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Evander Holyfield vs Nikolai Valuev — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Evander Holyfield

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Nikolai Valuev

Evander Holyfield (44-10-2) and Nikolai Valuev (50-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Holyfield

44

Wins29 KO · 66%

10

Losses

2

Draws57 tracked bouts

Valuev

50

Wins34 KO · 68%

2

Losses

0

Draws53 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Valuev leads 1–0

Evander Holyfield and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.

Evander Holyfield and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.
Met2008Dec 20Series
Evander HolyfieldFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nikolai ValuevFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Holyfield 1 · Valuev 7 of 8 measurable rows
HolyfieldValuev
Record
44-10-250-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
80.4%
96.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
29
34 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
65.91%
68% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
66%
68% (edge)
Times stopped†max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 11
11 (edge)
2
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
2.2
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
53

† 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
Evander Holyfield: 6′2″
Nikolai Valuev: No height on file
Reachnot held
Evander Holyfield: 78″
Nikolai Valuev: No reach on file
Age11 yrs apart
Evander Holyfield: 64
Nikolai Valuev: 53
Stance
Evander Holyfield: Orthodox
Nikolai Valuev: Orthodox

Evander Holyfield left, Nikolai Valuev right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Evander Holyfield44 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Evander Holyfield: 44 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (66%), 13 on the cards (30%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 66%13 on the cards 30%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Nikolai Valuev50 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Nikolai Valuev: 50 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (68%), 15 on the cards (30%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 68%15 on the cards 30%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Evander Holyfield 57, Nikolai Valuev 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Valuev better on 2

Holyfield

Opponent

Valuev

  • Evander Holyfield

    1–1–1 against

    Draw, SD

    2001

    Loss, UD

    2001

    Win, UD

    2000

    RuizValuev better

    Nikolai Valuev

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    2008

    Win, MD

    2005

  • Evander Holyfield

    Loss, UD

    2004

    DonaldValuev better

    Nikolai Valuev

    Win, MD

    2005

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

Evander Holyfield last boxed on May 7, 2011 — 5,644 days ago. Holyfield had won once since a no contest with Sherman Williams.LLWNCW

Ibragimov Oct 2007Valuev Dec 2008Botha Apr 2010Williams Jan 2011Nielsen May 20112.2 tracked bouts per year

Nikolai Valuev last boxed on Nov 7, 2009 — 6,190 days ago. Valuev had won four in a row before losing a decision to David Haye.WWWWL

Bergeron Sep 2007Liakhovich Feb 2008Ruiz Aug 2008Holyfield Dec 2008Haye Nov 20093.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Evander Holyfield and Nikolai Valuev ever fought each other?
Yes. Evander Holyfield and Nikolai Valuev met once on December 20, 2008, and Nikolai Valuev won by MD.
The meeting

LDec 20, 2008 · Valuev · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Holyfield or Valuev?
Evander Holyfield is 44-10-2 and Nikolai Valuev is 50-2. Nikolai Valuev has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Holyfield44–10–280.4%

Valuev50–296.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Holyfield or Valuev?
Evander Holyfield has 29 knockout wins and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Holyfield2965.9%

Valuev3468%

The Numbers ↓
Do Holyfield and Valuev have any common opponents?
Evander Holyfield and Nikolai Valuev share 2 common opponents: John Ruiz and Larry Donald. Nikolai Valuev fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

John Ruiz1–1–1W

Larry DonaldLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Holyfield and Valuev?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Evander Holyfield and 53 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Holyfield57bouts

Valuev53bouts

How They Win ↓

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