In a career spanning 13 years and 3 months, Kostya Tszyu fought 34 times with 31 wins, 2 losses, and 1 no-contest. By his last professional fight on June 4, 2005, Tszyu's boxing record stood at 31-2 (25 KO wins, 2 KO losses).
WBA | WBC | IBF | TheRing |
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Kostya Tszyu (Thunder from Down Under) is a retired Australian professional boxer. He was born in Serov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on September 19, 1969. Tszyu made his professional boxing debut at the age of 22 on March 1, 1992. He is a former super-lightweight world champion. He is 53 years old, and will be turning 54 in 7 months and 15 days. Tszyu is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 34 |
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Wins | 31 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 1 |
KO Wins | 25 |
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Total Title Wins | 5 |
Title Defenses | 12 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 11 |
Losses via KO | 2 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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34 | Jun 4, 2005 | 35 | Ricky Hatton | Loss | RTD11 |
33 | Nov 6, 2004 | 35 | Sharmba Mitchell | Win | TKO3 |
32 | Jan 19, 2003 | 33 | Jesse James Leija | Win | RTD6 |
31 | May 18, 2002 | 32 | Ben Tackie | Win | UD |
30 | Nov 3, 2001 | 32 | Zab Judah | Win | TKO2 |
29 | Jun 23, 2001 | 31 | Oktay Urkal | Win | UD |
28 | Feb 3, 2001 | 31 | Sharmba Mitchell | Win | RTD7 |
27 | Jul 29, 2000 | 30 | Julio César Chávez | Win | TKO6 |
26 | Feb 12, 2000 | 30 | Ahmed Santos | Win | TKO8 |
25 | Aug 21, 1999 | 29 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | Win | TKO10 |
24 | Nov 28, 1998 | 29 | Diosbelys Hurtado | Win | TKO5 |
23 | Aug 15, 1998 | 28 | Rafael Ruelas | Win | TKO9 |
22 | Apr 5, 1998 | 28 | Calvin Grove | Win | KO1 |
21 | Dec 6, 1997 | 28 | Ismael Armando Chaves | Win | TKO3 |
20 | May 31, 1997 | 27 | Vince Phillips | Loss | TKO10 |
19 | Jan 18, 1997 | 27 | Leonardo Mas | NC | TD |
18 | Sep 14, 1996 | 26 | Jan Piet Bergman | Win | KO6 |
17 | May 24, 1996 | 26 | Corey Johnson | Win | KO4 |
16 | Jan 20, 1996 | 26 | Hugo Pineda | Win | TKO11 |
15 | Jun 25, 1995 | 25 | Roger Mayweather | Win | UD |
14 | Jan 28, 1995 | 25 | Jake Rodríguez | Win | TKO6 |
13 | Aug 29, 1994 | 24 | Pedro Sanchez | Win | TKO4 |
12 | May 2, 1994 | 24 | Angel Hernandez | Win | RTD7 |
11 | Jan 11, 1994 | 24 | Hector Lopez | Win | UD |
10 | Aug 23, 1993 | 23 | Livingstone Bramble | Win | UD |
9 | Jun 18, 1993 | 23 | Robert Rivera | Win | KO1 |
8 | May 14, 1993 | 23 | Larry LaCoursiere | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Jan 30, 1993 | 23 | Steve Larrimore | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Nov 13, 1992 | 23 | Sammy Fuentes | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Sep 11, 1992 | 22 | Daniel Ricardo Cusato | Win | TKO7 |
4 | Jul 23, 1992 | 22 | Juan Laporte | Win | UD |
3 | May 7, 1992 | 22 | Tony Jones | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Apr 2, 1992 | 22 | Nedrick Simmons | Win | KO1 |
1 | Mar 1, 1992 | 22 | Darrell Hiles | Win | TKO1 |
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Kostya Tszyu's professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1992 to 2005.
Tszyu made his debut against Darrell Hiles at the age of 22 on March 1, 1992, defeating Hiles via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 17 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 13 wins via stoppage.
Tszyu had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on January 28, 1995 after 13 professional fights, against Jake Rodríguez for the super-lightweight IBF title. He defeated Rodríguez via 6th round TKO to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
He was a undisputed super-lightweight world champion, and has won five world titles at super-lightweight. For all the details about Tszyu's world title wins and defenses refer to "Kostya Tszyu World Titles".
Some of Tszyu's best fights and notable victories include wins over Zab Judah, Sharmba Mitchell, Julio César Chávez, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Jesse James Leija, Rafael Ruelas, and Roger Mayweather.
Kostya Tszyu had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career — both of them in title bouts. He suffered his first loss against Vince Phillips via 10th round TKO on May 31, 1997, which ended his 18-fight win streak. Both of Tszyu's losses came via stoppage. For more details about these defeats, refer to "All of Kostya Tszyu's losses".
His last professional fight was a super-lightweight title defense bout against British boxer Ricky Hatton on June 4, 2005. Tszyu lost the fight via 11th round RTD — and lost his IBF and The Ring titles. It's been 17 years and 8 months since this fight.
Tszyu retired from professional boxing with a record of 31-2, which included 25 knockout wins and 2 losses via knockout, and 5 title wins. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2011.
Kostya Tszyu fought a total of 34 times during his professional career. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
A 25-year old Kostya Tszyu (13-0, 10 KO) had his first world title fight against Jake Rodríguez for Rodríguez' IBF super-lightweight belt.
Tszyu defeated Rodríguez via 6th round TKO to win the IBF super-lightweight title.A 25-year old Kostya Tszyu (14-0, 11 KO) faced Roger Mayweather, who was 34 years old with a record of 54-11 in a super-lightweight title defense fight. Mayweather was on a three-fight win streak with 32 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 17 cm reach advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu defeated Mayweather via 12 round unanimous decision to retain the IBF super-lightweight title.
A 29-year old Kostya Tszyu (22-1, 18 KO) faced Miguel Angel Gonzalez, who was 28 years old with a record of 43-1-1 for the vacant super-lightweight title. Gonzalez was on a one-fight win streak with 33 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu defeated González via 10th round TKO to win the vacant WBC super-lightweight title.
A 30-year old Kostya Tszyu (24-1, 20 KO) faced Julio César Chávez, who was 38 years old with a record of 103-4-2 in a super-lightweight title defense fight. Chávez was on a one-fight win streak with 84 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu defeated Chávez via 6th round TKO to retain the WBC super-lightweight title.
A 31-year old Kostya Tszyu (25-1, 21 KO) faced Sharmba Mitchell, who was 30 years old with a record of 47-2 in a super-lightweight unification fight. Mitchell was on a 16-fight win streak with 28 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Mitchell had a 13 cm reach advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu defeated Mitchell via 7th round RTD to win the WBA (Super) super-lightweight title and retain the WBC super-lightweight title.
A 32-year old Kostya Tszyu (27-1, 22 KO) faced an undefeated Zab Judah, who was 24 years old with a record of 27-0 in a undisputed super-lightweight championship bout. Judah was on a 27-fight win streak with 21 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 1 cm and also had a 13 cm reach advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu defeated Judah via 2nd round TKO to win the IBF and vacant Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles and retain the WBA (Super) and WBC super-lightweight titles. He handed Judah the first loss of his career, and put an end to Judah's 27-fight win streak.
A 33-year old Kostya Tszyu (29-1, 23 KO) faced Jesse James Leija, who was 36 years old with a record of 43-5-2 in a undisputed super-lightweight championship bout. Leija was on a three-fight win streak with 17 KO wins. Tszyu was the taller of the two by 5 cms but both had the same reach.
Tszyu defeated Leija via 6th round RTD to retain the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles.
In a rematch, a 35-year old Kostya Tszyu (30-1, 24 KO) faced Sharmba Mitchell, who was now 34 years old with a record of 55-3 in a super-lightweight title defense fight. Mitchell was on a eight-fight win streak with 30 KO wins. Both the boxers were of the same height but Mitchell had a 13 cm reach advantage over Tszyu.
Tszyu defeated Mitchell via 3rd round TKO to retain the IBF and Ring Magazine super-lightweight titles.
Some of Tszyu's best wins were against Zab Judah, Sharmba Mitchell, Julio César Chávez, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Jesse James Leija, Rafael Ruelas, and Roger Mayweather.
Tszyu knocked out 25 of his 34 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 75.8%. Of his total 31 wins, 25 of them were via KO (80.6%).
Tszyu had 2 losses. Ricky Hatton and Vince Phillips are the two boxers who have beaten Tszyu.