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Bobby Sands vs Tony Burton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bobby Sands

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Tony Burton

Bobby Sands (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) and Tony Burton (10-3-1) 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.

Sands

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Burton

10

Wins2 KO · 20%

3

Losses

1

Draw14 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

Sands leads 1–0

Bobby Sands and Tony Burton have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.

Bobby Sands and Tony Burton have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.
Met1959Feb 21Series
Bobby SandsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony BurtonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Sands 4 · Burton 1 of 5 measurable rows
SandsBurton
Record†
1-0 (edge)10-3-1
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
75%
Wins by knockoutmax 2
1
2 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
20%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—11.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 14
1
14

† 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
Bobby Sands: No height on file
Tony Burton: 6′0″
Agenot held
Bobby Sands: No date of birth
Tony Burton: Died aged 78
Stance
Bobby Sands: Not recorded
Tony Burton: Orthodox

Bobby Sands left, Tony Burton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bobby Sands1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Bobby Sands: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Tony Burton10 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Tony Burton: 10 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (20%) and 8 on the cards (80%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 20%8 on the cards 80%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobby Sands 1, Tony Burton 14 — 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

Bobby Sands last boxed on Feb 21, 1959 — 24,713 days ago. Sands had won once, the most recent against Tony Burton.W

Burton Feb 1959

Tony Burton has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Burton last boxed on Apr 4, 1959.WWWLL

Duncan Jun 1958Haynes Aug 1958Watson Dec 1958Sands Feb 1959Clark Apr 195911.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bobby Sands and Tony Burton ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Sands and Tony Burton met once on February 21, 1959, and Bobby Sands won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WFeb 21, 1959 · Sands · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sands or Burton?
Bobby Sands is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Burton is 10-3-1. Bobby Sands has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sands1–0100%

Burton10–3–175%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sands or Burton?
Bobby Sands has 1 knockout win and Tony Burton has 2. Tony Burton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sands1

Burton220%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sands and Burton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bobby Sands and Tony Burton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sands and Burton?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Bobby Sands and 14 bouts tracked for Tony Burton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sands1bout

Burton14bouts

How They Win ↓

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