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Cleveland Williams vs Dan Bolston — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

Dan Bolston

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Dan Bolston (0-0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Bolston

Tracked record

0–0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Cleveland Williams and Dan Bolston have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Cleveland Williams and Dan Bolston have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1949Nov 16Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Dan BolstonFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 3 · Bolston 1 of 4 measurable rows
WilliamsBolston
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)0-0-1
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 62
62 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
76%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
1

† 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
Cleveland Williams: 6′2″
Dan Bolston: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
Dan Bolston: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
Dan Bolston: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, Dan Bolston right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cleveland Williams82 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

Cleveland Williams: 82 tracked wins — 62 by KO/TKO (76%), 19 on the cards (23%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 97 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

62 by KO/TKO 76%19 on the cards 23%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Dan Bolston0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Dan Bolston: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bolston yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleveland Williams 97, Dan Bolston 1 — 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

Cleveland Williams has won three straight since losses to Jack O'Halloran and George Chuvalo. Williams last boxed on Oct 28, 1973.LLWWW

O'Halloran Sep 1971Chuvalo Nov 1971Daniels May 1972Mashburn Jul 1972Davila Oct 19733.9 tracked bouts per year

Dan Bolston last boxed on Nov 16, 1949 — 28,108 days ago. Bolston had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Cleveland Williams.D

Williams Nov 1949

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and Dan Bolston ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Dan Bolston met once on November 16, 1949, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DNov 16, 1949 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Bolston?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Dan Bolston is 0-0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Cleveland Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams82–13–285.6%

Bolston0–0–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Bolston?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Dan Bolston has 0. Cleveland Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams6275.6%

Bolston0

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Bolston have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cleveland Williams and Dan Bolston have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Bolston?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 1 bout tracked for Dan Bolston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Bolston1bout

How They Win ↓

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