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Éric Lucas vs Mikkel Kessler — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Éric Lucas

🇩🇰DENMARK

Mikkel Kessler

Éric Lucas (39-8-3) and Mikkel Kessler (46-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Lucas

39

Wins15 KO · 38%

8

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Kessler

46

Wins35 KO · 76%

3

Losses

0

Draws49 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Kessler leads 1–0

Éric Lucas and Mikkel Kessler have met 1 time; Kessler leads 1–0.

Éric Lucas and Mikkel Kessler have met 1 time; Kessler leads 1–0.
Met2006Jan 14Series
Éric LucasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Mikkel KesslerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR101Meeting

The Numbers

Lucas 0 · Kessler 8 of 8 measurable rows
LucasKessler
Record
39-8-346-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
81%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
15
35 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
38.46%
76.09% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
38%
76% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 7
1
7 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.2
2.7
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
49

† 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

Height+1″
Éric Lucas: 6′0″
Mikkel Kessler: 6′1″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Éric Lucas: 74″
Mikkel Kessler: No reach on file
Age8 yrs apart
Éric Lucas: 55
Mikkel Kessler: 47
Stance
Éric Lucas: Orthodox
Mikkel Kessler: Orthodox

Éric Lucas left, Mikkel Kessler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Éric Lucas39 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Éric Lucas: 39 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (38%) and 24 on the cards (62%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 38%24 on the cards 62%

Mikkel Kessler46 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

Mikkel Kessler: 46 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (76%) and 11 on the cards (24%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 76%11 on the cards 24%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Éric Lucas 50, Mikkel Kessler 49 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Kessler better on 2 · even on 2

Lucas

Opponent

Kessler

  • Éric Lucas

    Loss, RTD 8

    2010

    AndradeKessler better

    Mikkel Kessler

    Win, UD

    2007

  • Éric Lucas

    Loss, SD

    2003

    BeyerKessler better

    Mikkel Kessler

    Win, KO 3

    2006

  • Éric Lucas

    Win, TKO 2

    2004

    MenefeeEven

    Mikkel Kessler

    Win, TKO

    2000

  • Éric Lucas

    Win, TKO 8

    2001

    ThobelaEven

    Mikkel Kessler

    Win, UD

    2002

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Éric Lucas last boxed on May 28, 2010 — 5,987 days ago. Lucas had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Librado Andrade.WWLWL

Menefee Dec 2004Crawford Mar 2005Kessler Jan 2006Moyano Dec 2009Andrade May 20102.7 tracked bouts per year

Mikkel Kessler last boxed on May 25, 2013 — 4,894 days ago. Kessler had won four in a row before losing a decision to Carl Froch.WWWWL

Froch Apr 2010Bouadla Jun 2011Green May 2012Magee Dec 2012Froch May 20133.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Éric Lucas and Mikkel Kessler ever fought each other?
Yes. Éric Lucas and Mikkel Kessler met once on January 14, 2006, and Mikkel Kessler won by TKO in round 10.
The meeting

LJan 14, 2006 · Kessler · TKO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lucas or Kessler?
Éric Lucas is 39-8-3 and Mikkel Kessler is 46-3. Mikkel Kessler has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Lucas39–8–381%

Kessler46–393.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lucas or Kessler?
Éric Lucas has 15 knockout wins and Mikkel Kessler has 35. Mikkel Kessler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lucas1538.5%

Kessler3576.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lucas and Kessler have any common opponents?
Éric Lucas and Mikkel Kessler share 4 common opponents: Librado Andrade, Markus Beyer and Tony Menefee (and 1 other). Mikkel Kessler fared better against 2 of them.
4 shared opponents

Librado AndradeLW

Markus BeyerLW

Tony MenefeeWW

Dingaan ThobelaWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Lucas or Kessler?
Mikkel Kessler is the taller fighter at 185 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Lucas183 cm188 cm reach

Kessler185 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lucas and Kessler?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Éric Lucas and 49 bouts tracked for Mikkel Kessler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lucas50bouts

Kessler49bouts

How They Win ↓

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