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Drake Thadzi vs Melvin Ricks — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Drake Thadzi

Melvin Ricks

Drake Thadzi (30-9-1) and Melvin Ricks (0-2 across 2 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.

Thadzi

30

Wins

9

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Ricks

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Thadzi leads 1–0

Drake Thadzi and Melvin Ricks have met 1 time; Thadzi leads 1–0.

Drake Thadzi and Melvin Ricks have met 1 time; Thadzi leads 1–0.
Met1990Sep 14Series
Drake ThadziFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Melvin RicksFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thadzi 3 · Ricks 1 of 4 measurable rows
ThadziRicks
Record†
30-9-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
76.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
83%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.9
2.9 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
2

† 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

Agenot held
Drake Thadzi: 61
Melvin Ricks: No date of birth

Drake Thadzi left, Melvin Ricks right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Drake Thadzi30 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Drake Thadzi: 30 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (83%) and 5 on the cards (17%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 83%5 on the cards 17%

Melvin Ricks0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Melvin Ricks: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ricks yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Drake Thadzi 40, Melvin Ricks 2 — 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

Drake Thadzi last boxed on Dec 12, 1998 — 10,173 days ago. Thadzi had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Dariusz Michalczewski.LWWWL

Hill Sep 1995Flint Oct 1996Toney May 1997Scully Aug 1998Michalczewski Dec 19982.9 tracked bouts per year

Melvin Ricks last boxed on Nov 27, 1992 — 12,379 days ago. Ricks had lost two straight.LL

Thadzi Sep 1990Rocchigiani Nov 19920.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Drake Thadzi and Melvin Ricks ever fought each other?
Yes. Drake Thadzi and Melvin Ricks met once on September 14, 1990, and Drake Thadzi won by KO.
The meeting

WSep 14, 1990 · Thadzi · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thadzi or Ricks?
Drake Thadzi is 30-9-1 and Melvin Ricks is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Drake Thadzi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thadzi30–9–176.3%

Ricks0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thadzi and Ricks have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Drake Thadzi and Melvin Ricks have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thadzi and Ricks?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Drake Thadzi and 2 bouts tracked for Melvin Ricks. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thadzi40bouts

Ricks2bouts

How They Win ↓

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