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Malik Zinad vs Richard Vella — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Malik Zinad

Richard Vella

Malik Zinad (24-1) and Richard Vella (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Zinad

24

Wins18 KO · 75%

1

Loss

0

Draws25 tracked bouts

Vella

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Zinad leads 1–0

Malik Zinad and Richard Vella have met 1 time; Zinad leads 1–0.

Malik Zinad and Richard Vella have met 1 time; Zinad leads 1–0.
Met2015Dec 7Series
Malik ZinadFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Richard VellaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Zinad 3 · Vella 0 of 3 measurable rows
ZinadVella
Record†
24-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
96% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
75%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
25
1

† 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
Malik Zinad: 6′1″
Richard Vella: No height on file
Agenot held
Malik Zinad: 32
Richard Vella: No date of birth
Stance
Malik Zinad: Orthodox
Richard Vella: Not recorded

Malik Zinad left, Richard Vella right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Malik Zinad24 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Malik Zinad: 24 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (75%), 5 on the cards (21%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 75%5 on the cards 21%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

Richard Vella0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Richard Vella: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Vella yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Malik Zinad 25, Richard Vella 1 — 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

Malik Zinad has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Dmitry Bivol. Zinad last boxed on Nov 30, 2025 — 327 days ago.WWLWW

Diallo Mar 2023Pampellone Apr 2024Bivol Jun 2024Dzindo Feb 2025Bilić Nov 20252.5 tracked bouts per year

Richard Vella last boxed on Dec 7, 2015 — 3,973 days ago. Vella had lost the most recent, to Malik Zinad.L

Zinad Dec 2015

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Malik Zinad and Richard Vella ever fought each other?
Yes. Malik Zinad and Richard Vella met once on December 7, 2015, and Malik Zinad won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WDec 7, 2015 · Zinad · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Zinad or Vella?
Malik Zinad is 24-1 and Richard Vella is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Malik Zinad has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Zinad24–196%

Vella0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Zinad or Vella?
Malik Zinad has 18 knockout wins and Richard Vella has 0. Malik Zinad has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Zinad1875%

Vella0

The Numbers ↓
Do Zinad and Vella have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Malik Zinad and Richard Vella have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Zinad and Vella?
This comparison is drawn from 25 bouts tracked for Malik Zinad and 1 bout tracked for Richard Vella. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Zinad25bouts

Vella1bout

How They Win ↓

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