"Ok I give up. What does "Battles Won" mean?"

#PokemonGO: I've done a bunch of testing, googling and searched this sub and can't find a definitive answer. Here's what I do know:My 2400 Lapras has "BATTLES WON: 1" and I have no idea what caused it.The "battles won" tag carries from gym to gym even after he is knocked out and revived.Battles won is not a measure of winning fights against other pokemon while defending. Tested with a friend on another team and the counter did not increase.Battles won is not a measure of winning fights as an attacker.Doesn't appear to be winning against an attacker's final pokemon.Only thing left to test (which i have not been able to yet) is if someone loses their entire team to your one defender but that seems like an odd metric.If this has been answered, I apologize but I looked and couldn't find anything definitive.Questions:What the heck does it mean/measure?Can other players see it?Are there tangible benefits from having the "battles won" tag? via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2e5YR5R