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John Held vs Nicky Piper — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Held

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Nicky Piper

John Held (4-10-1 across 15 tracked bouts) and Nicky Piper (26-5-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Held

Tracked record

4–10–1

counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Piper

26

Wins20 KO · 77%

5

Losses

2

Draws33 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

Piper leads 1–0

John Held and Nicky Piper have met 1 time; Piper leads 1–0.

John Held and Nicky Piper have met 1 time; Piper leads 1–0.
Met1991Mar 5Series
John HeldFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nicky PiperFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Held 1 · Piper 5 of 6 measurable rows
HeldPiper
Record†
4-10-126-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
30%
81.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
81% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.1
2.2
4.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 33
15
33

† 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 Held: No height on file
Nicky Piper: 6′3″
Agenot held
John Held: No date of birth
Nicky Piper: 60

John Held left, Nicky Piper right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John Held4 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

John Held: 4 tracked wins — 4 on the cards (100%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 on the cards 100%

Nicky Piper26 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

Nicky Piper: 26 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (81%) and 5 on the cards (19%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 81%5 on the cards 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Held 15, Nicky Piper 33 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Held

Opponent

Piper

  • John Held

    Win, PTS

    1987

    MageeEven

    Nicky Piper

    Win, KO

    1995

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

John Held last boxed on Sep 24, 1994 — 11,712 days ago. Held had won once since losses to Ralf Rocchigiani and Franco Wanyama.LWLLW

Piper Mar 1991Rocchigiani Mar 1992Rocchigiani Apr 1992Wanyama Jan 1993Booth Sep 19942.2 tracked bouts per year

Nicky Piper last boxed on Oct 4, 1997 — 10,606 days ago. Piper had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Dariusz Michalczewski.WWWWL

Magee Sep 1995Juma Apr 1996Scott Nov 1996Nizard Jun 1997Michalczewski Oct 19974.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Held and Nicky Piper ever fought each other?
Yes. John Held and Nicky Piper met once on March 5, 1991, and Nicky Piper won by TKO.
The meeting

LMar 5, 1991 · Piper · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Held or Piper?
John Held is 4-10-1 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nicky Piper is 26-5-2. Nicky Piper has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Held4–10–130%

Piper26–5–281.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Held or Piper?
John Held has 0 knockout wins and Nicky Piper has 20. Nicky Piper has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Held0

Piper2076.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Held and Piper have any common opponents?
John Held and Nicky Piper share 1 common opponent: Noel Magee. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Noel MageeWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Held and Piper?
This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for John Held and 33 bouts tracked for Nicky Piper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Held15bouts

Piper33bouts

How They Win ↓

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