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Eddy Martinez vs Taurus Sykes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddy Martinez

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Taurus Sykes

Eddy Martinez (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Martinez

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Eddy Martinez and Taurus Sykes have met 1 time; Sykes leads 1–0.

Eddy Martinez and Taurus Sykes have met 1 time; Sykes leads 1–0.
Met1998Nov 7Series
Eddy MartinezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Taurus SykesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Martinez 1 · Sykes 3 of 4 measurable rows
MartinezSykes
Record†
0-125-8-1 (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 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
1
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
Eddy Martinez: No height on file
Taurus Sykes: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Eddy Martinez: No reach on file
Taurus Sykes: 71″
Agenot held
Eddy Martinez: No date of birth
Taurus Sykes: 51
Stance
Eddy Martinez: Not recorded
Taurus Sykes: Orthodox

Eddy Martinez 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
Eddy Martinez0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Eddy Martinez: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Martinez 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 — Eddy Martinez 1, 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

Eddy Martinez last boxed on Nov 7, 1998 — 10,219 days ago. Martinez had lost the most recent, to Taurus Sykes.L

Sykes Nov 1998

Taurus Sykes last boxed on Mar 26, 2015 — 4,236 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 Eddy Martinez and Taurus Sykes ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddy Martinez and Taurus Sykes met once on November 7, 1998, and Taurus Sykes won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 7, 1998 · Sykes · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martinez or Sykes?
Eddy Martinez is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Martinez0–10%

Sykes25–8–175%

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

Martinez0

Sykes728%

The Numbers ↓
Do Martinez and Sykes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddy Martinez and Taurus Sykes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martinez and Sykes?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Eddy Martinez and 35 bouts tracked for Taurus Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martinez1bout

Sykes35bouts

How They Win ↓

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