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David Mendez vs Mikkel Kessler — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

David Mendez

🇩🇰DENMARK

Mikkel Kessler

David Mendez (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Mikkel Kessler (46-3) 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.

Mendez

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kessler

46

Wins35 KO · 76%

3

Losses

0

Draws49 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

Kessler leads 1–0

David Mendez and Mikkel Kessler have met 1 time; Kessler leads 1–0.

David Mendez and Mikkel Kessler have met 1 time; Kessler leads 1–0.
Met2001Oct 13Series
David MendezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Mikkel KesslerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Mendez 0 · Kessler 6 of 6 measurable rows
MendezKessler
Record†
0-546-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—76%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
0.6
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
5
49

† 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
David Mendez: No height on file
Mikkel Kessler: 6′1″
Agenot held
David Mendez: No date of birth
Mikkel Kessler: 47
Stance
David Mendez: Not recorded
Mikkel Kessler: Orthodox

David Mendez left, Mikkel Kessler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David Mendez0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

David Mendez: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mendez yet.

Mikkel Kessler46 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

Mikkel Kessler: 46 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (76%) and 11 on the cards (24%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 76%11 on the cards 24%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Mendez 5, Mikkel Kessler 49 — 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

David Mendez last boxed on Oct 13, 2001 — 9,139 days ago. Mendez had lost five straight.LLLLL

Nishijima Nov 1993Sande Jan 1994Bradley May 1995Brown Apr 1997Kessler Oct 20010.6 tracked bouts per year

Mikkel Kessler last boxed on May 25, 2013 — 4,897 days ago. Kessler had won four in a row before losing a decision to Carl Froch.WWWWL

Froch Apr 2010Bouadla Jun 2011Green May 2012Magee Dec 2012Froch May 20133.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Mendez and Mikkel Kessler ever fought each other?
Yes. David Mendez and Mikkel Kessler met once on October 13, 2001, and Mikkel Kessler won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 13, 2001 · Kessler · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mendez or Kessler?
David Mendez is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mikkel Kessler is 46-3. Mikkel Kessler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mendez0–50%

Kessler46–393.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mendez or Kessler?
David Mendez has 0 knockout wins and Mikkel Kessler has 35. Mikkel Kessler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mendez0

Kessler3576.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mendez and Kessler have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Mendez and Mikkel Kessler have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mendez and Kessler?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for David Mendez and 49 bouts tracked for Mikkel Kessler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mendez5bouts

Kessler49bouts

How They Win ↓

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