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Buster Drayton vs Thomas Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Drayton

Thomas Smith

Buster Drayton (40-15-1) and Thomas Smith (0-5 across 5 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.

Drayton

40

Wins28 KO · 70%

15

Losses

1

Draw57 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Drayton leads 1–0

Buster Drayton and Thomas Smith have met 1 time; Drayton leads 1–0.

Buster Drayton and Thomas Smith have met 1 time; Drayton leads 1–0.
Met1985Feb 14Series
Buster DraytonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Thomas SmithFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Drayton 5 · Smith 1 of 6 measurable rows
DraytonSmith
Record†
40-15-1 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
72.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
5

† 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
Buster Drayton: 5′11″
Thomas Smith: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Drayton: 74″
Thomas Smith: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Drayton: Died aged 68
Thomas Smith: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Drayton: Orthodox
Thomas Smith: Not recorded

Buster Drayton left, Thomas Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buster Drayton40 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Buster Drayton: 40 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (70%) and 12 on the cards (30%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 70%12 on the cards 30%

Thomas Smith0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

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

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Drayton 57, Thomas Smith 5 — 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

Buster Drayton had won four in a row before losing a decision to Derrick Rolon. Drayton last boxed on Jun 10, 1995.WWWWL

Cole Jun 1992Smith Nov 1992Harris Aug 1993Vera Nov 1994Rolon Jun 19953.4 tracked bouts per year

Thomas Smith last boxed on Sep 29, 2017 — 3,308 days ago. Smith had lost five straight.LLLLL

Drayton Feb 1985Tate Aug 1985Pyatt May 1986Balderas Apr 2017Vazquez Sep 20170.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Drayton and Thomas Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Drayton and Thomas Smith met once on February 14, 1985, and Buster Drayton won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 14, 1985 · Drayton · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Drayton or Smith?
Buster Drayton is 40-15-1 and Thomas Smith is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Drayton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Drayton40–15–172.3%

Smith0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Drayton or Smith?
Buster Drayton has 28 knockout wins and Thomas Smith has 0. Buster Drayton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Drayton2870%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Drayton and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Drayton and Thomas Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Drayton and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Buster Drayton and 5 bouts tracked for Thomas Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Drayton57bouts

Smith5bouts

How They Win ↓

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