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Billy Thomas vs James Tillis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Thomas

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

James Tillis

Billy Thomas (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and James Tillis (42-22-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Thomas

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tillis

42

Wins31 KO · 74%

22

Losses

1

Draw66 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

Tillis leads 1–0

Billy Thomas and James Tillis have met 1 time; Tillis leads 1–0.

Billy Thomas and James Tillis have met 1 time; Tillis leads 1–0.
Met1984Jul 10Series
Billy ThomasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
James TillisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thomas 1 · Tillis 4 of 5 measurable rows
ThomasTillis
Record†
0-4-142-22-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
65.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—73.81%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—74%
Times stopped‡max 11
4 (edge)
11
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.9
0.1
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
5
66

† 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 Thomas: No height on file
James Tillis: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Billy Thomas: No reach on file
James Tillis: 80″
Agenot held
Billy Thomas: No date of birth
James Tillis: 69
Stance
Billy Thomas: Not recorded
James Tillis: Orthodox

Billy Thomas left, James Tillis 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 Thomas0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Billy Thomas: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

James Tillis42 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

James Tillis: 42 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (74%) and 11 on the cards (26%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 74%11 on the cards 26%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Thomas 5, James Tillis 66 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Tillis better on 1 · even on 1

Thomas

Opponent

Tillis

  • Billy Thomas

    Loss, TKO 7

    1984

    WeaverEven

    James Tillis

    Loss, UD

    1981

  • Billy Thomas

    Loss, KO 5

    1982

    ShaversTillis better

    James Tillis

    Win, UD

    1982

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Thomas last boxed on Sep 4, 1987 — 14,296 days ago. Thomas had lost four straight.DLLLL

Freeman Mar 1934Shavers Jun 1982Tillis Jul 1984Weaver Aug 1984Norris Sep 19870.1 tracked bouts per year

James Tillis last boxed on Apr 13, 2001 — 9,325 days ago. Tillis had lost three straight, after one straight win.NCWLLL

Hinton Dec 1995Payne Jun 1996Couser Aug 1996Puller Oct 1999Calloway Apr 20012.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Thomas and James Tillis ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Thomas and James Tillis met once on July 10, 1984, and James Tillis won by KO.
The meeting

LJul 10, 1984 · Tillis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Tillis?
Billy Thomas is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and James Tillis is 42-22-1. James Tillis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thomas0–4–110%

Tillis42–22–165.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thomas or Tillis?
Billy Thomas has 0 knockout wins and James Tillis has 31. James Tillis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thomas0

Tillis3173.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thomas and Tillis have any common opponents?
Billy Thomas and James Tillis share 2 common opponents: Mike Weaver and Earnie Shavers. James Tillis fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Mike WeaverLL

Earnie ShaversLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thomas and Tillis?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Billy Thomas and 66 bouts tracked for James Tillis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thomas5bouts

Tillis66bouts

How They Win ↓

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