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Fulgencio Zúñiga vs Joel Tambwe Djeko — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇴LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Fulgencio Zúñiga

Joel Tambwe Djeko

Fulgencio Zúñiga (28-17-1) and Joel Tambwe Djeko (2-3 across 5 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.

Zúñiga

28

Wins25 KO · 89%

17

Losses

1

Draw26 tracked bouts

Djeko

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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

Djeko leads 1–0

Fulgencio Zúñiga and Joel Tambwe Djeko have met 1 time; Djeko leads 1–0.

Fulgencio Zúñiga and Joel Tambwe Djeko have met 1 time; Djeko leads 1–0.
Met2017Apr 1Series
Fulgencio ZúñigaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joel Tambwe DjekoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Zúñiga 6 · Djeko 1 of 7 measurable rows
ZúñigaDjeko
Record†
28-17-1 (edge)2-3
Win %0–100%
62% (edge)
40%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
89.29%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
82% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 1.6
1.6 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 26
26
5

† 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
Fulgencio Zúñiga: 5′10″
Joel Tambwe Djeko: No height on file
Reachnot held
Fulgencio Zúñiga: 70″
Joel Tambwe Djeko: No reach on file
Agenot held
Fulgencio Zúñiga: 49
Joel Tambwe Djeko: No date of birth
Stance
Fulgencio Zúñiga: Orthodox
Joel Tambwe Djeko: Not recorded

Fulgencio Zúñiga left, Joel Tambwe Djeko right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Fulgencio Zúñiga11 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

Fulgencio Zúñiga: 11 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (82%) and 2 on the cards (18%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 82%2 on the cards 18%

Joel Tambwe Djeko2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Joel Tambwe Djeko: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Fulgencio Zúñiga 26, Joel Tambwe Djeko 5 — 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

Fulgencio Zúñiga last boxed on Nov 18, 2019 — 2,539 days ago. Zúñiga had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Dorticos Dec 2015Fayfer Nov 2016Meza Feb 2017Djeko Apr 2017Martinez Nov 20191.6 tracked bouts per year

Joel Tambwe Djeko has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Djeko last boxed on May 16, 2026 — 168 days ago.WWLLL

Zúñiga Apr 2017Brudov Dec 2018Yoka Mar 2021Masternak Oct 2025Milas May 20260.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Fulgencio Zúñiga and Joel Tambwe Djeko ever fought each other?
Yes. Fulgencio Zúñiga and Joel Tambwe Djeko met once on April 1, 2017, and Joel Tambwe Djeko won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LApr 1, 2017 · Djeko · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Zúñiga or Djeko?
Fulgencio Zúñiga is 28-17-1 and Joel Tambwe Djeko is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Fulgencio Zúñiga has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Zúñiga28–17–162%

Djeko2–340%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Zúñiga or Djeko?
Fulgencio Zúñiga has 25 knockout wins and Joel Tambwe Djeko has 1. Fulgencio Zúñiga has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Zúñiga2589.3%

Djeko1

The Numbers ↓
Do Zúñiga and Djeko have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Fulgencio Zúñiga and Joel Tambwe Djeko have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Zúñiga and Djeko?
This comparison is drawn from 26 bouts tracked for Fulgencio Zúñiga and 5 bouts tracked for Joel Tambwe Djeko. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Zúñiga26bouts

Djeko5bouts

How They Win ↓

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