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Costello King vs Sumbu Kalambay — record, stats and common opponents compared

Costello King

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Sumbu Kalambay

Costello King (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Sumbu Kalambay (57-6-1) 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.

King

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Kalambay

57

Wins33 KO · 58%

6

Losses

1

Draw64 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

Kalambay leads 1–0

Costello King and Sumbu Kalambay have met 1 time; Kalambay leads 1–0.

Costello King and Sumbu Kalambay have met 1 time; Kalambay leads 1–0.
Met1982Apr 2Series
Costello KingFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sumbu KalambayFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

King 0 · Kalambay 4 of 4 measurable rows
KingKalambay
Record†
0-157-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
89.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.89%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—58%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
1
64

† 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
Costello King: No height on file
Sumbu Kalambay: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Costello King: No reach on file
Sumbu Kalambay: 72″
Agenot held
Costello King: No date of birth
Sumbu Kalambay: 70
Stance
Costello King: Not recorded
Sumbu Kalambay: Orthodox

Costello King left, Sumbu Kalambay right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Costello King0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Costello King: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for King yet.

Sumbu Kalambay57 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Sumbu Kalambay: 57 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (58%), 23 on the cards (40%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 58%23 on the cards 40%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Costello King 1, Sumbu Kalambay 64 — 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

Costello King last boxed on Apr 2, 1982 — 16,276 days ago. King had lost the most recent, to Sumbu Kalambay.L

Kalambay Apr 1982

Sumbu Kalambay last boxed on May 19, 1993 — 12,211 days ago. Kalambay had won four in a row before losing a decision to Chris Pyatt.WWWWL

Graham Mar 1992Wesley Jun 1992Collins Oct 1992Evans Apr 1993Pyatt May 19935.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Costello King and Sumbu Kalambay ever fought each other?
Yes. Costello King and Sumbu Kalambay met once on April 2, 1982, and Sumbu Kalambay won by KO.
The meeting

LApr 2, 1982 · Kalambay · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, King or Kalambay?
Costello King is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Sumbu Kalambay is 57-6-1. Sumbu Kalambay has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

King0–10%

Kalambay57–6–189.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, King or Kalambay?
Costello King has 0 knockout wins and Sumbu Kalambay has 33. Sumbu Kalambay has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

King0

Kalambay3357.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do King and Kalambay have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Costello King and Sumbu Kalambay have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on King and Kalambay?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Costello King and 64 bouts tracked for Sumbu Kalambay. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

King1bout

Kalambay64bouts

How They Win ↓

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