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Corey Sanders vs Nikolay Popov — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Corey Sanders

Nikolay Popov

Corey Sanders (23-13) and Nikolay Popov (3-1 across 4 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.

Sanders

23

Wins15 KO · 65%

13

Losses

0

Draws36 tracked bouts

Popov

Tracked record

3–1

counted from 4 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

Popov leads 1–0

Corey Sanders and Nikolay Popov have met 1 time; Popov leads 1–0.

Corey Sanders and Nikolay Popov have met 1 time; Popov leads 1–0.
Met2004Jan 30Series
Corey SandersFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nikolay PopovFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Sanders 3 · Popov 3 of 6 measurable rows
SandersPopov
Record†
23-133-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
63.9%
75% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
65.22%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
65% (edge)
33%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 36
36
4

† 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 Sanders: 6′6″
Nikolay Popov: No height on file
Agenot held
Corey Sanders: 51
Nikolay Popov: No date of birth

Corey Sanders left, Nikolay Popov right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Corey Sanders23 wins · from 36 tracked bouts

Corey Sanders: 23 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (65%), 7 on the cards (30%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 36 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 65%7 on the cards 30%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

Nikolay Popov3 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Nikolay Popov: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Corey Sanders 36, Nikolay Popov 4 — 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 Sanders last boxed on Dec 23, 2007 — 6,878 days ago. Sanders had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Popov Jan 2004Hoffmann Feb 2004Manswell Oct 2006Kretschmann Oct 2007Bakhtov Dec 20072.7 tracked bouts per year

Nikolay Popov last boxed on Apr 26, 2006 — 7,484 days ago. Popov had won once since losing by stoppage to Julius Long.WWLW

McDermott Sep 2003Sanders Jan 2004Long Jun 2004Seferi Apr 20061.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Corey Sanders and Nikolay Popov ever fought each other?
Yes. Corey Sanders and Nikolay Popov met once on January 30, 2004, and Nikolay Popov won by UD.
The meeting

LJan 30, 2004 · Popov · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sanders or Popov?
Corey Sanders is 23-13 and Nikolay Popov is 3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Nikolay Popov has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sanders23–1363.9%

Popov3–175%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sanders or Popov?
Corey Sanders has 15 knockout wins and Nikolay Popov has 1. Corey Sanders has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sanders1565.2%

Popov1

The Numbers ↓
Do Sanders and Popov have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Corey Sanders and Nikolay Popov have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sanders and Popov?
This comparison is drawn from 36 bouts tracked for Corey Sanders and 4 bouts tracked for Nikolay Popov. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sanders36bouts

Popov4bouts

How They Win ↓

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