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Donnie Penelton vs Thomas Hayes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Donnie Penelton

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Thomas Hayes

Donnie Penelton (3-23 across 26 tracked bouts) and Thomas Hayes (27-2) 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.

Penelton

Tracked record

3–23

counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Hayes

27

Wins18 KO · 67%

2

Losses

0

Draws29 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

Hayes leads 1–0

Donnie Penelton and Thomas Hayes have met 1 time; Hayes leads 1–0.

Donnie Penelton and Thomas Hayes have met 1 time; Hayes leads 1–0.
Met2004Nov 12Series
Donnie PeneltonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas HayesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Penelton 0 · Hayes 6 of 6 measurable rows
PeneltonHayes
Record†
3-2327-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
11.5%
93.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
1
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
67% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
2.1
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 29
26
29

† 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
Donnie Penelton: No height on file
Thomas Hayes: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Donnie Penelton: No reach on file
Thomas Hayes: 72″
Agenot held
Donnie Penelton: No date of birth
Thomas Hayes: Died aged 43
Stance
Donnie Penelton: Not recorded
Thomas Hayes: Orthodox

Donnie Penelton left, Thomas Hayes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Donnie Penelton3 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

Donnie Penelton: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

Thomas Hayes27 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Thomas Hayes: 27 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (67%) and 9 on the cards (33%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 67%9 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Donnie Penelton 26, Thomas Hayes 29 — 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

Donnie Penelton last boxed on Jun 18, 2005 — 7,798 days ago. Penelton had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Booker Sep 2002Lytle Oct 2002Bonsante Mar 2003Hayes Nov 2004Pascal Jun 20052.1 tracked bouts per year

Thomas Hayes has won once since losing by stoppage to Chris Arreola. Hayes last boxed on Jul 15, 2011.WWWLW

Gonzalez Feb 2006Sheppard Jun 2006Franklin Dec 2006Arreola Sep 2007Craig Jul 20113.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Donnie Penelton and Thomas Hayes ever fought each other?
Yes. Donnie Penelton and Thomas Hayes met once on November 12, 2004, and Thomas Hayes won by TKO.
The meeting

LNov 12, 2004 · Hayes · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Penelton or Hayes?
Donnie Penelton is 3-23 across the 26 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thomas Hayes is 27-2. Thomas Hayes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Penelton3–2311.5%

Hayes27–293.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Penelton or Hayes?
Donnie Penelton has 1 knockout win and Thomas Hayes has 18. Thomas Hayes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Penelton1

Hayes1866.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Penelton and Hayes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Donnie Penelton and Thomas Hayes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Penelton and Hayes?
This comparison is drawn from 26 bouts tracked for Donnie Penelton and 29 bouts tracked for Thomas Hayes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Penelton26bouts

Hayes29bouts

How They Win ↓

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