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Dicky Ryan vs Nikolai Valuev — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dicky Ryan

🇷🇺RUSSIA

Nikolai Valuev

Dicky Ryan (1-7 across 10 tracked bouts) and Nikolai Valuev (50-2) 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.

Ryan

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Valuev

50

Wins34 KO · 68%

2

Losses

0

Draws53 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

Valuev leads 1–0

Dicky Ryan and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.

Dicky Ryan and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.
Met2004Feb 28Series
Dicky RyanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nikolai ValuevFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Ryan 1 · Valuev 6 of 7 measurable rows
RyanValuev
Record†
1-750-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
96.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
1
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
68%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.3
0.6
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
10
53

† 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

Age6 yrs apart
Dicky Ryan: 59
Nikolai Valuev: 53
Stance
Dicky Ryan: Not recorded
Nikolai Valuev: Orthodox

Dicky Ryan left, Nikolai Valuev right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dicky Ryan1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Dicky Ryan: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Nikolai Valuev50 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Nikolai Valuev: 50 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (68%), 15 on the cards (30%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 68%15 on the cards 30%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dicky Ryan 10, Nikolai Valuev 53 — 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

Dicky Ryan last boxed on Sep 7, 2007 — 6,983 days ago. Ryan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Nielsen Dec 2000Hoffmann Sep 2002Valuev Feb 2004Briggs Mar 2006Rahman Sep 20070.6 tracked bouts per year

Nikolai Valuev last boxed on Nov 7, 2009 — 6,191 days ago. Valuev had won four in a row before losing a decision to David Haye.WWWWL

Bergeron Sep 2007Liakhovich Feb 2008Ruiz Aug 2008Holyfield Dec 2008Haye Nov 20093.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dicky Ryan and Nikolai Valuev ever fought each other?
Yes. Dicky Ryan and Nikolai Valuev met once on February 28, 2004, and Nikolai Valuev won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LFeb 28, 2004 · Valuev · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ryan or Valuev?
Dicky Ryan is 1-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nikolai Valuev is 50-2. Nikolai Valuev has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ryan1–712.5%

Valuev50–296.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ryan or Valuev?
Dicky Ryan has 1 knockout win and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ryan1

Valuev3468%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ryan and Valuev have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dicky Ryan and Nikolai Valuev have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ryan and Valuev?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Dicky Ryan and 53 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ryan10bouts

Valuev53bouts

How They Win ↓

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