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Lennox Lewis vs Melvin Epps — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lennox Lewis

Melvin Epps

Lennox Lewis (41-2-1) and Melvin Epps (0-10 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Lewis

41

Wins32 KO · 78%

2

Losses

1

Draw44 tracked bouts

Epps

Tracked record

0–10

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Lewis leads 1–0

Lennox Lewis and Melvin Epps have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.

Lennox Lewis and Melvin Epps have met 1 time; Lewis leads 1–0.
Met1989Nov 5Series
Lennox LewisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Melvin EppsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQR21Meeting

The Numbers

Lewis 6 · Epps 0 of 6 measurable rows
LewisEpps
Record†
41-2-1 (edge)0-10
Win %0–100%
94.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 7
7 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
44
10

† 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
Lennox Lewis: 6′5″
Melvin Epps: No height on file
Reachnot held
Lennox Lewis: 84″
Melvin Epps: No reach on file
Agenot held
Lennox Lewis: 61
Melvin Epps: No date of birth
Stance
Lennox Lewis: Orthodox
Melvin Epps: Not recorded

Lennox Lewis left, Melvin Epps right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Lennox Lewis41 wins · from 44 tracked bouts

Lennox Lewis: 41 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (78%), 7 on the cards (17%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 44 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 78%7 on the cards 17%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Melvin Epps0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Melvin Epps: no tracked wins in the 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Epps yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lennox Lewis 44, Melvin Epps 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Lewis better on 1

Lewis

Opponent

Epps

  • Lennox Lewis

    Win, TKO 8

    1994

    JacksonLewis better

    Melvin Epps

    Loss, TKO

    1991

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

Lennox Lewis last boxed on Jun 21, 2003 — 8,521 days ago. Lewis had won three straight since losing by stoppage to Hasim Rahman.WLWWW

Tua Nov 2000Rahman Apr 2001Rahman Nov 2001Tyson Jun 2002Klitschko Jun 20033.1 tracked bouts per year

Melvin Epps last boxed on Dec 13, 1991 — 12,729 days ago. Epps had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Snipes Apr 1987Muhammad Mar 1988Snipes Sep 1989Lewis Nov 1989Jackson Dec 19910.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lennox Lewis and Melvin Epps ever fought each other?
Yes. Lennox Lewis and Melvin Epps met once on November 5, 1989, and Lennox Lewis won by DQ in round 2.
The meeting

WNov 5, 1989 · Lewis · DQ R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lewis or Epps?
Lennox Lewis is 41-2-1 and Melvin Epps is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lennox Lewis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lewis41–2–194.3%

Epps0–100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lewis or Epps?
Lennox Lewis has 32 knockout wins and Melvin Epps has 0. Lennox Lewis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lewis3278.1%

Epps0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lewis and Epps have any common opponents?
Lennox Lewis and Melvin Epps share 1 common opponent: Phil Jackson. Lennox Lewis fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Phil JacksonWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lewis and Epps?
This comparison is drawn from 44 bouts tracked for Lennox Lewis and 10 bouts tracked for Melvin Epps. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lewis44bouts

Epps10bouts

How They Win ↓

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