Tommy Ryan
87–2 · 101 recorded bouts · 1887–1911
Tommy Ryan finished 78% of 87 wins inside the distance — the 89th percentile for welterweight boxing, where the median is 54%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 67″ (170.2 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Welterweight Boxing competed at 2: middleweight, welterweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1890s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Tommy Ryan, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
87–2
106 bouts on record
Finish rate
78%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 89th percentile
The career, bout by bout
101 recorded bouts from 1887 to 1911. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
25y
1887–1911
Longest unbeaten run
37
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1902
9 bouts
Recorded bouts
101
100 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | ? | Ed Martin | — | 6 |
| 1907 | D | Hugo Kelly | Decision | 6 |
| 1907 | W | Dave Barry | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1904 | W | Billy Stift | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1904 | N | Jack Root | — | 4 |
| 1904 | W | Jack Graham | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1904 | W | Tommy Wallace | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1904 | W | Bob Douglass | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1904 | W | Jack Beauscholte | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1904 | D | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | Draw | 6 |
| 1903 | W | John Willie | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1903 | D | Dan Hickey | Decision | 6 |
| 1903 | W | James J Walker | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1903 | W | Cyclone Kelly | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1903 | W | Billy Stift | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1902 | W | Barney Walsh | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1902 | W | Jack Beauscholte | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1902 | W | Kid Carter | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1902 | W | Johnny Gorman | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1902 | W | Jimmy Handler | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1902 | W | Billy Stift | Decision | 10 |
| 1902 | W | Mysterious Billy Smith | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1902 | W | Tim Draffin Murphy | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1902 | W | George Green | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1901 | L | George Green | DQ | 6 |
| 1901 | W | Bob Douglass | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1901 | W | Tommy West | KO/TKO | 17 |
| 1901 | W | Jim Judge | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1901 | W | Jack Beauscholte | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | W | Kid Carter | Decision | 6 |
| 1900 | W | Geoff Thorne | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1900 | D | Jack Root | Decision | 6 |
| 1900 | W | Young Mahoney | Decision | 6 |
| 1900 | D | Charles Kid McCoy | Decision | 6 |
| 1900 | W | George Lawler | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1899 | W | Frank Craig | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1899 | W | Jack Moffat | Decision | 20 |
| 1899 | W | Billy Stift | Decision | 20 |
| 1899 | W | Frank Neal | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1899 | W | Paddy Purtell | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1899 | W | Charley Johnson | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1898 | W | Dick O'Brien | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1898 | N | Tommy West | — | 6 |
| 1898 | W | Johnny Gorman | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1898 | W | Jack Bonner | — | 6 |
| 1898 | W | George Green | KO/TKO | 18 |
| 1897 | W | Bill Heffernan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1897 | W | Billy Stift | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1897 | W | Australian Jim Ryan | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1897 | D | Charles Kid McCoy | Decision | 5 |
| 1897 | W | Tom Williams | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1897 | W | Patsy Raedy | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1897 | W | Paddy Gorman | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1897 | W | Tom Tracey | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1896 | W | Billy Payne | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1896 | W | Billy McCarthy | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1896 | W | Mysterious Billy Smith | DQ | 9 |
| 1896 | W | Dick Moore | Decision | 20 |
| 1896 | W | Billy (Shadow) Maber | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1896 | W | Joe Dunfee | KO/TKO | 6 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 101 recorded bouts.
13 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 292 welterweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Tommy Ryan on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-25. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.