Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

David Oliver Joyce vs Gabor Kovacs — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇮🇪IRELAND

David Oliver Joyce

Gabor Kovacs

David Oliver Joyce (12-2) and Gabor Kovacs (0-5 across 5 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.

Joyce

12

Wins9 KO · 75%

2

Losses

0

Draws14 tracked bouts

Kovacs

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Joyce leads 1–0

David Oliver Joyce and Gabor Kovacs have met 1 time; Joyce leads 1–0.

David Oliver Joyce and Gabor Kovacs have met 1 time; Joyce leads 1–0.
Met2017Jun 17Series
David Oliver JoyceFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gabor KovacsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Joyce 5 · Kovacs 0 of 5 measurable rows
JoyceKovacs
Record†
12-2 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
85.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 9
9 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
75%—
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.3
4.3 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 14
14
5

† 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 Oliver Joyce: 5′7″
Gabor Kovacs: No height on file
Reachnot held
David Oliver Joyce: 67″
Gabor Kovacs: No reach on file
Agenot held
David Oliver Joyce: 39
Gabor Kovacs: No date of birth
Stance
David Oliver Joyce: Orthodox
Gabor Kovacs: Not recorded

David Oliver Joyce left, Gabor Kovacs 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 Oliver Joyce12 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

David Oliver Joyce: 12 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (75%) and 3 on the cards (25%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 75%3 on the cards 25%

Gabor Kovacs0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Gabor Kovacs: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kovacs yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Oliver Joyce 14, Gabor Kovacs 5 — 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 Oliver Joyce last boxed on Sep 26, 2020 — 2,216 days ago. Joyce had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ionut Baluta.WWLWL

Tiffney Apr 2019Teran Jul 2019Wood Oct 2019Haskins Feb 2020Baluta Sep 20204.3 tracked bouts per year

Gabor Kovacs last boxed on Sep 25, 2021 — 1,852 days ago. Kovacs had lost five straight.LLLLL

Béres Oct 2010Reid Jan 2016Joyce Jun 2017Clayton Mar 2018Formella Sep 20210.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Oliver Joyce and Gabor Kovacs ever fought each other?
Yes. David Oliver Joyce and Gabor Kovacs met once on June 17, 2017, and David Oliver Joyce won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WJun 17, 2017 · Joyce · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Joyce or Kovacs?
David Oliver Joyce is 12-2 and Gabor Kovacs is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. David Oliver Joyce has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Joyce12–285.7%

Kovacs0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Joyce or Kovacs?
David Oliver Joyce has 9 knockout wins and Gabor Kovacs has 0. David Oliver Joyce has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Joyce975%

Kovacs0

The Numbers ↓
Do Joyce and Kovacs have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Oliver Joyce and Gabor Kovacs have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Joyce and Kovacs?
This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for David Oliver Joyce and 5 bouts tracked for Gabor Kovacs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Joyce14bouts

Kovacs5bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Joyce with…

Compare Kovacs with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.