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Corey Johnson vs Kostya Tszyu — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Corey Johnson

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Kostya Tszyu

Corey Johnson (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) and Kostya Tszyu (31-2) 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.

Johnson

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tszyu

31

Wins25 KO · 81%

2

Losses

0

Draws34 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

Tszyu leads 1–0

Corey Johnson and Kostya Tszyu have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.

Corey Johnson and Kostya Tszyu have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.
Met1996May 24Series
Corey JohnsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kostya TszyuFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Johnson 0 · Tszyu 5 of 5 measurable rows
JohnsonTszyu
Record†
0-3-131-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—81%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.6
0.3
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
4
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

Heightnot held
Corey Johnson: No height on file
Kostya Tszyu: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Corey Johnson: No reach on file
Kostya Tszyu: 67″
Age2 yrs apart
Corey Johnson: 55
Kostya Tszyu: 57
Stance
Corey Johnson: Not recorded
Kostya Tszyu: Orthodox

Corey Johnson left, Kostya Tszyu right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Corey Johnson0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Corey Johnson: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

Kostya Tszyu31 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Kostya Tszyu: 31 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (81%) and 6 on the cards (19%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 81%6 on the cards 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Corey Johnson 4, Kostya Tszyu 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

Corey Johnson last boxed on Sep 13, 2007 — 6,976 days ago. Johnson had lost two straight.LDLL

Johnston Mar 1995Taylor Mar 1996Tszyu May 1996Simon Sep 20070.3 tracked bouts per year

Kostya Tszyu last boxed on Jun 4, 2005 — 7,807 days ago. Tszyu had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Ricky Hatton.WWWWL

Judah Nov 2001Tackie May 2002Leija Jan 2003Mitchell Nov 2004Hatton Jun 20052.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Corey Johnson and Kostya Tszyu ever fought each other?
Yes. Corey Johnson and Kostya Tszyu met once on May 24, 1996, and Kostya Tszyu won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LMay 24, 1996 · Tszyu · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Johnson or Tszyu?
Corey Johnson is 0-3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kostya Tszyu is 31-2. Kostya Tszyu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Johnson0–3–112.5%

Tszyu31–293.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Johnson or Tszyu?
Corey Johnson has 0 knockout wins and Kostya Tszyu has 25. Kostya Tszyu has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Johnson0

Tszyu2580.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Johnson and Tszyu have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Corey Johnson and Kostya Tszyu have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnson and Tszyu?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Corey Johnson and 34 bouts tracked for Kostya Tszyu. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Johnson4bouts

Tszyu34bouts

How They Win ↓

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