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Danie Venter (20-8 across 28 tracked bouts) and Oleksandr Usyk (25-0) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Danie Venter vs Oleksandr Usyk — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICAN

Danie Venter

Tracked record

20–8

28 tracked bouts

🇺🇦HEAVYWEIGHT

Oleksandr Usyk

25–0

15 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

Oleksandr Usyk leads 1–0

The Numbers

20-8
Record
25-0 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

71.4%
Win %
100% (edge)
15
Wins by knockout
16 (edge)
KO rate
64%
75% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
47%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

6
Times stopped
0 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
9 (edge)
2.2 (edge)
Bouts per year
1.4

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

28
Bouts tracked
15

Tale of the Tape

Height
6′3″ (190 cm)
Reach
78″ (198 cm)
47
Age
39
Stance
Southpaw
Division
Heavyweight
South African
Nationality
Ukraine

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Danie Venter · 20 wins

KO/TKO
15
Decision
5
Other
0

Oleksandr Usyk · 15 wins

KO/TKO
7
Decision
8
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (28 and 15 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Danie Venter

    LTKO R2 · Feb 2016

    Mairis Briedis

    Oleksandr Usyk

    WMD · Jan 2018
  • Danie Venter

    LKO R5 · Nov 2012LMD · Jun 2011

    Thabiso Mchunu

    Oleksandr Usyk

    WKO R9 · Dec 2016

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Danie Venter

LWLWW

L1 streak · last fought Feb 21, 2016

Oleksandr Usyk

WWWWW

W15 streak · last fought Jul 19, 2025

Common Questions

Have Danie Venter and Oleksandr Usyk ever fought each other?
Yes. Danie Venter and Oleksandr Usyk met once on December 13, 2014, and Oleksandr Usyk won by TKO in round 9.
Who has the better record, Danie Venter or Oleksandr Usyk?
Danie Venter is 20-8 across the 28 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Oleksandr Usyk is 25-0. Oleksandr Usyk has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Danie Venter or Oleksandr Usyk?
Danie Venter has 15 knockout wins and Oleksandr Usyk has 16. Oleksandr Usyk has more.
Do Danie Venter and Oleksandr Usyk have any common opponents?
Danie Venter and Oleksandr Usyk share 2 common opponents: Mairis Briedis and Thabiso Mchunu. Oleksandr Usyk fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Danie Venter and Oleksandr Usyk?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Danie Venter and 15 bouts tracked for Oleksandr Usyk. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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