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Sonny Banks vs Willie Coleman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sonny Banks

Willie Coleman

Sonny Banks (18-7) and Willie Coleman (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.

Banks

18

Wins14 KO · 78%

7

Losses

0

Draws25 tracked bouts

Coleman

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

Banks leads 1–0

Sonny Banks and Willie Coleman have met 1 time; Banks leads 1–0.

Sonny Banks and Willie Coleman have met 1 time; Banks leads 1–0.
Met1961Aug 7Series
Sonny BanksFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie ColemanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Banks 4 · Coleman 1 of 5 measurable rows
BanksColeman
Record†
18-7 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
72% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
77.78%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5
5 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
25
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

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willie Coleman0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Willie Coleman: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Coleman yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sonny Banks 25, Willie Coleman 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

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

Willie Coleman last boxed on Aug 7, 1961 — 23,817 days ago. Coleman had lost three straight.LLL

Terrell Jan 1959Terrell Apr 1961Banks Aug 19611.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sonny Banks and Willie Coleman ever fought each other?
Yes. Sonny Banks and Willie Coleman met once on August 7, 1961, and Sonny Banks won by TKO.
The meeting

WAug 7, 1961 · Banks · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Banks or Coleman?
Sonny Banks is 18-7 and Willie Coleman is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Sonny Banks has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Banks18–772%

Coleman0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Banks or Coleman?
Sonny Banks has 14 knockout wins and Willie Coleman has 0. Sonny Banks has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Banks1477.8%

Coleman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Banks and Coleman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Sonny Banks and Willie Coleman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Banks and Coleman?
This comparison is drawn from 25 bouts tracked for Sonny Banks and 3 bouts tracked for Willie Coleman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Banks25bouts

Coleman3bouts

How They Win ↓

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