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.
Sylvester Wilder (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and William Douglas (42-16-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Sylvester Wilder vs William Douglas — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
William Douglas leads 1–0- William Douglas wonDouglas vs WilderMay 9, 1979 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 0-5
- Record
- 42-16-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 72% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 32 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 76.19%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 76%
- 5 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 4.4 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 59
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′10″ (178 cm)
- —
- Age
- 86
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlySylvester Wilder · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
William Douglas · 42 wins
KO/TKO
32
Decision
10
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 59 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Sylvester Wilder
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Jul 19, 1981
William Douglas
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Aug 21, 1980
Common Questions
- Have Sylvester Wilder and William Douglas ever fought each other?
- Yes. Sylvester Wilder and William Douglas met once on May 9, 1979, and William Douglas won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Sylvester Wilder or William Douglas?
- Sylvester Wilder is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and William Douglas is 42-16-1. William Douglas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Sylvester Wilder or William Douglas?
- Sylvester Wilder has 0 knockout wins and William Douglas has 32. William Douglas has more.
- Do Sylvester Wilder and William Douglas have any common opponents?
- Sylvester Wilder and William Douglas share 1 common opponent: Marvin Johnson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sylvester Wilder and William Douglas?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Sylvester Wilder and 59 bouts tracked for William Douglas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.