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Jerope Mercado vs Vusi Malinga — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jerope Mercado

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Vusi Malinga

Jerope Mercado (0-4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) and Vusi Malinga (21-6-1) 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.

Mercado

Tracked record

0–4–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Malinga

21

Wins12 KO · 57%

6

Losses

1

Draw28 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Jerope Mercado and Vusi Malinga have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Jerope Mercado and Vusi Malinga have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met2007Feb 2Series
Jerope MercadoFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Vusi MalingaFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Mercado 0 · Malinga 5 of 5 measurable rows
MercadoMalinga
Record†
0-4-221-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
76.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—57%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.9
0.6
1.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
6
28

† 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
Jerope Mercado: No height on file
Vusi Malinga: 5′7″
Agenot held
Jerope Mercado: No date of birth
Vusi Malinga: 46
Stance
Jerope Mercado: Not recorded
Vusi Malinga: Southpaw

Jerope Mercado left, Vusi Malinga right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jerope Mercado0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Jerope Mercado: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mercado yet.

Vusi Malinga21 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Vusi Malinga: 21 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (57%) and 9 on the cards (43%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 57%9 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jerope Mercado 6, Vusi Malinga 28 — 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

Jerope Mercado last boxed on Oct 8, 2016 — 3,663 days ago. Mercado had lost three straight.DDLLL

Malinga Feb 2007Sato Jul 2009Iwasa Nov 2011Roman Jul 2016Fleming Oct 20160.6 tracked bouts per year

Vusi Malinga last boxed on Oct 25, 2014 — 4,377 days ago. Malinga had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Domingo Oct 2010Cruz Jun 2012Gabutan Mar 2013Hall Dec 2013McDonnell Oct 20141.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jerope Mercado and Vusi Malinga ever fought each other?
Yes. Jerope Mercado and Vusi Malinga met once on February 2, 2007, and the bout was a draw by SD.
The meeting

DFeb 2, 2007 · Draw · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mercado or Malinga?
Jerope Mercado is 0-4-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Vusi Malinga is 21-6-1. Vusi Malinga has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mercado0–4–216.7%

Malinga21–6–176.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mercado or Malinga?
Jerope Mercado has 0 knockout wins and Vusi Malinga has 12. Vusi Malinga has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mercado0

Malinga1257.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mercado and Malinga have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jerope Mercado and Vusi Malinga have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mercado and Malinga?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Jerope Mercado and 28 bouts tracked for Vusi Malinga. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mercado6bouts

Malinga28bouts

How They Win ↓

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