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Frank Tate vs William Clayton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Frank Tate

William Clayton

Frank Tate (41-5) and William Clayton (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) 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.

Tate

41

Wins24 KO · 59%

5

Losses

0

Draws46 tracked bouts

Clayton

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts 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

Tate leads 1–0

Frank Tate and William Clayton have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.

Frank Tate and William Clayton have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.
Met1990May 5Series
Frank TateFighter AWWon1–0W–L
William ClaytonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Tate 7 · Clayton 0 of 7 measurable rows
TateClayton
Record†
41-5 (edge)1-6
Win %0–100%
89.1% (edge)
14.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.54%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
59% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
7

† 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
Frank Tate: 6′0″
William Clayton: No height on file
Reachnot held
Frank Tate: 72″
William Clayton: No reach on file
Agenot held
Frank Tate: 62
William Clayton: No date of birth
Stance
Frank Tate: Orthodox
William Clayton: Not recorded

Frank Tate left, William Clayton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Frank Tate41 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Frank Tate: 41 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (59%) and 17 on the cards (41%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 59%17 on the cards 41%

William Clayton1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

William Clayton: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Frank Tate 46, William Clayton 7 — 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

Frank Tate last boxed on Oct 9, 1998 — 10,238 days ago. Tate had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to David Telesco.WWWWL

Butler Jun 1997Nieroba Aug 1997Gamez May 1998Hughes Jul 1998Telesco Oct 19983.3 tracked bouts per year

William Clayton last boxed on Jan 26, 1996 — 11,225 days ago. Clayton had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Montell Griffin.LLLWL

Liles Aug 1989Tate May 1990Uusivirta Aug 1990McKart Feb 1993Griffin Jan 19960.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Frank Tate and William Clayton ever fought each other?
Yes. Frank Tate and William Clayton met once on May 5, 1990, and Frank Tate won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WMay 5, 1990 · Tate · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tate or Clayton?
Frank Tate is 41-5 and William Clayton is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Frank Tate has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tate41–589.1%

Clayton1–614.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tate or Clayton?
Frank Tate has 24 knockout wins and William Clayton has 0. Frank Tate has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tate2458.5%

Clayton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tate and Clayton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Frank Tate and William Clayton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tate and Clayton?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Frank Tate and 7 bouts tracked for William Clayton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tate46bouts

Clayton7bouts

How They Win ↓

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