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Drexie James vs Taurus Sykes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Drexie James

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Taurus Sykes

Drexie James (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Taurus Sykes (25-8-1) 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.

James

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sykes

25

Wins7 KO · 28%

8

Losses

1

Draw35 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

Sykes leads 1–0

Drexie James and Taurus Sykes have met 1 time; Sykes leads 1–0.

Drexie James and Taurus Sykes have met 1 time; Sykes leads 1–0.
Met1999Jun 18Series
Drexie JamesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Taurus SykesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

James 0 · Sykes 5 of 5 measurable rows
JamesSykes
Record†
0-525-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
75% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 7
0
7 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—31%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
1
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
5
35

† 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
Drexie James: No height on file
Taurus Sykes: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Drexie James: No reach on file
Taurus Sykes: 71″
Agenot held
Drexie James: No date of birth
Taurus Sykes: 51
Stance
Drexie James: Not recorded
Taurus Sykes: Orthodox

Drexie James left, Taurus Sykes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Drexie James0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Drexie James: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for James yet.

Taurus Sykes26 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Taurus Sykes: 26 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (31%) and 18 on the cards (69%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 31%18 on the cards 69%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Drexie James 5, Taurus Sykes 35 — 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

Drexie James last boxed on Aug 6, 2004 — 8,109 days ago. James had lost five straight.LLLLL

Sykes Jun 1999Sellers Feb 2000Guinn May 2002Castillo May 2004Scott Aug 20041 tracked bouts per year

Taurus Sykes last boxed on Mar 26, 2015 — 4,225 days ago. Sykes had lost five straight.LLLLL

Rahman Jun 2007Povetkin Jul 2008Rabotte Oct 2010Mitchell Dec 2010Consuegra Mar 20152.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Drexie James and Taurus Sykes ever fought each other?
Yes. Drexie James and Taurus Sykes met once on June 18, 1999, and Taurus Sykes won by KO.
The meeting

LJun 18, 1999 · Sykes · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, James or Sykes?
Drexie James is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Taurus Sykes is 25-8-1. Taurus Sykes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

James0–50%

Sykes25–8–175%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, James or Sykes?
Drexie James has 0 knockout wins and Taurus Sykes has 7. Taurus Sykes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

James0

Sykes728%

The Numbers ↓
Do James and Sykes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Drexie James and Taurus Sykes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on James and Sykes?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Drexie James and 35 bouts tracked for Taurus Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

James5bouts

Sykes35bouts

How They Win ↓

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