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Ismael Armando Chaves vs Kostya Tszyu — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ismael Armando Chaves

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Kostya Tszyu

Ismael Armando Chaves (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Kostya Tszyu (31-2) 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.

Chaves

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Tszyu

31

Wins25 KO · 81%

2

Losses

0

Draws34 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

Tszyu leads 1–0

Ismael Armando Chaves and Kostya Tszyu have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.

Ismael Armando Chaves and Kostya Tszyu have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.
Met1997Dec 6Series
Ismael Armando ChavesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kostya TszyuFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Chaves 1 · Tszyu 4 of 5 measurable rows
ChavesTszyu
Record†
0-131-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—81%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
1
34

† 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
Ismael Armando Chaves: No height on file
Kostya Tszyu: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Ismael Armando Chaves: No reach on file
Kostya Tszyu: 67″
AgeSame age
Ismael Armando Chaves: 57
Kostya Tszyu: 57
Stance
Ismael Armando Chaves: Not recorded
Kostya Tszyu: Orthodox

Ismael Armando Chaves left, Kostya Tszyu right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ismael Armando Chaves0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ismael Armando Chaves: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Chaves yet.

Kostya Tszyu31 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Kostya Tszyu: 31 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (81%) and 6 on the cards (19%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 81%6 on the cards 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ismael Armando Chaves 1, Kostya Tszyu 34 — 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

Ismael Armando Chaves last boxed on Dec 6, 1997 — 10,551 days ago. Chaves had lost the most recent, to Kostya Tszyu.L

Tszyu Dec 1997

Kostya Tszyu last boxed on Jun 4, 2005 — 7,814 days ago. Tszyu had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Ricky Hatton.WWWWL

Judah Nov 2001Tackie May 2002Leija Jan 2003Mitchell Nov 2004Hatton Jun 20052.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ismael Armando Chaves and Kostya Tszyu ever fought each other?
Yes. Ismael Armando Chaves and Kostya Tszyu met once on December 6, 1997, and Kostya Tszyu won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LDec 6, 1997 · Tszyu · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Chaves or Tszyu?
Ismael Armando Chaves is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Kostya Tszyu is 31-2. Kostya Tszyu has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Chaves0–10%

Tszyu31–293.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Chaves or Tszyu?
Ismael Armando Chaves has 0 knockout wins and Kostya Tszyu has 25. Kostya Tszyu has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Chaves0

Tszyu2580.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Chaves and Tszyu have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ismael Armando Chaves and Kostya Tszyu have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Chaves and Tszyu?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Ismael Armando Chaves and 34 bouts tracked for Kostya Tszyu. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Chaves1bout

Tszyu34bouts

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