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José Torres vs Wayne Thornton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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José Torres

Wayne Thornton

José Torres (41-3-1) and Wayne Thornton (1-6-1 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Torres

41

Wins29 KO · 71%

3

Losses

1

Draw45 tracked bouts

Thornton

Tracked record

1–6–1

counted from 8 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

Torres leads 1–0

José Torres and Wayne Thornton have met 1 time; Torres leads 1–0.

José Torres and Wayne Thornton have met 1 time; Torres leads 1–0.
Met1966May 21Series
José TorresFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Wayne ThorntonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Torres 5 · Thornton 1 of 6 measurable rows
TorresThornton
Record†
41-3-1 (edge)1-6-1
Win %0–100%
92.2% (edge)
18.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.73%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4
4 (edge)
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
45
8

† 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
José Torres: Died aged 72
Wayne Thornton: No date of birth
Stance
José Torres: Orthodox
Wayne Thornton: Not recorded

José Torres left, Wayne 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
José Torres41 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

José Torres: 41 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (71%) and 12 on the cards (29%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 71%12 on the cards 29%

Wayne Thornton1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Wayne Thornton: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 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 — José Torres 45, Wayne Thornton 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Torres better on 2

Torres

Opponent

Thornton

  • José Torres

    Win, TKO 9

    1965

    PastranoTorres better

    Wayne Thornton

    1–1–1 against

    Loss, MD

    1963

    Draw, MD

    1963

    Win, UD

    1963

  • José Torres

    Win, KO 1

    1964

    OlsonTorres better

    Wayne Thornton

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1964

    Loss, MD

    1964

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

José Torres has won two straight since back-to-back decision losses to Dick Tiger. Torres last boxed on Jul 14, 1969.WLLWW

Calderwood Oct 1966Tiger Dec 1966Tiger May 1967Dunlop Apr 1968Green Jul 19694 tracked bouts per year

Wayne Thornton last boxed on May 21, 1966 — 22,065 days ago. Thornton had lost six straight.LLLLL

Peralta Nov 1963Peralta Jan 1964Olson Mar 1964Olson Aug 1964Torres May 19662.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Torres and Wayne Thornton ever fought each other?
Yes. José Torres and Wayne Thornton met once on May 21, 1966, and José Torres won by UD.
The meeting

WMay 21, 1966 · Torres · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Torres or Thornton?
José Torres is 41-3-1 and Wayne Thornton is 1-6-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. José Torres has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Torres41–3–192.2%

Thornton1–6–118.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Torres or Thornton?
José Torres has 29 knockout wins and Wayne Thornton has 0. José Torres has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Torres2970.7%

Thornton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Torres and Thornton have any common opponents?
José Torres and Wayne Thornton share 2 common opponents: Willie Pastrano and Bobo Olson. José Torres fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Willie PastranoW1–1–1

Bobo OlsonWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Torres and Thornton?
This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for José Torres and 8 bouts tracked for Wayne Thornton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Torres45bouts

Thornton8bouts

How They Win ↓

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