Tommy Ryan

Tommy Ryan
Data
Birth Name	Joseph Youngs
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	US-american
birthday	March 31, 1870
place of birth	Redwood (New York)
Date of death	August 3, 1948
Place of death	Van Nuys
style	Left delivery
size	1.71 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	113
Victories	88
Knockout victories	70
Defeats	4th
draw	10
No value	11

Tommy Ryan (born March 31, 1870 in Redwood (New York) as Joseph Youngs , † August 3, 1948 in Van Nuys ) was an American boxer and trainer.

Career

Ryan turned pro in lightweight bare knuckle boxing in 1887 .

In 1893 he began a series of five welterweight fights (plus an exhibition match) with "Mysterious" Billy Smith . The first two fights ended in a draw. The third, hero in Minneapolis, was a battle for Smith's world welterweight title. After twenty rounds the fight was stopped by the police. Ryan, who was leading on points at the time, was declared the winner and new world champion.

He beat "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey prematurely, but then lost to his intimate enemy and ex-sparring partner Charles McCoy .

From 1898 he boxed middleweight where he also won the world title and held it until his retirement in 1907, which is a record to this day.

In 1991 Ryan was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Web links

• Tommy Ryan in the BoxRec database
• Cyber ​​boxing balance sheet