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Kostya Tszyu vs Oktay Urkal — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇷🇺SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT

Kostya Tszyu

Cross-division

🇩🇪SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT, WELTERWEIGHT

Oktay Urkal

Kostya Tszyu (31-2) and Oktay Urkal (38-4) 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.

Tszyu

31

Wins25 KO · 81%

2

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Urkal

38

Wins12 KO · 32%

4

Losses

0

Draws5 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Tszyu leads 1–0

Kostya Tszyu and Oktay Urkal have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.

Kostya Tszyu and Oktay Urkal have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.
Met2001Jun 23Series
Kostya TszyuFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Oktay UrkalFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Tszyu 7 · Urkal 0 of 7 measurable rows
TszyuUrkal
Record
31-2 (edge)38-4
Win %0–100%
93.9% (edge)
90.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
12
KO rate0–100%
80.65% (edge)
31.58%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
81% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
5

† 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
Kostya Tszyu: 5′7″
Oktay Urkal: No height on file
ReachLevel
Kostya Tszyu: 67″
Oktay Urkal: 67″
Age1 yr apart
Kostya Tszyu: 57
Oktay Urkal: 56
Stance
Kostya Tszyu: Orthodox
Oktay Urkal: Orthodox

Kostya Tszyu left, Oktay Urkal right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kostya Tszyu31 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Kostya Tszyu: 31 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (81%) and 6 on the cards (19%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 81%6 on the cards 19%

Oktay Urkal1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Oktay Urkal: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kostya Tszyu 34, Oktay Urkal 5 — 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

Kostya Tszyu last boxed on Jun 4, 2005 — 7,805 days ago. Tszyu had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Ricky Hatton.WWWWL

Judah Nov 2001Tackie May 2002Leija Jan 2003Mitchell Nov 2004Hatton Jun 20052.6 tracked bouts per year

Oktay Urkal last boxed on Mar 3, 2007 — 7,168 days ago. Urkal had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Sarmiento Jul 1999Tszyu Jun 2001Harris Apr 2004Harris Oct 2004Cotto Mar 20070.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kostya Tszyu and Oktay Urkal ever fought each other?
Yes. Kostya Tszyu and Oktay Urkal met once on June 23, 2001, and Kostya Tszyu won by UD.
The meeting

WJun 23, 2001 · Tszyu · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tszyu or Urkal?
Kostya Tszyu is 31-2 and Oktay Urkal is 38-4. Kostya Tszyu has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Tszyu31–293.9%

Urkal38–490.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tszyu or Urkal?
Kostya Tszyu has 25 knockout wins and Oktay Urkal has 12. Kostya Tszyu has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tszyu2580.7%

Urkal1231.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tszyu and Urkal have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kostya Tszyu and Oktay Urkal have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tszyu and Urkal?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Kostya Tszyu and 5 bouts tracked for Oktay Urkal. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tszyu34bouts

Urkal5bouts

How They Win ↓

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