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Antonio Tarver vs Mohamed Benguesmia — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Antonio Tarver

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Mohamed Benguesmia

Antonio Tarver (31-6-1) and Mohamed Benguesmia (4-1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tarver

31

Wins22 KO · 71%

6

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Benguesmia

Tracked record

4–1

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

Tarver leads 1–0

Antonio Tarver and Mohamed Benguesmia have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.

Antonio Tarver and Mohamed Benguesmia have met 1 time; Tarver leads 1–0.
Met1999Oct 2Series
Antonio TarverFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mohamed BenguesmiaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Tarver 6 · Benguesmia 1 of 7 measurable rows
TarverBenguesmia
Record†
31-6-1 (edge)4-1
Win %0–100%
82.9% (edge)
80%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
4
KO ratenot comparable
70.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 11
11 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
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
Antonio Tarver: 6′2″
Mohamed Benguesmia: No height on file
Reachnot held
Antonio Tarver: 75″
Mohamed Benguesmia: No reach on file
Age1 yr apart
Antonio Tarver: 57
Mohamed Benguesmia: 56
Stance
Antonio Tarver: Southpaw
Mohamed Benguesmia: Not recorded

Antonio Tarver left, Mohamed Benguesmia right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Antonio Tarver31 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Antonio Tarver: 31 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (71%) and 9 on the cards (29%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 29%

Mohamed Benguesmia4 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Mohamed Benguesmia: 4 tracked wins — 4 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Tarver 40, Mohamed Benguesmia 5 — 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

Antonio Tarver last boxed on Aug 14, 2015 — 4,089 days ago. Tarver had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Steve Cunningham.NCNCWWD

Kayode Mar 2012Kayode Jun 2012Sheppard Nov 2013Banks Dec 2014Cunningham Aug 20152.2 tracked bouts per year

Mohamed Benguesmia last boxed on Mar 9, 2005 — 7,899 days ago. Benguesmia had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Antonio Tarver.WWLWW

Bell Apr 1998Strickland Aug 1998Tarver Oct 1999Booth Jan 2003Béres Mar 20050.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Tarver and Mohamed Benguesmia ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Tarver and Mohamed Benguesmia met once on October 2, 1999, and Antonio Tarver won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WOct 2, 1999 · Tarver · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tarver or Benguesmia?
Antonio Tarver is 31-6-1 and Mohamed Benguesmia is 4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Antonio Tarver has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tarver31–6–182.9%

Benguesmia4–180%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tarver or Benguesmia?
Antonio Tarver has 22 knockout wins and Mohamed Benguesmia has 4. Antonio Tarver has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tarver2271%

Benguesmia4

The Numbers ↓
Do Tarver and Benguesmia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Tarver and Mohamed Benguesmia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tarver and Benguesmia?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Antonio Tarver and 5 bouts tracked for Mohamed Benguesmia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tarver40bouts

Benguesmia5bouts

How They Win ↓

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