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Ernest Jackson vs Tony Thornton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ernest Jackson

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Tony Thornton

Ernest Jackson (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Tony Thornton (37-7-1) 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.

Jackson

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Thornton

37

Wins26 KO · 70%

7

Losses

1

Draw45 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

Thornton leads 1–0

Ernest Jackson and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.

Ernest Jackson and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.
Met1986May 16Series
Ernest JacksonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ThorntonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Jackson 1 · Thornton 4 of 5 measurable rows
JacksonThornton
Record†
0-2-137-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
83.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
0
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
0.5
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
3
45

† 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
Ernest Jackson: No height on file
Tony Thornton: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Ernest Jackson: No reach on file
Tony Thornton: 71″
Agenot held
Ernest Jackson: No date of birth
Tony Thornton: Died aged 49
Stance
Ernest Jackson: Not recorded
Tony Thornton: Orthodox

Ernest Jackson left, Tony Thornton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ernest Jackson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ernest Jackson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jackson yet.

Tony Thornton37 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Tony Thornton: 37 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (70%) and 11 on the cards (30%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 70%11 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernest Jackson 3, Tony Thornton 45 — 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

Ernest Jackson last boxed on May 16, 1986 — 14,768 days ago. Jackson had lost two straight.DLL

Hinton Oct 1980Blocker Oct 1983Thornton May 19860.5 tracked bouts per year

Tony Thornton had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Roy Jones Jr.. Thornton last boxed on Sep 30, 1995.WLWWL

Ball Sep 1993Toney Oct 1993Morgan Dec 1994Zenner Jan 1995Jr. Sep 19953.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ernest Jackson and Tony Thornton ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernest Jackson and Tony Thornton met once on May 16, 1986, and Tony Thornton won by KO.
The meeting

LMay 16, 1986 · Thornton · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jackson or Thornton?
Ernest Jackson is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Thornton is 37-7-1. Tony Thornton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jackson0–2–116.7%

Thornton37–7–183.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jackson or Thornton?
Ernest Jackson has 0 knockout wins and Tony Thornton has 26. Tony Thornton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jackson0

Thornton2670.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jackson and Thornton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ernest Jackson and Tony Thornton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jackson and Thornton?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ernest Jackson and 45 bouts tracked for Tony Thornton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jackson3bouts

Thornton45bouts

How They Win ↓

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