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Kostya Tszyu vs Rafael Ruelas — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇷🇺SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT

Kostya Tszyu

Cross-division

🇲🇽FEATHERWEIGHT

Rafael Ruelas

Kostya Tszyu (31-2) and Rafael Ruelas (53-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Tszyu

31

Wins25 KO · 81%

2

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Ruelas

53

Wins41 KO · 77%

4

Losses

0

Draws57 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Tszyu leads 1–0

Kostya Tszyu and Rafael Ruelas have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.

Kostya Tszyu and Rafael Ruelas have met 1 time; Tszyu leads 1–0.
Met1998Aug 15Series
Kostya TszyuFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rafael RuelasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Tszyu 6 · Ruelas 2 of 8 measurable rows
TszyuRuelas
Record
31-2 (edge)53-4
Win %0–100%
93.9% (edge)
93%
Wins by knockoutmax 41
25
41 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
80.65% (edge)
77.36%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
81% (edge)
77%
Times stopped†max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
1
Bouts per year‡max 5.4
2.6
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
34
57

† 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

Height+4″
Kostya Tszyu: 5′7″
Rafael Ruelas: 5′11″ (edge)
Reach+4″
Kostya Tszyu: 67″
Rafael Ruelas: 71″ (edge)
Age2 yrs apart
Kostya Tszyu: 57
Rafael Ruelas: 55
Stance
Kostya Tszyu: Orthodox
Rafael Ruelas: Orthodox

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

Super Lightweight against Featherweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

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%

Rafael Ruelas53 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Rafael Ruelas: 53 tracked wins — 41 by KO/TKO (77%), 11 on the cards (21%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

41 by KO/TKO 77%11 on the cards 21%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kostya Tszyu 34, Rafael Ruelas 57 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Tszyu

Opponent

Ruelas

  • Kostya Tszyu

    Win, UD

    1993

    BrambleEven

    Rafael Ruelas

    Win, UD

    1996

  • Kostya Tszyu

    Win, KO 1

    1993

    RiveraEven

    Rafael Ruelas

    Win, TKO 3

    1993

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

Kostya Tszyu last boxed on Jun 4, 2005 — 7,812 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

Rafael Ruelas last boxed on Aug 8, 1999 — 9,939 days ago. Ruelas had won once since losing by stoppage to Kostya Tszyu.WWWLW

Wilson Nov 1997Scott Mar 1998Baldwin Jun 1998Tszyu Aug 1998Lau Aug 19995.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kostya Tszyu and Rafael Ruelas ever fought each other?
Yes. Kostya Tszyu and Rafael Ruelas met once on August 15, 1998, and Kostya Tszyu won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WAug 15, 1998 · Tszyu · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tszyu or Ruelas?
Kostya Tszyu is 31-2 and Rafael Ruelas is 53-4. Kostya Tszyu has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Tszyu31–293.9%

Ruelas53–493%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tszyu or Ruelas?
Kostya Tszyu has 25 knockout wins and Rafael Ruelas has 41. Rafael Ruelas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tszyu2580.7%

Ruelas4177.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tszyu and Ruelas have any common opponents?
Kostya Tszyu and Rafael Ruelas share 2 common opponents: Livingstone Bramble and Robert Rivera. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Livingstone BrambleWW

Robert RiveraWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Tszyu or Ruelas?
Rafael Ruelas is the taller fighter at 180 cm, 10 cm above the other. Rafael Ruelas also has the longer reach, by 10 cm.
Height · reach

Tszyu170 cm170 cm reach

Ruelas180 cm180 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tszyu and Ruelas?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Kostya Tszyu and 57 bouts tracked for Rafael Ruelas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tszyu34bouts

Ruelas57bouts

How They Win ↓

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