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Billy Thornton vs Sugar Ray Robinson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Thornton

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Billy Thornton (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Sugar Ray Robinson (174-19-6) 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.

Thornton

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Robinson

174

Wins109 KO · 63%

19

Losses

6

Draws202 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

Robinson leads 1–0

Billy Thornton and Sugar Ray Robinson have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.

Billy Thornton and Sugar Ray Robinson have met 1 time; Robinson leads 1–0.
Met1963Mar 11Series
Billy ThorntonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sugar Ray RobinsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Thornton 0 · Robinson 4 of 4 measurable rows
ThorntonRobinson
Record†
0-1174-19-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 109
0
109 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.64%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 12
0
12 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 202
1
202

† 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 Thornton: No height on file
Sugar Ray Robinson: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Billy Thornton: No reach on file
Sugar Ray Robinson: 72″
Agenot held
Billy Thornton: No date of birth
Sugar Ray Robinson: Died aged 67
Stance
Billy Thornton: Not recorded
Sugar Ray Robinson: Orthodox

Billy Thornton left, Sugar Ray Robinson 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 Thornton0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Billy Thornton: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thornton yet.

Sugar Ray Robinson175 wins · from 202 tracked bouts

Sugar Ray Robinson: 175 tracked wins — 110 by KO/TKO (63%) and 65 on the cards (37%). Counted from 202 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

110 by KO/TKO 63%65 on the cards 37%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Thornton 1, Sugar Ray Robinson 202 — 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 Thornton last boxed on Mar 11, 1963 — 23,239 days ago. Thornton had lost the most recent, to Sugar Ray Robinson.L

Robinson Mar 1963

Sugar Ray Robinson had won three in a row before losing a decision to Joey Archer. Robinson last boxed on Nov 10, 1965.NCWWWL

Morrison Sep 1965McCullough Sep 1965Schmidt Oct 1965Bent Oct 1965Archer Nov 19658 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Thornton and Sugar Ray Robinson ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Thornton and Sugar Ray Robinson met once on March 11, 1963, and Sugar Ray Robinson won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LMar 11, 1963 · Robinson · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thornton or Robinson?
Billy Thornton is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Sugar Ray Robinson is 174-19-6. Sugar Ray Robinson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thornton0–10%

Robinson174–19–688.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thornton or Robinson?
Billy Thornton has 0 knockout wins and Sugar Ray Robinson has 109. Sugar Ray Robinson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thornton0

Robinson10962.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thornton and Robinson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Thornton and Sugar Ray Robinson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thornton and Robinson?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Billy Thornton and 202 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Robinson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thornton1bout

Robinson202bouts

How They Win ↓

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