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Pete Rademacher vs Tommy Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Pete Rademacher

Tommy Thompson

Pete Rademacher (15-7-1) and Tommy Thompson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Rademacher

15

Wins8 KO · 53%

7

Losses

1

Draw23 tracked bouts

Thompson

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Rademacher leads 1–0

Pete Rademacher and Tommy Thompson have met 1 time; Rademacher leads 1–0.

Pete Rademacher and Tommy Thompson have met 1 time; Rademacher leads 1–0.
Met1959Aug 23Series
Pete RademacherFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy ThompsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR51Meeting

The Numbers

Rademacher 4 · Thompson 1 of 5 measurable rows
RademacherThompson
Record†
15-7-1 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
67.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 8
8 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
53.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
53%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5
5 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
23
3

† 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
Pete Rademacher: 6′2″
Tommy Thompson: No height on file
Reachnot held
Pete Rademacher: 77″
Tommy Thompson: No reach on file
Agenot held
Pete Rademacher: Died aged 91
Tommy Thompson: No date of birth
Stance
Pete Rademacher: Orthodox
Tommy Thompson: Not recorded

Pete Rademacher left, Tommy Thompson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Pete Rademacher15 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Pete Rademacher: 15 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (53%) and 7 on the cards (47%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 53%7 on the cards 47%

Tommy Thompson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Tommy Thompson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thompson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Pete Rademacher 23, Tommy Thompson 3 — 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

Pete Rademacher has won once since losing a decision to Karl Mildenberger. Rademacher last boxed on Apr 3, 1962.LLWLW

Logan Aug 1961Moore Oct 1961Turman Nov 1961Mildenberger Jan 1962Olson Apr 19625 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Thompson last boxed on Aug 20, 1966 — 21,978 days ago. Thompson had lost three straight.LLL

Pastrano Aug 1958Rademacher Aug 1959Legrá Aug 19660.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Pete Rademacher and Tommy Thompson ever fought each other?
Yes. Pete Rademacher and Tommy Thompson met once on August 23, 1959, and Pete Rademacher won by RTD in round 5.
The meeting

WAug 23, 1959 · Rademacher · RTD R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rademacher or Thompson?
Pete Rademacher is 15-7-1 and Tommy Thompson is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Pete Rademacher has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rademacher15–7–167.4%

Thompson0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rademacher or Thompson?
Pete Rademacher has 8 knockout wins and Tommy Thompson has 0. Pete Rademacher has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rademacher853.3%

Thompson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Rademacher and Thompson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Pete Rademacher and Tommy Thompson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rademacher and Thompson?
This comparison is drawn from 23 bouts tracked for Pete Rademacher and 3 bouts tracked for Tommy Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rademacher23bouts

Thompson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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