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Bobo Olson vs Sonny Ray — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bobo Olson

Sonny Ray

Bobo Olson (97-16-2) and Sonny Ray (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Olson

97

Wins47 KO · 48%

16

Losses

2

Draws115 tracked bouts

Ray

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts 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

Olson leads 1–0

Bobo Olson and Sonny Ray have met 1 time; Olson leads 1–0.

Bobo Olson and Sonny Ray have met 1 time; Olson leads 1–0.
Met1963Apr 30Series
Bobo OlsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sonny RayFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Olson 5 · Ray 1 of 6 measurable rows
OlsonRay
Record†
97-16-2 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
85.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 47
47 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.45%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.2
5.2 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 115
115
4

† 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
Bobo Olson: 5′10″
Sonny Ray: No height on file
Agenot held
Bobo Olson: Died aged 73
Sonny Ray: No date of birth
Stance
Bobo Olson: Orthodox
Sonny Ray: Not recorded

Bobo Olson left, Sonny Ray right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bobo Olson97 wins · from 115 tracked bouts

Bobo Olson: 97 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (47%) and 51 on the cards (53%). Counted from 115 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 47%51 on the cards 53%

Sonny Ray0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Sonny Ray: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ray yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobo Olson 115, Sonny Ray 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Olson better on 1

Olson

Opponent

Ray

  • Bobo Olson

    Draw, PTS

    1962

    RinaldiOlson better

    Sonny Ray

    Loss, PTS

    1961

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

Bobo Olson had won three in a row before losing a decision to Don Fullmer. Olson last boxed on Nov 28, 1966.LWWWL

Torres Nov 1964Kendall Jun 1965Roots Sep 1965Papa Jul 1966Fullmer Nov 19665.2 tracked bouts per year

Sonny Ray last boxed on Apr 30, 1963 — 23,182 days ago. Ray had lost four straight.LLLL

Johnson Nov 1959Pastrano Jun 1960Rinaldi Jan 1961Olson Apr 19631.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bobo Olson and Sonny Ray ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobo Olson and Sonny Ray met once on April 30, 1963, and Bobo Olson won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WApr 30, 1963 · Olson · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Olson or Ray?
Bobo Olson is 97-16-2 and Sonny Ray is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bobo Olson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Olson97–16–285.2%

Ray0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Olson or Ray?
Bobo Olson has 47 knockout wins and Sonny Ray has 0. Bobo Olson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Olson4748.5%

Ray0

The Numbers ↓
Do Olson and Ray have any common opponents?
Bobo Olson and Sonny Ray share 1 common opponent: Giulio Rinaldi. Bobo Olson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Giulio RinaldiDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Olson and Ray?
This comparison is drawn from 115 bouts tracked for Bobo Olson and 4 bouts tracked for Sonny Ray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Olson115bouts

Ray4bouts

How They Win ↓

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