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Dmitry Bivol vs Happy Pieterse — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dmitry Bivol

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Happy Pieterse

Dmitry Bivol (25-1) and Happy Pieterse (17-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. They haven't fought, in the fights Kill The Body tracks. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bivol

25

Wins12 KO · 48%

1

Loss

0

Draws26 tracked bouts

Pieterse

17

Wins

5

Losses

0

Draws1 tracked bout

Head to Head

Dmitry Bivol and Happy Pieterse haven't fought — no bout between them in the fights we track.

Haven't fought

No bout between them in the fights we track.

The Numbers

Bivol 6 · Pieterse 0 of 6 measurable rows
BivolPieterse
Record
25-1 (edge)17-5
Win %0–100%
96.2% (edge)
77.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
12 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
48% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
48% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 9
9 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡not comparable
2.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 26
26
1

† 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
Dmitry Bivol: 6′0″
Happy Pieterse: No height on file
Reachnot held
Dmitry Bivol: 72″
Happy Pieterse: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Dmitry Bivol: 35
Happy Pieterse: Died aged 70
Stance
Dmitry Bivol: Orthodox
Happy Pieterse: Not recorded

Dmitry Bivol left, Happy Pieterse right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dmitry Bivol25 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

Dmitry Bivol: 25 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (48%) and 13 on the cards (52%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 48%13 on the cards 52%

Happy Pieterse1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Happy Pieterse: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dmitry Bivol 26, Happy Pieterse 1 — 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

Dmitry Bivol has won two straight since losing a decision to Artur Beterbiev. Bivol last boxed on May 30, 2026 — 144 days ago.WWLWW

Arthur Dec 2023Zinad Jun 2024Beterbiev Oct 2024Beterbiev Feb 2025Eifert May 20262.3 tracked bouts per year

Happy Pieterse has won once, the most recent against Ernie Field. Pieterse last boxed on Mar 18, 1968.W

Field Mar 1968

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dmitry Bivol and Happy Pieterse ever fought each other?
Dmitry Bivol and Happy Pieterse haven't fought, in the fights Kill The Body tracks.
Who has the better record, Bivol or Pieterse?
Dmitry Bivol is 25-1 and Happy Pieterse is 17-5. Dmitry Bivol has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Bivol25–196.2%

Pieterse17–577.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bivol or Pieterse?
Dmitry Bivol has 12 knockout wins and Happy Pieterse has 0. Dmitry Bivol has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bivol1248%

Pieterse0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bivol and Pieterse have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dmitry Bivol and Happy Pieterse have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivol and Pieterse?
This comparison is drawn from 26 bouts tracked for Dmitry Bivol and 1 bout tracked for Happy Pieterse. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bivol26bouts

Pieterse1bout

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