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Cecil McCalla vs Chris van Heerden — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cecil McCalla

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Chris van Heerden

Cecil McCalla (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Chris van Heerden (28-3-1) 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.

McCalla

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heerden

28

Wins12 KO · 43%

3

Losses

1

Draw34 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

Heerden leads 1–0

Cecil McCalla and Chris van Heerden have met 1 time; Heerden leads 1–0.

Cecil McCalla and Chris van Heerden have met 1 time; Heerden leads 1–0.
Met2015Jan 9Series
Cecil McCallaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Chris van HeerdenFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

McCalla 2 · Heerden 4 of 6 measurable rows
McCallaHeerden
Record†
1-428-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
89.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
1
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.86%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
39%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
0.8
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
5
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

Agenot held
Cecil McCalla: No date of birth
Chris van Heerden: 39
Stance
Cecil McCalla: Not recorded
Chris van Heerden: Southpaw

Cecil McCalla left, Chris van Heerden right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cecil McCalla1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Cecil McCalla: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Chris van Heerden28 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Chris van Heerden: 28 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (39%), 16 on the cards (57%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 39%16 on the cards 57%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cecil McCalla 5, Chris van Heerden 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

Cecil McCalla last boxed on Jun 26, 2021 — 1,943 days ago. McCalla had won one in a row before losing a decision to Giovani Santillan.LLLWL

Heerden Jan 2015Smith Apr 2015Harrison Oct 2015Muñoz Oct 2020Santillan Jun 20210.8 tracked bouts per year

Chris van Heerden last boxed on Apr 16, 2022 — 1,649 days ago. Heerden had lost the most recent, to Conor Benn.WWWNCL

Schwarzkopf Apr 2018Montes Mar 2019Kozaev Aug 2019Ennis Dec 2020Benn Apr 20222.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cecil McCalla and Chris van Heerden ever fought each other?
Yes. Cecil McCalla and Chris van Heerden met once on January 9, 2015, and Chris van Heerden won by SD.
The meeting

LJan 9, 2015 · Heerden · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCalla or Heerden?
Cecil McCalla is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Chris van Heerden is 28-3-1. Chris van Heerden has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

McCalla1–420%

Heerden28–3–189.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McCalla or Heerden?
Cecil McCalla has 1 knockout win and Chris van Heerden has 12. Chris van Heerden has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McCalla1

Heerden1242.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCalla and Heerden have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cecil McCalla and Chris van Heerden have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCalla and Heerden?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cecil McCalla and 34 bouts tracked for Chris van Heerden. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCalla5bouts

Heerden34bouts

How They Win ↓

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