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Sugar Ray Seales vs William James — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sugar Ray Seales

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William James

Sugar Ray Seales (57-8-3) and William James (0-4 across 4 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.

Seales

57

Wins34 KO · 60%

8

Losses

3

Draws69 tracked bouts

James

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Seales leads 1–0

Sugar Ray Seales and William James have met 1 time; Seales leads 1–0.

Sugar Ray Seales and William James have met 1 time; Seales leads 1–0.
Met1980Dec 23Series
Sugar Ray SealesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
William JamesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Seales 4 · James 1 of 5 measurable rows
SealesJames
Record†
57-8-3 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
86% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.65%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.9
6.9 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
69
4

† 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
Sugar Ray Seales: 6′1″
William James: No height on file
Agenot held
Sugar Ray Seales: 74
William James: No date of birth
Stance
Sugar Ray Seales: Southpaw
William James: Not recorded

Sugar Ray Seales left, William James right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Sugar Ray Seales57 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Sugar Ray Seales: 57 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (60%) and 23 on the cards (40%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 60%23 on the cards 40%

William James0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

William James: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for James yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sugar Ray Seales 69, William James 4 — 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

Sugar Ray Seales last boxed on Jan 22, 1983 — 15,977 days ago. Seales had won once since losing a decision to James Shuler.WWWLW

Rodriguez Jan 1982LoCicero Mar 1982Lara Aug 1982Shuler Oct 1982Hord Jan 19836.9 tracked bouts per year

William James last boxed on Mar 6, 1987 — 14,473 days ago. James had lost four straight.LLLL

Seales Dec 1980Kalambay Oct 1983Quarry Nov 1983Hill Mar 19870.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sugar Ray Seales and William James ever fought each other?
Yes. Sugar Ray Seales and William James met once on December 23, 1980, and Sugar Ray Seales won by UD.
The meeting

WDec 23, 1980 · Seales · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Seales or James?
Sugar Ray Seales is 57-8-3 and William James is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Sugar Ray Seales has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Seales57–8–386%

James0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Seales or James?
Sugar Ray Seales has 34 knockout wins and William James has 0. Sugar Ray Seales has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Seales3459.7%

James0

The Numbers ↓
Do Seales and James have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Sugar Ray Seales and William James have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Seales and James?
This comparison is drawn from 69 bouts tracked for Sugar Ray Seales and 4 bouts tracked for William James. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Seales69bouts

James4bouts

How They Win ↓

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