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Johnson Tellez vs Khalid Yafai — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnson Tellez

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Khalid Yafai

Johnson Tellez (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) and Khalid Yafai (27-2) 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.

Tellez

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Yafai

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

2

Losses

0

Draws29 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

Yafai leads 1–0

Johnson Tellez and Khalid Yafai have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.

Johnson Tellez and Khalid Yafai have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.
Met2016Oct 22Series
Johnson TellezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Khalid YafaiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Tellez 0 · Yafai 7 of 7 measurable rows
TellezYafai
Record†
1-727-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
93.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.56%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
56% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.6
0.9
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 29
8
29

† 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
Johnson Tellez: No height on file
Khalid Yafai: 5′4″
Agenot held
Johnson Tellez: No date of birth
Khalid Yafai: 37
Stance
Johnson Tellez: Not recorded
Khalid Yafai: Orthodox

Johnson Tellez left, Khalid Yafai right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnson Tellez1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Johnson Tellez: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Khalid Yafai27 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Khalid Yafai: 27 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (56%) and 12 on the cards (44%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 56%12 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnson Tellez 8, Khalid Yafai 29 — 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

Johnson Tellez last boxed on Nov 18, 2019 — 2,529 days ago. Tellez had lost five straight.LLLLL

Yafai Oct 2016Lorente Jan 2017Garner Mar 2017Masoud Jul 2018Ball Nov 20190.9 tracked bouts per year

Khalid Yafai last boxed on Nov 18, 2023 — 1,068 days ago. Yafai had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jonathan Rodriguez.WWLWL

Gonzalez Nov 2018Jimenez Jun 2019González Feb 2020Paclar Nov 2022Rodriguez Nov 20232.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnson Tellez and Khalid Yafai ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnson Tellez and Khalid Yafai met once on October 22, 2016, and Khalid Yafai won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LOct 22, 2016 · Yafai · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tellez or Yafai?
Johnson Tellez is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Khalid Yafai is 27-2. Khalid Yafai has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tellez1–712.5%

Yafai27–293.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tellez or Yafai?
Johnson Tellez has 0 knockout wins and Khalid Yafai has 15. Khalid Yafai has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tellez0

Yafai1555.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tellez and Yafai have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnson Tellez and Khalid Yafai have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tellez and Yafai?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Johnson Tellez and 29 bouts tracked for Khalid Yafai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tellez8bouts

Yafai29bouts

How They Win ↓

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