇺🇸
Ryan 36-1-9 · Smith 19-7-9
W
Dick Moore
PTS 20/20 · Lyceum Theater, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Ryan 35-1-9 · Moore —
W
Billy (Shadow) Maber
TKO 9/20 · Lyceum Theater, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Ryan 34-1-9 · Maber —
W
Joe Dunfee
KO 6/20 · Empire A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Ryan 33-1-9 · Dunfee —
L
For vacant world middleweight title KO 15/20 · Empire A.C., Maspeth, 🇺🇸
Ryan 33-0-9 · McCoy 27-2-6
W
Henry Baker
PTS 6/6 · Powers' Opera House, Grand Rapids, 🇺🇸
Ryan 32-0-9 · Baker —
D
For world welterweight title PTS 18/25 · Sea Side A.C., Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Ryan 32-0-8 · Smith 14-5-8
W
Tom Tracey
TKO 8/8 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 31-0-8 · Tracey —
W
Emmett Mellody
PTS 4/4 · Auditorium, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Ryan 30-0-8 · Mellody —
W
Shorty Ahearn
4 · Triangle AC, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 29-0-8 · Ahearn —
W
TKO 3/15 · Sea Side A.C., Coney Island, 🇺🇸
Ryan 28-0-8 · Dempsey 52-2-10
W
Billy Layton
KO 4/20 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Ryan 27-0-8 · Layton —
W
Retained world welterweight title PTS 20/20 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 26-0-8 · Smith 11-3-5
W
Jack Pitts
KO 3 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Ryan 25-0-8 · Pitts —
W
Jack Falvey
KO 3/8 · Foot Guard Hall, Hartford, 🇺🇸
Ryan 24-0-8 · Falvey —
W
Harry Wilkes
5 · Olympic Theatre, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 23-0-8 · Wilkes —
W
Morris Lane
TKO 3/8 · Savin Rock, West Haven, 🇺🇸
Ryan 22-0-8 · Lane —
D
PTS 6/6 · Casino, Boston, 🇺🇸
Ryan 22-0-7 · Smith 9-3-4
D
Joe Guthrie
PTS 3/10 · Opera House, Naugatuck, 🇺🇸
Ryan 22-0-6 · Guthrie —
W
Harry Jamieson
KO 2 · Waterbury, Connecticut, 🇺🇸
Ryan 21-0-6 · Jamieson —
D
PTS 6/6 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Ryan 21-0-5 · Smith 8-3-3
D
PTS 6/6 · Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Ryan 21-0-4 · Smith 8-3-2
W
6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 20-0-4 · Dawson —
D
Tommy Kelly
PTS 8/8 · Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 20-0-3 · Kelly —
D
Jack Collins
PTS 8/8 · Auditorium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Ryan 20-0-2 · Collins —
D
Jack Wilkes
For world welterweight title PTS 17/17 · Germania Hall, South Omaha, 🇺🇸
Ryan 20-0-1 · Wilkes —
W
Paddy Brennan
PTS 10/10 · Dubuque, Iowa, 🇺🇸
Ryan 19-0-1 · Brennan —
W
Con Doyle
PTS 8/8 · Grand Opera House, Dubuque, 🇺🇸
Ryan 18-0-1 · Doyle —
W
Frank Howson
Retained world welterweight title KO 14 · skating rink, near Chicago, 🇺🇸
Ryan 17-0-1 · Howson —
W
Billy McMillan
Retained world welterweight title KO 3 · Richardson, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Ryan 16-0-1 · McMillan —
W
Won vacant world welterweight title RTD 76 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Ryan 15-0-1 · Needham —
W
Frank Garrard
3 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Ryan 13-0-1 · Garrard —
W
Professor McGuire
TKO 3/5 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Ryan 13-0-1 · McGuire —
W
Ed Bartlett
KO 3 · Sheffield, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Ryan 12-0-1 · Bartlett —
W
Con Doyle
TKO 28 · Barn, Shelby, 🇺🇸
Ryan 11-0-1 · Doyle —
W
John McInerssey
KO 5 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Ryan 10-0-1 · McInerssey —
W
Bob Harper
KO 4 · Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Ryan 9-0-1 · Harper —
W
Henry Baker
KO 3 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 8-0-1 · Baker —
D
Jimmy Murphy
PTS 57/57 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 8-0-0 · Murphy —
W
Martin Shaughnessy
KO 48 · Lake St. Clair Beach, Grosse Point, 🇺🇸
Ryan 7-0-0 · Shaughnessy —
W
Michael Dunn
KO 9 · Ice House, Grosse Point, 🇺🇸
Ryan 6-0-0 · Dunn —
W
Martin Shaughnessy
KO 23 · Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 5-0-0 · Shaughnessy —
W
Dick England
KO 23 · Lake City, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 4-0-0 · England —
W
Joe Johnson
KO 5 · Marion, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 3-0-0 · Johnson —
W
Chris Christopher
KO 10 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Ryan 2-0-0 · Christopher —
W
Jack Conway
KO 3 · Rock Island, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Ryan 1-0-0 · Conway —
W
John Case
KO 5 · United States of America
Ryan 0-0-0 · Case —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Tommy Ryan's record? Tommy Ryan's professional record is 87-11-18, 3 NC with 68 knockouts.
Who did Tommy Ryan fight last? Tommy Ryan last fought Abe Goldstein on Sep 8, 1924 and lost by PTS over 15 rounds. Sources Boxerbook ID 4407 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/4407 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
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