Have Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler ever fought each other?

Yes. Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler met once on February 12, 1999, and Mikkel Kessler won by KO.

Who has the better record, Balboa or Kessler?

Jaime Balboa is 1-12 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mikkel Kessler is 46-3. Mikkel Kessler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Balboa or Kessler?

Jaime Balboa has 0 knockout wins and Mikkel Kessler has 35. Mikkel Kessler has more.

Do Balboa and Kessler have any common opponents?

Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler share 1 common opponent: Dingaan Thobela. Mikkel Kessler fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Balboa and Kessler?

This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Jaime Balboa and 49 bouts tracked for Mikkel Kessler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jaime Balboa vs Mikkel Kessler — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Jaime Balboa

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Mikkel Kessler

Jaime Balboa (1-12 across 13 tracked bouts) 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 1 common opponent.

Balboa

Tracked record

1–12

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kessler

Wins35 KO · 76%

Losses

Draws49 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

Kessler leads 1–0

Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler have met 1 time; Kessler leads 1–0.
Met	1999Feb 12	Series
Jaime BalboaFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Mikkel KesslerFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOKessler vs Balboa	1Meeting

Kessler vs Balboa · Feb 12, 1999

The Numbers

Balboa 1 · Kessler 6 of 7 measurable rows

BalboaEdge = longer wingKessler

Record^†: 1-1246-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 7.7%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35: 0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —76.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
76%
Times stopped^‡max 8: 8
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 7: 0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.2: 0.9
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49: 13
49

† 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: Jaime Balboa: No height on file; Mikkel Kessler: 6′1″
Agenot held: Jaime Balboa: No date of birth; Mikkel Kessler: 47
Stance: Jaime Balboa: Not recorded; Mikkel Kessler: Orthodox

Jaime Balboa 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

Jaime Balboa1 win · from 13 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Mikkel Kessler46 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

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 — Jaime Balboa 13, Mikkel Kessler 49 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Kessler better on 11 shared · Mikkel Kessler better on 1

BalboaJaime Balboa

Opponent

KesslerMikkel Kessler

Jaime Balboa
Loss, KO 8
1995Sep 1995
ThobelaDingaan ThobelaSouth Africa 40–14–2Kessler betterMikkel Kessler better — 1–0 to 0–1
Mikkel Kessler
Win, UD
2002Nov 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

Jaime Balboa last boxed on Dec 9, 1999 — 9,809 days ago. Balboa had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Fuentes Mar 1997Carr May 1997Hurtado Jun 1997Kessler Feb 1999McKart Dec 19990.9 tracked bouts per year

Mikkel Kessler last boxed on May 25, 2013 — 4,893 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 Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler ever fought each other?: Yes. Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler met once on February 12, 1999, and Mikkel Kessler won by KO.
Who has the better record, Balboa or Kessler?: Jaime Balboa is 1-12 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mikkel Kessler is 46-3. Mikkel Kessler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Balboa or Kessler?: Jaime Balboa has 0 knockout wins and Mikkel Kessler has 35. Mikkel Kessler has more.
Do Balboa and Kessler have any common opponents?: Jaime Balboa and Mikkel Kessler share 1 common opponent: Dingaan Thobela. Mikkel Kessler fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Balboa and Kessler?: This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Jaime Balboa and 49 bouts tracked for Mikkel Kessler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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