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John Cortez vs Malik Zinad — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Cortez

🇱🇾LIBYA

Malik Zinad

John Cortez (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Malik Zinad (24-1) 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.

Cortez

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Zinad

24

Wins18 KO · 75%

1

Loss

0

Draws25 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

Zinad leads 1–0

John Cortez and Malik Zinad have met 1 time; Zinad leads 1–0.

John Cortez and Malik Zinad have met 1 time; Zinad leads 1–0.
Met2019May 25Series
John CortezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Malik ZinadFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQR31Meeting

The Numbers

Cortez 0 · Zinad 3 of 3 measurable rows
CortezZinad
Record†
0-224-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
96% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—75%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
2
25

† 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
John Cortez: No height on file
Malik Zinad: 6′1″
Agenot held
John Cortez: No date of birth
Malik Zinad: 32
Stance
John Cortez: Not recorded
Malik Zinad: Orthodox

John Cortez left, Malik Zinad right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John Cortez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

John Cortez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cortez yet.

Malik Zinad24 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Malik Zinad: 24 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (75%), 5 on the cards (21%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 75%5 on the cards 21%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Cortez 2, Malik Zinad 25 — 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

John Cortez last boxed on Jul 29, 2019 — 2,639 days ago. Cortez had lost two straight.LL

Zinad May 2019Sadjo Jul 2019

Malik Zinad has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Dmitry Bivol. Zinad last boxed on Nov 30, 2025 — 323 days ago.WWLWW

Diallo Mar 2023Pampellone Apr 2024Bivol Jun 2024Dzindo Feb 2025Bilić Nov 20252.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Cortez and Malik Zinad ever fought each other?
Yes. John Cortez and Malik Zinad met once on May 25, 2019, and Malik Zinad won by DQ in round 3.
The meeting

LMay 25, 2019 · Zinad · DQ R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cortez or Zinad?
John Cortez is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Malik Zinad is 24-1. Malik Zinad has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cortez0–20%

Zinad24–196%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cortez or Zinad?
John Cortez has 0 knockout wins and Malik Zinad has 18. Malik Zinad has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cortez0

Zinad1875%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cortez and Zinad have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Cortez and Malik Zinad have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cortez and Zinad?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for John Cortez and 25 bouts tracked for Malik Zinad. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cortez2bouts

Zinad25bouts

How They Win ↓

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