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Cecil Pettigrew vs Tony Thornton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cecil Pettigrew

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Tony Thornton

Cecil Pettigrew (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Tony Thornton (37-7-1) 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.

Pettigrew

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Thornton

37

Wins26 KO · 70%

7

Losses

1

Draw45 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

Thornton leads 1–0

Cecil Pettigrew and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.

Cecil Pettigrew and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.
Met1986Feb 7Series
Cecil PettigrewFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ThorntonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Pettigrew 0 · Thornton 6 of 6 measurable rows
PettigrewThornton
Record†
1-537-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
83.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
0
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
0.6
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
6
45

† 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
Cecil Pettigrew: No height on file
Tony Thornton: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Cecil Pettigrew: No reach on file
Tony Thornton: 71″
Agenot held
Cecil Pettigrew: No date of birth
Tony Thornton: Died aged 49
Stance
Cecil Pettigrew: Not recorded
Tony Thornton: Orthodox

Cecil Pettigrew left, Tony Thornton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cecil Pettigrew1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Cecil Pettigrew: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Tony Thornton37 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Tony Thornton: 37 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (70%) and 11 on the cards (30%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 70%11 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cecil Pettigrew 6, Tony Thornton 45 — 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

Cecil Pettigrew last boxed on Jul 22, 1994 — 11,781 days ago. Pettigrew had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Thornton Feb 1986Kalambay Dec 1986Moore Mar 1987Nunn Apr 1987Strickland Jul 19940.6 tracked bouts per year

Tony Thornton had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Roy Jones Jr.. Thornton last boxed on Sep 30, 1995.WLWWL

Ball Sep 1993Toney Oct 1993Morgan Dec 1994Zenner Jan 1995Jr. Sep 19953.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cecil Pettigrew and Tony Thornton ever fought each other?
Yes. Cecil Pettigrew and Tony Thornton met once on February 7, 1986, and Tony Thornton won by TKO.
The meeting

LFeb 7, 1986 · Thornton · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pettigrew or Thornton?
Cecil Pettigrew is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Thornton is 37-7-1. Tony Thornton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Pettigrew1–516.7%

Thornton37–7–183.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Pettigrew or Thornton?
Cecil Pettigrew has 0 knockout wins and Tony Thornton has 26. Tony Thornton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Pettigrew0

Thornton2670.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Pettigrew and Thornton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cecil Pettigrew and Tony Thornton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pettigrew and Thornton?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Cecil Pettigrew and 45 bouts tracked for Tony Thornton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pettigrew6bouts

Thornton45bouts

How They Win ↓

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