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Tony Thornton vs Willie Ball — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tony Thornton

Willie Ball

Tony Thornton (37-7-1) and Willie Ball (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Thornton

37

Wins26 KO · 70%

7

Losses

1

Draw45 tracked bouts

Ball

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

Thornton leads 1–0

Tony Thornton and Willie Ball have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.

Tony Thornton and Willie Ball have met 1 time; Thornton leads 1–0.
Met1993Sep 21Series
Tony ThorntonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie BallFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thornton 5 · Ball 1 of 6 measurable rows
ThorntonBall
Record†
37-7-1 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
83.3% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
70.27%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
70%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
3.7 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
45
5

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

Tony Thornton left, Willie Ball right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willie Ball1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Willie Ball: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tony Thornton 45, Willie Ball 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Thornton better on 1

Thornton

Opponent

Ball

  • Tony Thornton

    Win, UD

    1993

    ScullyThornton better

    Willie Ball

    Loss, TKO

    1995

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

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

Willie Ball last boxed on Sep 20, 1995 — 11,354 days ago. Ball had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Strickland Jun 1989Lucas Mar 1993Thornton Sep 1993Horn Aug 1994Scully Sep 19950.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tony Thornton and Willie Ball ever fought each other?
Yes. Tony Thornton and Willie Ball met once on September 21, 1993, and Tony Thornton won by TKO.
The meeting

WSep 21, 1993 · Thornton · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thornton or Ball?
Tony Thornton is 37-7-1 and Willie Ball is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Tony Thornton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thornton37–7–183.3%

Ball1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thornton or Ball?
Tony Thornton has 26 knockout wins and Willie Ball has 1. Tony Thornton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thornton2670.3%

Ball1

The Numbers ↓
Do Thornton and Ball have any common opponents?
Tony Thornton and Willie Ball share 1 common opponent: Iceman John Scully. Tony Thornton fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Iceman John ScullyWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thornton and Ball?
This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Tony Thornton and 5 bouts tracked for Willie Ball. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thornton45bouts

Ball5bouts

How They Win ↓

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