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Abdul Umaru Sanda vs Nigel Benn — record, stats and common opponents compared

Abdul Umaru Sanda

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Nigel Benn

Abdul Umaru Sanda (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Nigel Benn (42-5-1) 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.

Sanda

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Benn

42

Wins35 KO · 83%

5

Losses

1

Draw48 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

Benn leads 1–0

Abdul Umaru Sanda and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.

Abdul Umaru Sanda and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.
Met1988Apr 20Series
Abdul Umaru SandaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nigel BennFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Sanda 1 · Benn 5 of 6 measurable rows
SandaBenn
Record†
0-242-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—83.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—83%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.9
1
4.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
2
48

† 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
Abdul Umaru Sanda: No height on file
Nigel Benn: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Abdul Umaru Sanda: No reach on file
Nigel Benn: 73″
Agenot held
Abdul Umaru Sanda: No date of birth
Nigel Benn: 62
Stance
Abdul Umaru Sanda: Not recorded
Nigel Benn: Orthodox

Abdul Umaru Sanda left, Nigel Benn right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Abdul Umaru Sanda0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Abdul Umaru Sanda: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sanda yet.

Nigel Benn42 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Nigel Benn: 42 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (83%) and 7 on the cards (17%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 83%7 on the cards 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Abdul Umaru Sanda 2, Nigel Benn 48 — 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

Abdul Umaru Sanda last boxed on Apr 20, 1988 — 14,062 days ago. Sanda had lost two straight.LL

Sibson Mar 1986Benn Apr 19881 tracked bouts per year

Nigel Benn last boxed on Nov 9, 1996 — 10,937 days ago. Benn had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Nardiello Jul 1995Perez Sep 1995Malinga Mar 1996Collins Jul 1996Collins Nov 19964.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Abdul Umaru Sanda and Nigel Benn ever fought each other?
Yes. Abdul Umaru Sanda and Nigel Benn met once on April 20, 1988, and Nigel Benn won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LApr 20, 1988 · Benn · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sanda or Benn?
Abdul Umaru Sanda is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nigel Benn is 42-5-1. Nigel Benn has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sanda0–20%

Benn42–5–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sanda or Benn?
Abdul Umaru Sanda has 0 knockout wins and Nigel Benn has 35. Nigel Benn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sanda0

Benn3583.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sanda and Benn have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Abdul Umaru Sanda and Nigel Benn have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sanda and Benn?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Abdul Umaru Sanda and 48 bouts tracked for Nigel Benn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sanda2bouts

Benn48bouts

How They Win ↓

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