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John Tupou vs Nikolai Valuev — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Tupou

🇷🇺RUSSIA

Nikolai Valuev

John Tupou (0-1 across 1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tupou

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Valuev

50

Wins34 KO · 68%

2

Losses

0

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

John Tupou and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.

John Tupou and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.
Met1999Feb 13Series
John TupouFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nikolai ValuevFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Tupou 0 · Valuev 5 of 5 measurable rows
TupouValuev
Record†
0-150-2 (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§not comparable
—3.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
1
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
John Tupou: No date of birth
Nikolai Valuev: 53
Stance
John Tupou: Not recorded
Nikolai Valuev: Orthodox

John Tupou 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
John Tupou0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Tupou: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Tupou yet.

Nikolai Valuev50 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Nikolai Valuev: 50 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (68%), 15 on the cards (30%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — John Tupou 1, Nikolai Valuev 53 — 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 Tupou last boxed on Feb 13, 1999 — 10,110 days ago. Tupou had lost the most recent, to Nikolai Valuev.L

Valuev Feb 1999

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 John Tupou and Nikolai Valuev ever fought each other?
Yes. John Tupou and Nikolai Valuev met once on February 13, 1999, and Nikolai Valuev won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LFeb 13, 1999 · Valuev · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tupou or Valuev?
John Tupou is 0-1 across the 1 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.
Records · win %

Tupou0–10%

Valuev50–296.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tupou or Valuev?
John Tupou has 0 knockout wins and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tupou0

Valuev3468%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tupou and Valuev have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Tupou and Nikolai Valuev have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tupou and Valuev?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John Tupou and 53 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tupou1bout

Valuev53bouts

How They Win ↓

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