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Bill Thompson vs Bruce Strauss — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Thompson

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Bruce Strauss

Bill Thompson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Bruce Strauss (77-53-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Thompson

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Strauss

77

Wins55 KO · 71%

53

Losses

5

Draws136 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

Strauss leads 1–0

Bill Thompson and Bruce Strauss have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.

Bill Thompson and Bruce Strauss have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.
Met1978Nov 29Series
Bill ThompsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Bruce StraussFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 1 · Strauss 3 of 4 measurable rows
ThompsonStrauss
Record†
0-177-53-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
58.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 55
0
55 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 28
1 (edge)
28
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—10.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
1
136

† 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

Agenot held
Bill Thompson: No date of birth
Bruce Strauss: 74
Stance
Bill Thompson: Not recorded
Bruce Strauss: Orthodox

Bill Thompson left, Bruce Strauss right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Thompson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Bill Thompson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thompson yet.

Bruce Strauss77 wins · from 136 tracked bouts

Bruce Strauss: 77 tracked wins — 55 by KO/TKO (71%) and 22 on the cards (29%). Counted from 136 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

55 by KO/TKO 71%22 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Thompson 1, Bruce Strauss 136 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bill Thompson last boxed on Nov 29, 1978 — 17,505 days ago. Thompson had lost the most recent, to Bruce Strauss.L

Strauss Nov 1978

Bruce Strauss last boxed on Oct 24, 1989 — 13,523 days ago. Strauss had won three straight since losses to Wayne Grant and Harry Arroyo.LLWWW

Grant Aug 1988Arroyo Jan 1989Stern Mar 1989Reynolds May 1989Jesmer Oct 198910.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Thompson and Bruce Strauss ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Thompson and Bruce Strauss met once on November 29, 1978, and Bruce Strauss won by TKO.
The meeting

LNov 29, 1978 · Strauss · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Strauss?
Bill Thompson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Bruce Strauss is 77-53-5. Bruce Strauss has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson0–10%

Strauss77–53–558.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Strauss?
Bill Thompson has 0 knockout wins and Bruce Strauss has 55. Bruce Strauss has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson0

Strauss5571.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Strauss have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Thompson and Bruce Strauss have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Strauss?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Bill Thompson and 136 bouts tracked for Bruce Strauss. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson1bout

Strauss136bouts

How They Win ↓

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