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James Gaines vs Tony Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Gaines

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Tony Thompson

James Gaines (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Tony Thompson (40-7) 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.

Gaines

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Thompson

40

Wins27 KO · 68%

7

Losses

0

Draws47 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

Thompson leads 1–0

James Gaines and Tony Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

James Gaines and Tony Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met2003Mar 7Series
James GainesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ThompsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Gaines 1 · Thompson 4 of 5 measurable rows
GainesThompson
Record†
0-540-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—68%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.9
0.8
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
5
47

† 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
James Gaines: No height on file
Tony Thompson: 6′5″
Reachnot held
James Gaines: No reach on file
Tony Thompson: 81″
Agenot held
James Gaines: No date of birth
Tony Thompson: 55
Stance
James Gaines: Not recorded
Tony Thompson: Southpaw

James Gaines left, Tony Thompson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
James Gaines0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

James Gaines: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gaines yet.

Tony Thompson40 wins · from 47 tracked bouts

Tony Thompson: 40 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (68%), 12 on the cards (30%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 47 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 68%12 on the cards 30%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Gaines 5, Tony Thompson 47 — 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

James Gaines last boxed on Mar 7, 2003 — 8,628 days ago. Gaines had lost five straight.LLLLL

Sullivan Jul 1996Donald Dec 1996Sanders Feb 1998Valuev Jun 1998Thompson Mar 20030.8 tracked bouts per year

Tony Thompson last boxed on Mar 5, 2016 — 3,881 days ago. Thompson had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Solís Mar 2014Takam Jun 2014Solís Feb 2015Scott Oct 2015Ortiz Mar 20162.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Gaines and Tony Thompson ever fought each other?
Yes. James Gaines and Tony Thompson met once on March 7, 2003, and Tony Thompson won by TKO.
The meeting

LMar 7, 2003 · Thompson · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gaines or Thompson?
James Gaines is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Thompson is 40-7. Tony Thompson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gaines0–50%

Thompson40–785.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gaines or Thompson?
James Gaines has 0 knockout wins and Tony Thompson has 27. Tony Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gaines0

Thompson2767.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gaines and Thompson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Gaines and Tony Thompson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gaines and Thompson?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for James Gaines and 47 bouts tracked for Tony Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gaines5bouts

Thompson47bouts

How They Win ↓

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