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Neville Meade vs Paul Sykes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Neville Meade

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Paul Sykes

Neville Meade (20-13-1) and Paul Sykes (6-3-1) 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.

Meade

20

Wins18 KO · 90%

13

Losses

1

Draw34 tracked bouts

Sykes

6

Wins4 KO · 67%

3

Losses

1

Draw2 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Sykes leads 1–0

Neville Meade and Paul Sykes have met 1 time; Sykes leads 1–0.

Neville Meade and Paul Sykes have met 1 time; Sykes leads 1–0.
Met1978May 15Series
Neville MeadeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul SykesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Meade 4 · Sykes 4 of 8 measurable rows
MeadeSykes
Record
20-13-16-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
60.3%
65% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
4
KO rate0–100%
90% (edge)
66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
90%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.8
3.8 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
2

† 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
Neville Meade: No height on file
Paul Sykes: 6′3″
Agenot comparable
Neville Meade: Died aged 61
Paul Sykes: Died aged 60
Stance
Neville Meade: Not recorded
Paul Sykes: Orthodox

Neville Meade left, Paul Sykes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Neville Meade20 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Neville Meade: 20 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (90%) and 2 on the cards (10%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 90%2 on the cards 10%

Paul Sykes1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Paul Sykes: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Neville Meade 34, Paul Sykes 2 — 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

Neville Meade had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to David Pearce. Meade last boxed on Sep 22, 1983.WWLWL

Mintus Mar 1981Ferris Oct 1981Boone Nov 1981Kellar Feb 1982Pearce Sep 19833.8 tracked bouts per year

Paul Sykes had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ngozika Ekwelum. Sykes last boxed on Mar 29, 1980.WL

Meade May 1978Ekwelum Mar 19801.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Neville Meade and Paul Sykes ever fought each other?
Yes. Neville Meade and Paul Sykes met once on May 15, 1978, and Paul Sykes won by TKO.
The meeting

LMay 15, 1978 · Sykes · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Meade or Sykes?
Neville Meade is 20-13-1 and Paul Sykes is 6-3-1. Paul Sykes has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Meade20–13–160.3%

Sykes6–3–165%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Meade or Sykes?
Neville Meade has 18 knockout wins and Paul Sykes has 4. Neville Meade has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Meade1890%

Sykes466.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Meade and Sykes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Neville Meade and Paul Sykes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Meade and Sykes?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Neville Meade and 2 bouts tracked for Paul Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Meade34bouts

Sykes2bouts

How They Win ↓

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