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Ahmed Santos vs Kostya Tszyu — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ahmed Santos

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Kostya Tszyu

Ahmed Santos (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Kostya Tszyu (31-2) 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.

Santos

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tszyu

31

Wins25 KO · 81%

2

Losses

0

Draws34 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

Tszyu leads 1–0

Ahmed Santos and Kostya Tszyu have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.

Ahmed Santos and Kostya Tszyu have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.
Met2000Feb 12Series
Ahmed SantosFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kostya TszyuFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Santos 1 · Tszyu 6 of 7 measurable rows
SantosTszyu
Record†
1-131-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
81% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.6
1.1
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
2
34

† 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
Ahmed Santos: No height on file
Kostya Tszyu: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Ahmed Santos: No reach on file
Kostya Tszyu: 67″
Age5 yrs apart
Ahmed Santos: 52
Kostya Tszyu: 57
Stance
Ahmed Santos: Not recorded
Kostya Tszyu: Orthodox

Ahmed Santos left, Kostya Tszyu right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ahmed Santos1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Ahmed Santos: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Kostya Tszyu31 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Kostya Tszyu: 31 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (81%) and 6 on the cards (19%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 81%6 on the cards 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ahmed Santos 2, Kostya Tszyu 34 — 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

Ahmed Santos last boxed on Feb 12, 2000 — 9,751 days ago. Santos had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Kostya Tszyu.WL

Irwin May 1998Tszyu Feb 20001.1 tracked bouts per year

Kostya Tszyu last boxed on Jun 4, 2005 — 7,812 days ago. Tszyu had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Ricky Hatton.WWWWL

Judah Nov 2001Tackie May 2002Leija Jan 2003Mitchell Nov 2004Hatton Jun 20052.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ahmed Santos and Kostya Tszyu ever fought each other?
Yes. Ahmed Santos and Kostya Tszyu met once on February 12, 2000, and Kostya Tszyu won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LFeb 12, 2000 · Tszyu · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Santos or Tszyu?
Ahmed Santos is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kostya Tszyu is 31-2. Kostya Tszyu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Santos1–150%

Tszyu31–293.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Santos or Tszyu?
Ahmed Santos has 0 knockout wins and Kostya Tszyu has 25. Kostya Tszyu has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Santos0

Tszyu2580.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Santos and Tszyu have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ahmed Santos and Kostya Tszyu have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Santos and Tszyu?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Ahmed Santos and 34 bouts tracked for Kostya Tszyu. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Santos2bouts

Tszyu34bouts

How They Win ↓

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