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Rick Thornberry vs Sven Ottke — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rick Thornberry

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Sven Ottke

Rick Thornberry (27-5) and Sven Ottke (34-0) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Thornberry

27

Wins12 KO · 44%

5

Losses

0

Draws4 tracked bouts

Ottke

34

Wins6 KO · 18%

0

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Ottke leads 1–0

Rick Thornberry and Sven Ottke have met 1 time; Ottke leads 1–0.

Rick Thornberry and Sven Ottke have met 1 time; Ottke leads 1–0.
Met2002Mar 16Series
Rick ThornberryFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sven OttkeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Thornberry 2 · Ottke 5 of 7 measurable rows
ThornberryOttke
Record
27-534-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
84.4%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
12 (edge)
6
KO rate0–100%
44.44% (edge)
17.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—18%
Times stopped†max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 4.8
0.7
4.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
4
34

† 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
Rick Thornberry: No height on file
Sven Ottke: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Rick Thornberry: No reach on file
Sven Ottke: 69″
Age1 yr apart
Rick Thornberry: 58
Sven Ottke: 59
Stance
Rick Thornberry: Orthodox
Sven Ottke: Orthodox

Rick Thornberry left, Sven Ottke right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Rick Thornberry0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Rick Thornberry: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thornberry yet.

Sven Ottke34 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Sven Ottke: 34 tracked wins — 6 by KO/TKO (18%), 26 on the cards (76%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

6 by KO/TKO 18%26 on the cards 76%2 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rick Thornberry 4, Sven Ottke 34 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ottke better on 1

Thornberry

Opponent

Ottke

  • Rick Thornberry

    Loss, TKO 11

    2002

    MundineOttke better

    Sven Ottke

    Win, KO 10

    2001

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Rick Thornberry last boxed on Nov 2, 2002 — 8,753 days ago. Thornberry had lost four straight.LLLL

Wharton Oct 1996Calzaghe Jun 1999Ottke Mar 2002Mundine Nov 20020.7 tracked bouts per year

Sven Ottke last boxed on Mar 27, 2004 — 8,242 days ago. Ottke had won 34 straight, the most recent against Armand Krajnc.WWWWW

Mitchell Mar 2003Starie Jun 2003Larsen Sep 2003Reid Dec 2003Krajnc Mar 20044.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rick Thornberry and Sven Ottke ever fought each other?
Yes. Rick Thornberry and Sven Ottke met once on March 16, 2002, and Sven Ottke won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 16, 2002 · Ottke · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thornberry or Ottke?
Rick Thornberry is 27-5 and Sven Ottke is 34-0. Sven Ottke has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Thornberry27–584.4%

Ottke34–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thornberry or Ottke?
Rick Thornberry has 12 knockout wins and Sven Ottke has 6. Rick Thornberry has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thornberry1244.4%

Ottke617.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thornberry and Ottke have any common opponents?
Rick Thornberry and Sven Ottke share 1 common opponent: Anthony Mundine. Sven Ottke fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Anthony MundineLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thornberry and Ottke?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Rick Thornberry and 34 bouts tracked for Sven Ottke. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thornberry4bouts

Ottke34bouts

How They Win ↓

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