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Tom Bethea vs William Douglas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tom Bethea

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William Douglas

Tom Bethea (3-9-1 across 13 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 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Bethea

Tracked record

3–9–1

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Douglas

42

Wins32 KO · 76%

16

Losses

1

Draw59 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

Series level 1–1

Tom Bethea and William Douglas have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Tom Bethea and William Douglas have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1970Sep 121976Mar 8Series
Tom BetheaFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
William DouglasFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultUDMD2Meetings

The Numbers

Bethea 1 · Douglas 5 of 6 measurable rows
BetheaDouglas
Record†
3-9-142-16-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
26.9%
72% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
2
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
67%
76% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
4 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
1.4
4.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
13
59

† 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
Tom Bethea: No height on file
William Douglas: 5′10″
Agenot comparable
Tom Bethea: 82
William Douglas: Died aged 59
Stance
Tom Bethea: Not recorded
William Douglas: Orthodox

Tom Bethea left, William Douglas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Tom Bethea3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Tom Bethea: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

William Douglas42 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

William Douglas: 42 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (76%) and 10 on the cards (24%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 76%10 on the cards 24%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tom Bethea 13, William Douglas 59 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Bethea

Opponent

Douglas

  • Tom Bethea

    Loss, TKO 4

    1977

    JohnsonEven

    William Douglas

    Loss, TKO 5

    1977

  • Tom Bethea

    Loss, TKO

    1971

    BriscoeEven

    William Douglas

    Loss, TKO 8

    1973

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Tom Bethea last boxed on Nov 11, 1978 — 17,511 days ago. Bethea had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Douglas Mar 1976Quarry Oct 1976Johnson Apr 1977Spinks Feb 1978Camel Nov 19781.4 tracked bouts per year

William Douglas has won once since losing by stoppage to Jerry Martin. Douglas last boxed on Aug 21, 1980.WWWLW

Riggins Jul 1979Robinson Sep 1979Groves Nov 1979Martin Feb 1980Kince Aug 19804.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tom Bethea and William Douglas ever fought each other?
Yes. Tom Bethea and William Douglas have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WMar 8, 1976 · Bethea · MD

LSep 12, 1970 · Douglas · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bethea or Douglas?
Tom Bethea is 3-9-1 across the 13 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.
Records · win %

Bethea3–9–126.9%

Douglas42–16–172%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bethea or Douglas?
Tom Bethea has 2 knockout wins and William Douglas has 32. William Douglas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bethea2

Douglas3276.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bethea and Douglas have any common opponents?
Tom Bethea and William Douglas share 2 common opponents: Marvin Johnson and Bennie Briscoe. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Marvin JohnsonLL

Bennie BriscoeLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bethea and Douglas?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Tom Bethea and 59 bouts tracked for William Douglas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bethea13bouts

Douglas59bouts

How They Win ↓

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