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Joe Shelton vs Sonny Banks — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Shelton

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Sonny Banks

Joe Shelton (2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Sonny Banks (18-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Shelton

Tracked record

2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Banks

18

Wins14 KO · 78%

7

Losses

0

Draws25 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

Series level 1–1

Joe Shelton and Sonny Banks have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Joe Shelton and Sonny Banks have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1960Oct 111961Jun 6Series
Joe SheltonFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Sonny BanksFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultKOKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Shelton 2 · Banks 4 of 6 measurable rows
SheltonBanks
Record†
2-118-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
66.7%
72% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
2
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—77.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
78%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5
2
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
3
25

† 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

Agenot held
Joe Shelton: No date of birth
Sonny Banks: Died aged 24
Stance
Joe Shelton: Not recorded
Sonny Banks: Orthodox

Joe Shelton left, Sonny Banks right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Shelton2 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Joe Shelton: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

Sonny Banks18 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Sonny Banks: 18 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (78%) and 4 on the cards (22%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 78%4 on the cards 22%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Shelton 3, Sonny Banks 25 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Shelton

Opponent

Banks

  • Joe Shelton

    Win, KO

    1962

    HunsakerEven

    Sonny Banks

    Win, KO

    1961

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Joe Shelton last boxed on Apr 6, 1962 — 23,577 days ago. Shelton had won once since losing by stoppage to Sonny Banks.WLW

Banks Oct 1960Banks Jun 1961Hunsaker Apr 19622 tracked bouts per year

Sonny Banks has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Banks last boxed on May 10, 1965.LWWLL

Batts Nov 1963Batts Mar 1964Warner May 1964Williams Jul 1964Martin May 19655 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Shelton and Sonny Banks ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Shelton and Sonny Banks have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LJun 6, 1961 · Banks · KO

WOct 11, 1960 · Shelton · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shelton or Banks?
Joe Shelton is 2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sonny Banks is 18-7. Sonny Banks has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shelton2–166.7%

Banks18–772%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shelton or Banks?
Joe Shelton has 2 knockout wins and Sonny Banks has 14. Sonny Banks has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shelton2

Banks1477.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shelton and Banks have any common opponents?
Joe Shelton and Sonny Banks share 1 common opponent: Tunney Hunsaker. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Tunney HunsakerWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shelton and Banks?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Joe Shelton and 25 bouts tracked for Sonny Banks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shelton3bouts

Banks25bouts

How They Win ↓

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