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Clayton Hires vs Duane Thomas — record, stats and common opponents compared

Clayton Hires

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Duane Thomas

Clayton Hires (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Duane Thomas (31-3) 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.

Hires

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Thomas

31

Wins21 KO · 68%

3

Losses

0

Draws34 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

Thomas leads 1–0

Clayton Hires and Duane Thomas have met 1 time; Thomas leads 1–0.

Clayton Hires and Duane Thomas have met 1 time; Thomas leads 1–0.
Met1984Apr 19Series
Clayton HiresFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Duane ThomasFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Hires 0 · Thomas 6 of 6 measurable rows
HiresThomas
Record†
1-431-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
91.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
68% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 1.6
1.3
1.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
5
34

† 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
Clayton Hires: No height on file
Duane Thomas: 5′10″
Agenot held
Clayton Hires: No date of birth
Duane Thomas: Died aged 39
Stance
Clayton Hires: Not recorded
Duane Thomas: Orthodox

Clayton Hires left, Duane Thomas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Clayton Hires1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Clayton Hires: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Duane Thomas31 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Duane Thomas: 31 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (68%), 9 on the cards (29%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 68%9 on the cards 29%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Clayton Hires 5, Duane Thomas 34 — 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

Clayton Hires last boxed on Mar 28, 1988 — 14,086 days ago. Hires had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Sr. Apr 1984Thomas Apr 1984Brown Jun 1984Blocker Jul 1984Norris Mar 19881.3 tracked bouts per year

Duane Thomas has won two straight since losses to Lupe Aquino and Gianfranco Rosi. Thomas last boxed on Apr 8, 2000.WLLWW

Mugabi Dec 1986Aquino Jul 1987Rosi Jan 1988Covington Oct 1989Bruno Apr 20001.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Clayton Hires and Duane Thomas ever fought each other?
Yes. Clayton Hires and Duane Thomas met once on April 19, 1984, and Duane Thomas won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LApr 19, 1984 · Thomas · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hires or Thomas?
Clayton Hires is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Duane Thomas is 31-3. Duane Thomas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hires1–420%

Thomas31–391.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hires or Thomas?
Clayton Hires has 0 knockout wins and Duane Thomas has 21. Duane Thomas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hires0

Thomas2167.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hires and Thomas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Clayton Hires and Duane Thomas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hires and Thomas?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Clayton Hires and 34 bouts tracked for Duane Thomas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hires5bouts

Thomas34bouts

How They Win ↓

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