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.
Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Wayne Bethea (2-7 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Cleveland Williams vs Wayne Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Cleveland Williams leads 1–0- Cleveland Williams wonWilliams vs BetheaFeb 7, 1961 · UD
The Numbers
- 82-13-2 (edge)
- Record
- 2-7
- 85.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 22.2%
- 62 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 75.61%
- KO rate
- —
- 76% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 9
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.3
- 98
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′2″ (188 cm)
- Height
- —
- 78″ (198 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 93
- Age
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCleveland Williams · 82 wins
KO/TKO
62
Decision
19
Other
1
Wayne Bethea · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (98 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Cleveland Williams
WWWLL
W3 streak · last fought Oct 28, 1973
Wayne Bethea
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Jul 6, 1963
Common Questions
- Have Cleveland Williams and Wayne Bethea ever fought each other?
- Yes. Cleveland Williams and Wayne Bethea met once on February 7, 1961, and Cleveland Williams won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Cleveland Williams or Wayne Bethea?
- Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Wayne Bethea is 2-7 across the 9 bouts 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Cleveland Williams or Wayne Bethea?
- Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Wayne Bethea has 0. Cleveland Williams has more.
- Do Cleveland Williams and Wayne Bethea have any common opponents?
- Cleveland Williams and Wayne Bethea share 2 common opponents: Ernie Terrell and Sonny Liston. Wayne Bethea fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cleveland Williams and Wayne Bethea?
- This comparison is drawn from 98 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 9 bouts tracked for Wayne Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.