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Ngozika Ekwelum vs Paul Sykes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ngozika Ekwelum

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Paul Sykes

Ngozika Ekwelum (17-10-5) 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.

Ekwelum

17

Wins14 KO · 82%

10

Losses

5

Draws33 tracked bouts

Sykes

6

Wins4 KO · 67%

3

Losses

1

Draw2 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Ekwelum leads 1–0

Ngozika Ekwelum and Paul Sykes have met 1 time; Ekwelum leads 1–0.

Ngozika Ekwelum and Paul Sykes have met 1 time; Ekwelum leads 1–0.
Met1980Mar 29Series
Ngozika EkwelumFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Paul SykesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Ekwelum 3 · Sykes 4 of 7 measurable rows
EkwelumSykes
Record
17-10-56-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
60.9%
65% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
4
KO rate0–100%
82.35% (edge)
66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
82%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.5
2.5 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 33
33
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
Ngozika Ekwelum: No height on file
Paul Sykes: 6′3″
Agenot comparable
Ngozika Ekwelum: 78
Paul Sykes: Died aged 60
Stance
Ngozika Ekwelum: Not recorded
Paul Sykes: Orthodox

Ngozika Ekwelum 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
Ngozika Ekwelum17 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

Ngozika Ekwelum: 17 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (82%) and 3 on the cards (18%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 82%3 on the cards 18%

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 — Ngozika Ekwelum 33, 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

Ngozika Ekwelum last boxed on Nov 14, 1986 — 14,599 days ago. Ekwelum had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Sykes Mar 1980Mensah Jan 1983Kilimanjaro Dec 1983Udalor Aug 1986Konate Nov 19862.5 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 Ngozika Ekwelum and Paul Sykes ever fought each other?
Yes. Ngozika Ekwelum and Paul Sykes met once on March 29, 1980, and Ngozika Ekwelum won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WMar 29, 1980 · Ekwelum · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ekwelum or Sykes?
Ngozika Ekwelum is 17-10-5 and Paul Sykes is 6-3-1. Paul Sykes has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Ekwelum17–10–560.9%

Sykes6–3–165%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ekwelum or Sykes?
Ngozika Ekwelum has 14 knockout wins and Paul Sykes has 4. Ngozika Ekwelum has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ekwelum1482.4%

Sykes466.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ekwelum and Sykes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ngozika Ekwelum and Paul Sykes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ekwelum and Sykes?
This comparison is drawn from 33 bouts tracked for Ngozika Ekwelum and 2 bouts tracked for Paul Sykes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ekwelum33bouts

Sykes2bouts

How They Win ↓

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