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Steve Waters vs Tony Thornton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Steve Waters

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Tony Thornton

Steve Waters (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Tony Thornton (37-7-1) 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.

Waters

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Thornton

37

Wins26 KO · 70%

7

Losses

1

Draw45 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

Thornton leads 1–0

Steve Waters and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.

Steve Waters and Tony Thornton have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.
Met1983Jun 15Series
Steve WatersFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony ThorntonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Waters 1 · Thornton 3 of 4 measurable rows
WatersThornton
Record†
0-137-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
0
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
1
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

Heightnot held
Steve Waters: No height on file
Tony Thornton: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Steve Waters: No reach on file
Tony Thornton: 71″
Agenot held
Steve Waters: No date of birth
Tony Thornton: Died aged 49
Stance
Steve Waters: Not recorded
Tony Thornton: Orthodox

Steve Waters left, Tony 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
Steve Waters0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Steve Waters: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Waters yet.

Tony Thornton37 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Tony Thornton: 37 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (70%) and 11 on the cards (30%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 70%11 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Steve Waters 1, Tony Thornton 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

Steve Waters last boxed on Jun 15, 1983 — 15,833 days ago. Waters had lost the most recent, to Tony Thornton.L

Thornton Jun 1983

Tony Thornton had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Roy Jones Jr.. Thornton last boxed on Sep 30, 1995.WLWWL

Ball Sep 1993Toney Oct 1993Morgan Dec 1994Zenner Jan 1995Jr. Sep 19953.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Steve Waters and Tony Thornton ever fought each other?
Yes. Steve Waters and Tony Thornton met once on June 15, 1983, and Tony Thornton won by TKO.
The meeting

LJun 15, 1983 · Thornton · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Waters or Thornton?
Steve Waters is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Thornton is 37-7-1. Tony Thornton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Waters0–10%

Thornton37–7–183.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Waters or Thornton?
Steve Waters has 0 knockout wins and Tony Thornton has 26. Tony Thornton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Waters0

Thornton2670.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Waters and Thornton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Steve Waters and Tony Thornton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Waters and Thornton?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Steve Waters and 45 bouts tracked for Tony Thornton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Waters1bout

Thornton45bouts

How They Win ↓

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