Have James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev ever fought each other?

Yes. James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev met once on June 9, 1998, and Nikolai Valuev won by UD.

Who has the better record, Gaines or Valuev?

James Gaines is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nikolai Valuev is 50-2. Nikolai Valuev has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Gaines or Valuev?

James Gaines has 0 knockout wins and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.

Do Gaines and Valuev have any common opponents?

James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev share 1 common opponent: Larry Donald. Nikolai Valuev fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gaines and Valuev?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for James Gaines and 53 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

James Gaines vs Nikolai Valuev — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

James Gaines

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Nikolai Valuev

James Gaines (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) 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 1 common opponent.

Gaines

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Valuev

Wins34 KO · 68%

Losses

Draws53 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

Valuev leads 1–0

James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.
Met	1998Jun 9	Series
James GainesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Nikolai ValuevFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDValuev vs Gaines	1Meeting

Valuev vs Gaines · Jun 9, 1998

The Numbers

Gaines 0 · Valuev 6 of 6 measurable rows

GainesEdge = longer wingValuev

Record^†: 0-550-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
96.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34: 0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —68%
Times stopped^‡max 1: 1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.3: 0.8
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53: 5
53

† 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

Agenot held: James Gaines: No date of birth; Nikolai Valuev: 53
Stance: James Gaines: Not recorded; Nikolai Valuev: Orthodox

James Gaines 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

James Gaines0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Gaines yet.

Nikolai Valuev50 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

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 — James Gaines 5, Nikolai Valuev 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Valuev better on 11 shared · Nikolai Valuev better on 1

GainesJames Gaines

Opponent

ValuevNikolai Valuev

James Gaines
Loss, UD
1996Dec 1996
DonaldLarry DonaldUnited States 42–5–3 · HeavyweightValuev betterNikolai Valuev better — 1–0 to 0–1
Nikolai Valuev
Win, MD
2005Oct 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

James Gaines last boxed on Mar 7, 2003 — 8,627 days ago. Gaines had lost five straight.LLLLL

Sullivan Jul 1996Donald Dec 1996Sanders Feb 1998Valuev Jun 1998Thompson Mar 20030.8 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 James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev ever fought each other?: Yes. James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev met once on June 9, 1998, and Nikolai Valuev won by UD.
Who has the better record, Gaines or Valuev?: James Gaines is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nikolai Valuev is 50-2. Nikolai Valuev has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Gaines or Valuev?: James Gaines has 0 knockout wins and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.
Do Gaines and Valuev have any common opponents?: James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev share 1 common opponent: Larry Donald. Nikolai Valuev fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gaines and Valuev?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for James Gaines and 53 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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