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Chico Gardner vs Sonny Banks — record, stats and common opponents compared

Chico Gardner

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Sonny Banks

Chico Gardner (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Sonny Banks (18-7) 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.

Gardner

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Banks

18

Wins14 KO · 78%

7

Losses

0

Draws25 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

Banks leads 1–0

Chico Gardner and Sonny Banks have met 1 time; Banks leads 1–0.

Chico Gardner and Sonny Banks have met 1 time; Banks leads 1–0.
Met1960Aug 31Series
Chico GardnerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny BanksFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Gardner 1 · Banks 4 of 5 measurable rows
GardnerBanks
Record†
0-218-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
72% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
0
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—77.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—78%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5
0.8
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
2
25

† 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

Agenot held
Chico Gardner: No date of birth
Sonny Banks: Died aged 24
Stance
Chico Gardner: Not recorded
Sonny Banks: Orthodox

Chico Gardner left, Sonny Banks right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Chico Gardner0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Chico Gardner: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gardner yet.

Sonny Banks18 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Sonny Banks: 18 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (78%) and 4 on the cards (22%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 78%4 on the cards 22%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Chico Gardner 2, Sonny Banks 25 — 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

Chico Gardner last boxed on Apr 29, 1963 — 23,186 days ago. Gardner had lost two straight.LL

Banks Aug 1960Chuvalo Apr 19630.8 tracked bouts per year

Sonny Banks has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Banks last boxed on May 10, 1965.LWWLL

Batts Nov 1963Batts Mar 1964Warner May 1964Williams Jul 1964Martin May 19655 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Chico Gardner and Sonny Banks ever fought each other?
Yes. Chico Gardner and Sonny Banks met once on August 31, 1960, and Sonny Banks won by KO.
The meeting

LAug 31, 1960 · Banks · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gardner or Banks?
Chico Gardner is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sonny Banks is 18-7. Sonny Banks has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gardner0–20%

Banks18–772%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gardner or Banks?
Chico Gardner has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Banks has 14. Sonny Banks has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gardner0

Banks1477.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gardner and Banks have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Chico Gardner and Sonny Banks have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gardner and Banks?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Chico Gardner and 25 bouts tracked for Sonny Banks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gardner2bouts

Banks25bouts

How They Win ↓

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