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Paul Bonson vs Tony Bellew — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Paul Bonson

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Tony Bellew

Paul Bonson (0-21-1 across 22 tracked bouts) and Tony Bellew (30-3-1) 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.

Bonson

Tracked record

0–21–1

counted from 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bellew

30

Wins20 KO · 67%

3

Losses

1

Draw35 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

Bellew leads 1–0

Paul Bonson and Tony Bellew have met 1 time; Bellew leads 1–0.

Paul Bonson and Tony Bellew have met 1 time; Bellew leads 1–0.
Met2008Apr 5Series
Paul BonsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony BellewFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bonson 1 · Bellew 5 of 6 measurable rows
BonsonBellew
Record†
0-21-130-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
2.3%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—65%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
2
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
22
35

† 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
Paul Bonson: No height on file
Tony Bellew: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Paul Bonson: No reach on file
Tony Bellew: 74″
Age12 yrs apart
Paul Bonson: 55
Tony Bellew: 43
Stance
Paul Bonson: Not recorded
Tony Bellew: Orthodox

Paul Bonson left, Tony Bellew right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Paul Bonson0 wins · from 22 tracked bouts

Paul Bonson: no tracked wins in the 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bonson yet.

Tony Bellew31 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Tony Bellew: 31 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (65%) and 11 on the cards (35%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 65%11 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Paul Bonson 22, Tony Bellew 35 — 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

Paul Bonson last boxed on Nov 22, 2008 — 6,549 days ago. Bonson had lost two straight.LLDLL

Sexton Sep 2005Bellew Apr 2008Simpson Oct 2008Dickinson Nov 2008Askin Nov 20082 tracked bouts per year

Tony Bellew last boxed on Nov 10, 2018 — 2,909 days ago. Bellew had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Oleksandr Usyk.WWWWL

Makabu May 2016Flores Oct 2016Haye Mar 2017Haye May 2018Usyk Nov 20183.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Paul Bonson and Tony Bellew ever fought each other?
Yes. Paul Bonson and Tony Bellew met once on April 5, 2008, and Tony Bellew won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 5, 2008 · Bellew · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bonson or Bellew?
Paul Bonson is 0-21-1 across the 22 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Bellew is 30-3-1. Tony Bellew has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bonson0–21–12.3%

Bellew30–3–189.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bonson or Bellew?
Paul Bonson has 0 knockout wins and Tony Bellew has 20. Tony Bellew has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bonson0

Bellew2066.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bonson and Bellew have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Paul Bonson and Tony Bellew have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bonson and Bellew?
This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Paul Bonson and 35 bouts tracked for Tony Bellew. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bonson22bouts

Bellew35bouts

How They Win ↓

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