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Clay Thomas vs Sonny Banks — record, stats and common opponents compared

Clay Thomas

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Sonny Banks

Clay Thomas (0-3 across 3 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.

Thomas

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Clay Thomas and Sonny Banks have met 1 time; Banks leads 1–0.

Clay Thomas and Sonny Banks have met 1 time; Banks leads 1–0.
Met1962Jan 27Series
Clay ThomasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny BanksFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thomas 1 · Banks 4 of 5 measurable rows
ThomasBanks
Record†
0-318-7 (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
3 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5
0.4
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
3
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
Clay Thomas: No date of birth
Sonny Banks: Died aged 24
Stance
Clay Thomas: Not recorded
Sonny Banks: Orthodox

Clay Thomas 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
Clay Thomas0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Clay Thomas: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas 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 — Clay Thomas 3, 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

Clay Thomas last boxed on Jan 22, 1968 — 21,462 days ago. Thomas had lost three straight.LLL

Terrell Jan 1960Banks Jan 1962Wepner Jan 19680.4 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 Clay Thomas and Sonny Banks ever fought each other?
Yes. Clay Thomas and Sonny Banks met once on January 27, 1962, and Sonny Banks won by KO.
The meeting

LJan 27, 1962 · Banks · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Banks?
Clay Thomas is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Thomas0–30%

Banks18–772%

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

Thomas0

Banks1477.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thomas and Banks have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Clay Thomas and Sonny Banks have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thomas and Banks?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Clay Thomas and 25 bouts tracked for Sonny Banks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thomas3bouts

Banks25bouts

How They Win ↓

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