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Mike Sheppard vs Sergei Kuzmin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Mike Sheppard

🇷🇺HEAVYWEIGHT

Sergei Kuzmin

Mike Sheppard (0-17-1 across 18 tracked bouts) and Sergei Kuzmin (19-3) 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.

Sheppard

Tracked record

0–17–1

counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kuzmin

19

Wins14 KO · 74%

3

Losses

0

Draws23 tracked bouts

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

Kuzmin leads 1–0

Mike Sheppard and Sergei Kuzmin have met 1 time; Kuzmin leads 1–0.

Mike Sheppard and Sergei Kuzmin have met 1 time; Kuzmin leads 1–0.
Met2016Oct 29Series
Mike SheppardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sergei KuzminFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Sheppard 0 · Kuzmin 5 of 5 measurable rows
SheppardKuzmin
Record†
0-17-119-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
2.8%
86.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
0
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—73.68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—74%
Times stopped‡max 14
14
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
1
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
18
23

† 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
Mike Sheppard: No height on file
Sergei Kuzmin: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Mike Sheppard: No reach on file
Sergei Kuzmin: 75″
Agenot held
Mike Sheppard: No date of birth
Sergei Kuzmin: 39

Mike Sheppard left, Sergei Kuzmin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Mike Sheppard0 wins · from 18 tracked bouts

Mike Sheppard: no tracked wins in the 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sheppard yet.

Sergei Kuzmin19 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Sergei Kuzmin: 19 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (74%) and 5 on the cards (26%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 74%5 on the cards 26%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Mike Sheppard 18, Sergei Kuzmin 23 — 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

Mike Sheppard last boxed on Dec 16, 2017 — 3,232 days ago. Sheppard had lost 17 straight.LLLLL

Washington Dec 2014Wawrzyk Sep 2015Kuzmin Oct 2016Toney May 2017Kean Dec 20171 tracked bouts per year

Sergei Kuzmin had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Murad Khalidov. Kuzmin last boxed on Oct 6, 2025 — 381 days ago.WWWWL

Macedo Nov 2021Lartey May 2022Fick Sep 2022Montes Jul 2023Khalidov Oct 20252.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Mike Sheppard and Sergei Kuzmin ever fought each other?
Yes. Mike Sheppard and Sergei Kuzmin met once on October 29, 2016, and Sergei Kuzmin won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 29, 2016 · Kuzmin · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sheppard or Kuzmin?
Mike Sheppard is 0-17-1 across the 18 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sergei Kuzmin is 19-3. Sergei Kuzmin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sheppard0–17–12.8%

Kuzmin19–386.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sheppard or Kuzmin?
Mike Sheppard has 0 knockout wins and Sergei Kuzmin has 14. Sergei Kuzmin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sheppard0

Kuzmin1473.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sheppard and Kuzmin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mike Sheppard and Sergei Kuzmin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sheppard and Kuzmin?
This comparison is drawn from 18 bouts tracked for Mike Sheppard and 23 bouts tracked for Sergei Kuzmin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sheppard18bouts

Kuzmin23bouts

How They Win ↓

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