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.
James Gaines (0-3 across 3 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.
James Gaines vs Nikolai Valuev — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Nikolai Valuev leads 1–0- Nikolai Valuev wonValuev vs GainesJun 9, 1998 · UD
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 50-2 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 96.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 34 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 68%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 69%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 54
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 53
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Russia
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJames Gaines · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Nikolai Valuev · 51 wins
KO/TKO
35
Decision
15
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 54 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
James Gaines
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Mar 7, 2003
Nikolai Valuev
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Nov 7, 2009
Common Questions
- 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, James Gaines or Nikolai Valuev?
- James Gaines is 0-3 across the 3 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, James Gaines or Nikolai Valuev?
- James Gaines has 0 knockout wins and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.
- Do James Gaines and Nikolai 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 James Gaines and Nikolai Valuev?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Gaines and 54 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.