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Byun Jung-il vs David Merchant — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Byun Jung-il

David Merchant

Byun Jung-il (10-2) and David Merchant (1-2 across 3 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.

Jung-il

10

Wins4 KO · 40%

2

Losses

0

Draws12 tracked bouts

Merchant

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Jung-il leads 1–0

Byun Jung-il and David Merchant have met 1 time; Jung-il leads 1–0.

Byun Jung-il and David Merchant have met 1 time; Jung-il leads 1–0.
Met1991Jul 14Series
Byun Jung-ilFighter AWWon1–0W–L
David MerchantFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Jung-il 6 · Merchant 0 of 6 measurable rows
Jung-ilMerchant
Record†
10-2 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
83.3% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 4
4 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
40% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 12
12
3

† 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
Byun Jung-il: 5′6″
David Merchant: No height on file
Agenot held
Byun Jung-il: 57
David Merchant: No date of birth
Stance
Byun Jung-il: Southpaw
David Merchant: Not recorded

Byun Jung-il left, David Merchant right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Byun Jung-il10 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Byun Jung-il: 10 tracked wins — 4 by KO/TKO (40%) and 6 on the cards (60%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 by KO/TKO 40%6 on the cards 60%

David Merchant1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

David Merchant: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Byun Jung-il 12, David Merchant 3 — 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

Byun Jung-il last boxed on Jul 31, 1994 — 11,775 days ago. Jung-il had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Torboonlert Jan 1993Rabanales Mar 1993Suarez May 1993Yakushiji Dec 1993Yakushiji Jul 19942.7 tracked bouts per year

David Merchant last boxed on Apr 29, 1994 — 11,868 days ago. Merchant had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Alimi Goitia.LWL

Jung-il Jul 1991Zapata Sep 1992Goitia Apr 19941.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Byun Jung-il and David Merchant ever fought each other?
Yes. Byun Jung-il and David Merchant met once on July 14, 1991, and Byun Jung-il won by UD.
The meeting

WJul 14, 1991 · Jung-il · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jung-il or Merchant?
Byun Jung-il is 10-2 and David Merchant is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Byun Jung-il has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jung-il10–283.3%

Merchant1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jung-il or Merchant?
Byun Jung-il has 4 knockout wins and David Merchant has 0. Byun Jung-il has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jung-il440%

Merchant0

The Numbers ↓
Do Jung-il and Merchant have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Byun Jung-il and David Merchant have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jung-il and Merchant?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Byun Jung-il and 3 bouts tracked for David Merchant. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jung-il12bouts

Merchant3bouts

How They Win ↓

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