Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Larry Donald vs Nikolai Valuev — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Larry Donald

🇷🇺RUSSIA

Nikolai Valuev

Larry Donald (42-5-3) 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 2 common opponents.

Donald

42

Wins24 KO · 57%

5

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Valuev

50

Wins34 KO · 68%

2

Losses

0

Draws53 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Valuev leads 1–0

Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.

Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev have met 1 time; Valuev leads 1–0.
Met2005Oct 1Series
Larry DonaldFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nikolai ValuevFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Donald 1 · Valuev 7 of 8 measurable rows
DonaldValuev
Record
42-5-350-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
87%
96.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
24
34 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
57.14%
68% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
57%
68% (edge)
Times stopped†max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
3.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
50
53

† 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
Larry Donald: 6′3″
Nikolai Valuev: No height on file
Reachnot held
Larry Donald: 81″
Nikolai Valuev: No reach on file
Age6 yrs apart
Larry Donald: 59
Nikolai Valuev: 53
Stance
Larry Donald: Orthodox
Nikolai Valuev: Orthodox

Larry Donald 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
Larry Donald42 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Larry Donald: 42 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (57%), 17 on the cards (40%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 57%17 on the cards 40%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

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 — Larry Donald 50, Nikolai Valuev 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Donald

Opponent

Valuev

  • Larry Donald

    Win, UD

    2004

    HolyfieldEven

    Nikolai Valuev

    Win, MD

    2008

  • Larry Donald

    Win, UD

    1996

    GainesEven

    Nikolai Valuev

    Win, UD

    1998

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

Larry Donald last boxed on Jun 30, 2007 — 7,051 days ago. Donald had lost two straight.WWDLL

Cawley Aug 2004Holyfield Nov 2004Austin Apr 2005Valuev Oct 2005Povetkin Jun 20073.5 tracked bouts per year

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 Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev ever fought each other?
Yes. Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev met once on October 1, 2005, and Nikolai Valuev won by MD.
The meeting

LOct 1, 2005 · Valuev · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Donald or Valuev?
Larry Donald is 42-5-3 and Nikolai Valuev is 50-2. Nikolai Valuev has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Donald42–5–387%

Valuev50–296.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Donald or Valuev?
Larry Donald has 24 knockout wins and Nikolai Valuev has 34. Nikolai Valuev has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Donald2457.1%

Valuev3468%

The Numbers ↓
Do Donald and Valuev have any common opponents?
Larry Donald and Nikolai Valuev share 2 common opponents: Evander Holyfield and James Gaines. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Evander HolyfieldWW

James GainesWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Donald and Valuev?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Larry Donald and 53 bouts tracked for Nikolai Valuev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Donald50bouts

Valuev53bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Donald with…

Compare Valuev with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.