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Anthony Dirrell vs Avni Yıldırım — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Anthony Dirrell

🇹🇷TURKEY

Avni Yıldırım

Anthony Dirrell (34-3-2) and Avni Yıldırım (29-5) 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.

Dirrell

34

Wins25 KO · 74%

3

Losses

2

Draws39 tracked bouts

Yıldırım

29

Wins18 KO · 62%

5

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Dirrell leads 1–0

Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yıldırım have met 1 time; Dirrell leads 1–0.

Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yıldırım have met 1 time; Dirrell leads 1–0.
Met2019Feb 23Series
Anthony DirrellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Avni YıldırımFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTDR101Meeting

The Numbers

Dirrell 6 · Yıldırım 1 of 7 measurable rows
DirrellYıldırım
Record
34-3-2 (edge)29-5
Win %0–100%
89.7% (edge)
85.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
18
KO rate0–100%
73.53% (edge)
62.07%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
74% (edge)
62%
Times stopped†max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.8
2.2
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
39
34

† 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

Height+2″
Anthony Dirrell: 6′2″ (edge)
Avni Yıldırım: 6′0″
Reach+4″
Anthony Dirrell: 74″ (edge)
Avni Yıldırım: 70″
Age7 yrs apart
Anthony Dirrell: 42
Avni Yıldırım: 35
Stance
Anthony Dirrell: Orthodox
Avni Yıldırım: Orthodox Stance

Anthony Dirrell left, Avni Yıldırım right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Anthony Dirrell34 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Anthony Dirrell: 34 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (74%), 7 on the cards (21%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 74%7 on the cards 21%2 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Avni Yıldırım29 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Avni Yıldırım: 29 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (62%) and 11 on the cards (38%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 62%11 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Anthony Dirrell 39, Avni Yıldırım 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

Anthony Dirrell last boxed on Oct 15, 2022 — 1,465 days ago. Dirrell had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Caleb Plant.WLDWL

Yıldırım Feb 2019Benavidez Sep 2019Davis Feb 2021Hernandez Nov 2021Plant Oct 20222.2 tracked bouts per year

Avni Yıldırım has won five straight, the most recent against Konstantin Ponomarev. Yıldırım last boxed on Jun 6, 2026 — 135 days ago.WWWWW

Amanov Sep 2024Gorokhov Nov 2024Caicedo Jun 2025Egowa Nov 2025Ponomarev Jun 20262.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yıldırım ever fought each other?
Yes. Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yıldırım met once on February 23, 2019, and Anthony Dirrell won by TD in round 10.
The meeting

WFeb 23, 2019 · Dirrell · TD R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dirrell or Yıldırım?
Anthony Dirrell is 34-3-2 and Avni Yıldırım is 29-5. Anthony Dirrell has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Dirrell34–3–289.7%

Yıldırım29–585.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dirrell or Yıldırım?
Anthony Dirrell has 25 knockout wins and Avni Yıldırım has 18. Anthony Dirrell has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dirrell2573.5%

Yıldırım1862.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dirrell and Yıldırım have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Anthony Dirrell and Avni Yıldırım have faced.
Who is bigger, Dirrell or Yıldırım?
Anthony Dirrell is the taller fighter at 187 cm, 5 cm above the other. Anthony Dirrell also has the longer reach, by 11 cm.
Height · reach

Dirrell187 cm189 cm reach

Yıldırım182 cm178 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dirrell and Yıldırım?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Anthony Dirrell and 34 bouts tracked for Avni Yıldırım. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dirrell39bouts

Yıldırım34bouts

How They Win ↓

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