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Marlon Thomas vs Vernon Forrest — record, stats and common opponents compared

Marlon Thomas

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Vernon Forrest

Marlon Thomas (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Vernon Forrest (41-3) 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.

Thomas

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Forrest

41

Wins29 KO · 71%

3

Losses

0

Draws45 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

Forrest leads 1–0

Marlon Thomas and Vernon Forrest have met 1 time; Forrest leads 1–0.

Marlon Thomas and Vernon Forrest have met 1 time; Forrest leads 1–0.
Met1995Nov 28Series
Marlon ThomasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Vernon ForrestFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thomas 1 · Forrest 5 of 6 measurable rows
ThomasForrest
Record†
0-341-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
0.3
2.8 (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

Reachnot held
Marlon Thomas: No reach on file
Vernon Forrest: 72″
Agenot held
Marlon Thomas: No date of birth
Vernon Forrest: Died aged 38
Stance
Marlon Thomas: Not recorded
Vernon Forrest: Orthodox

Marlon Thomas left, Vernon Forrest right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Marlon Thomas0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Marlon Thomas: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

Vernon Forrest41 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Vernon Forrest: 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%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marlon Thomas 3, Vernon Forrest 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

Marlon Thomas last boxed on Oct 21, 2005 — 7,668 days ago. Thomas had lost three straight.LLL

Forrest Nov 1995Galloway Jan 2002Clottey Oct 20050.3 tracked bouts per year

Vernon Forrest has won once since losing a decision to Sergio Mora. Forrest last boxed on Sep 13, 2008.WWWLW

Quartey Aug 2006Baldomir Jul 2007Piccirillo Dec 2007Mora Jun 2008Mora Sep 20082.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marlon Thomas and Vernon Forrest ever fought each other?
Yes. Marlon Thomas and Vernon Forrest met once on November 28, 1995, and Vernon Forrest won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 28, 1995 · Forrest · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Forrest?
Marlon Thomas is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Vernon Forrest is 41-3. Vernon Forrest has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thomas0–30%

Forrest41–393.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thomas or Forrest?
Marlon Thomas has 0 knockout wins and Vernon Forrest has 29. Vernon Forrest has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thomas0

Forrest2970.7%

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

Thomas3bouts

Forrest45bouts

How They Win ↓

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