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Jerry Holly vs Tony Thornton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jerry Holly

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Tony Thornton

Jerry Holly (0-3 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.

Holly

Tracked record

0–3

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

Jerry Holly and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.

Jerry Holly and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.
Met1988Jul 28Series
Jerry HollyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ThorntonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Holly 1 · Thornton 4 of 5 measurable rows
HollyThornton
Record†
0-337-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
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
0.4
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
Jerry Holly: No height on file
Tony Thornton: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Jerry Holly: No reach on file
Tony Thornton: 71″
Agenot held
Jerry Holly: No date of birth
Tony Thornton: Died aged 49
Stance
Jerry Holly: Not recorded
Tony Thornton: Orthodox

Jerry Holly 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
Jerry Holly0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jerry Holly: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Holly 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 — Jerry Holly 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

Jerry Holly last boxed on Jul 28, 1988 — 13,967 days ago. Holly had lost three straight.LLL

Jackson Oct 1981Shuler Jul 1985Thornton Jul 19880.4 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 Jerry Holly and Tony Thornton ever fought each other?
Yes. Jerry Holly and Tony Thornton met once on July 28, 1988, and Tony Thornton won by KO.
The meeting

LJul 28, 1988 · Thornton · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Holly or Thornton?
Jerry Holly is 0-3 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 %

Holly0–30%

Thornton37–7–183.3%

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

Holly0

Thornton2670.3%

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

Holly3bouts

Thornton45bouts

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Jerry Holly vs Tony Thornton — Records, Stats & Common Opponents