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Billy "Chicken" Thompson vs Joey Maxim — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy "Chicken" Thompson

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Joey Maxim

Billy "Chicken" Thompson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Joey Maxim (83-29-4) 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

Maxim

83

Wins22 KO · 27%

29

Losses

4

Draws115 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

Maxim leads 1–0

Billy "Chicken" Thompson and Joey Maxim have met 1 time; Maxim leads 1–0.

Billy "Chicken" Thompson and Joey Maxim have met 1 time; Maxim leads 1–0.
Met1947Dec 8Series
Billy "Chicken" ThompsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joey MaximFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 1 · Maxim 4 of 5 measurable rows
ThompsonMaxim
Record†
0-183-29-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
73.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.51%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—26%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 115
1
115

† 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

Heightnot held
Billy "Chicken" Thompson: No height on file
Joey Maxim: 6′1″
Agenot held
Billy "Chicken" Thompson: No date of birth
Joey Maxim: Died aged 79
Stance
Billy "Chicken" Thompson: Not recorded
Joey Maxim: Orthodox

Billy "Chicken" Thompson left, Joey Maxim right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy "Chicken" Thompson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Billy "Chicken" Thompson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thompson yet.

Joey Maxim82 wins · from 115 tracked bouts

Joey Maxim: 82 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (26%) and 61 on the cards (74%). Counted from 115 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 26%61 on the cards 74%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy "Chicken" Thompson 1, Joey Maxim 115 — 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

Billy "Chicken" Thompson last boxed on Dec 8, 1947 — 28,820 days ago. Thompson had lost the most recent, to Joey Maxim.L

Maxim Dec 1947

Joey Maxim has lost six straight. Maxim last boxed on May 17, 1958.LLLLL

Machen May 1957Olson Jun 1957Neuhaus Apr 1958Bozzano Apr 1958Ritter May 19586.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy "Chicken" Thompson and Joey Maxim ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy "Chicken" Thompson and Joey Maxim met once on December 8, 1947, and Joey Maxim won by UD.
The meeting

LDec 8, 1947 · Maxim · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Maxim?
Billy "Chicken" Thompson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Joey Maxim is 83-29-4. Joey Maxim has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson0–10%

Maxim83–29–473.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Maxim?
Billy "Chicken" Thompson has 0 knockout wins and Joey Maxim has 22. Joey Maxim has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson0

Maxim2226.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Maxim have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy "Chicken" Thompson and Joey Maxim have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Maxim?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Billy "Chicken" Thompson and 115 bouts tracked for Joey Maxim. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson1bout

Maxim115bouts

How They Win ↓

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