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Billy Costello vs Charles Thomas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Costello

Charles Thomas

Billy Costello (40-2) and Charles Thomas (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) 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.

Costello

40

Wins23 KO · 58%

2

Losses

0

Draws42 tracked bouts

Thomas

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Costello leads 1–0

Billy Costello and Charles Thomas have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.

Billy Costello and Charles Thomas have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.
Met1981Jan 21Series
Billy CostelloFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Charles ThomasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Costello 4 · Thomas 1 of 5 measurable rows
CostelloThomas
Record†
40-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
95.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
57.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
57%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 42
42
1

† 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 Costello: 5′9″
Charles Thomas: No height on file
Reachnot held
Billy Costello: 71″
Charles Thomas: No reach on file
Agenot held
Billy Costello: Died aged 55
Charles Thomas: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Costello: Orthodox
Charles Thomas: Not recorded

Billy Costello left, Charles Thomas 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 Costello40 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

Billy Costello: 40 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (57%) and 17 on the cards (43%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 57%17 on the cards 43%

Charles Thomas0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Charles Thomas: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Costello 42, Charles Thomas 1 — 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 Costello has won nine straight, the most recent against Juan Laporte. Costello last boxed on Jun 18, 1999.WWWWW

Elkins Sep 1994Passero Apr 1995Scott May 1995Ladson Jan 1997Laporte Jun 19992.1 tracked bouts per year

Charles Thomas last boxed on Jan 21, 1981 — 16,706 days ago. Thomas had lost the most recent, to Billy Costello.L

Costello Jan 1981

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Costello and Charles Thomas ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Costello and Charles Thomas met once on January 21, 1981, and Billy Costello won by KO.
The meeting

WJan 21, 1981 · Costello · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Costello or Thomas?
Billy Costello is 40-2 and Charles Thomas is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Costello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Costello40–295.2%

Thomas0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Costello or Thomas?
Billy Costello has 23 knockout wins and Charles Thomas has 0. Billy Costello has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Costello2357.5%

Thomas0

The Numbers ↓
Do Costello and Thomas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Costello and Charles Thomas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Costello and Thomas?
This comparison is drawn from 42 bouts tracked for Billy Costello and 1 bout tracked for Charles Thomas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Costello42bouts

Thomas1bout

How They Win ↓

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