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.
Lionell Thompson (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Sergey Kovalev (36-5-1) 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.
Lionell Thompson vs Sergey Kovalev — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sergey Kovalev leads 1–0- Sergey Kovalev wonKovalev vs ThompsonSep 21, 2012 · TKO · R3
The Numbers
- 2-3
- Record
- 36-5-1 (edge)
- 40%
- Win %
- 86.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 30 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 83.33%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 83% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 0
- Title reigns
- 5 (edge)
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 2.7 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 42
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (184 cm)
- —
- Age
- 43
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Russian
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyLionell Thompson · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Sergey Kovalev · 36 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
6
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 42 respectively), 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
Lionell Thompson
LWLLW
L1 streak · last fought Feb 17, 2018
Sergey Kovalev
WLWLW
W1 streak · last fought Apr 18, 2025
Common Questions
- Have Lionell Thompson and Sergey Kovalev ever fought each other?
- Yes. Lionell Thompson and Sergey Kovalev met once on September 21, 2012, and Sergey Kovalev won by TKO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Lionell Thompson or Sergey Kovalev?
- Lionell Thompson is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sergey Kovalev is 36-5-1. Sergey Kovalev has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Lionell Thompson or Sergey Kovalev?
- Lionell Thompson has 0 knockout wins and Sergey Kovalev has 30. Sergey Kovalev has more.
- Do Lionell Thompson and Sergey Kovalev have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lionell Thompson and Sergey Kovalev have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lionell Thompson and Sergey Kovalev?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Lionell Thompson and 42 bouts tracked for Sergey Kovalev. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.