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Buster Douglas vs Steffen Tangstad — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

Steffen Tangstad

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Steffen Tangstad (2-2-1 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.

Douglas

38

Wins25 KO · 66%

6

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Tangstad

Tracked record

2–2–1

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Buster Douglas and Steffen Tangstad have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Buster Douglas and Steffen Tangstad have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1982Oct 16Series
Buster DouglasFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Steffen TangstadFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 6 · Tangstad 1 of 7 measurable rows
DouglasTangstad
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)2-2-1
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.79%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
66% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
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
Buster Douglas: 6′4″
Steffen Tangstad: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Douglas: 83″
Steffen Tangstad: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Douglas: 66
Steffen Tangstad: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Douglas: Orthodox
Steffen Tangstad: Not recorded

Buster Douglas left, Steffen Tangstad right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buster Douglas38 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Buster Douglas: 38 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (66%), 12 on the cards (32%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 66%12 on the cards 32%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Steffen Tangstad2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Steffen Tangstad: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Steffen Tangstad 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

Buster Douglas last boxed on Feb 19, 1999 — 10,106 days ago. Douglas had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Lou Savarese.WWLWW

Monaco May 1997Navarre Jul 1997Savarese Jun 1998Williams Dec 1998Crowder Feb 19992.6 tracked bouts per year

Steffen Tangstad last boxed on Sep 6, 1986 — 14,655 days ago. Tangstad had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Michael Spinks.DWLWL

Douglas Oct 1982Bugner Feb 1984Eklund Mar 1985Evangelista Jan 1986Spinks Sep 19861.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Steffen Tangstad ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Steffen Tangstad met once on October 16, 1982, and the bout was a draw by UD.
The meeting

DOct 16, 1982 · Draw · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Tangstad?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Steffen Tangstad is 2-2-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Douglas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Douglas38–6–185.6%

Tangstad2–2–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Douglas or Tangstad?
Buster Douglas has 25 knockout wins and Steffen Tangstad has 0. Buster Douglas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Douglas2565.8%

Tangstad0

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Tangstad have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Douglas and Steffen Tangstad have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Tangstad?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 5 bouts tracked for Steffen Tangstad. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Tangstad5bouts

How They Win ↓

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