Kostya Tszyu Record & Stats

Kostya Tszyu Record & Stats

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In a career spanning 13 years and three 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).

Serov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
“Thunder from Down Under”
Born
Sep 19, 1969
Age
53
Debut
Mar 1, 1992
Record
31-2
Rounds
202
KOs
25 (75.8%)
Height
170 cm
Reach
170 cm
Ape Index
0 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
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Boxing Career of Kostya Tszyu
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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 three months and 10 days. Tszyu is a Hall of Famer.

      Fight Record

      Total Fights34
      Wins31
      Losses2
      Draws0
      No-Contests1
      KO Wins25
      Total Title Wins5
      Title Defenses12
      Title-Fight KO Wins11
      Losses via KO2
      #DateAgeOpponentResultVia
      34Jun 4, 200535Ricky HattonLoss *RTD11
      33Nov 6, 200435Sharmba MitchellWin *TKO3
      32Jan 19, 200333Jesse James LeijaWin *RTD6
      31May 18, 200232Ben TackieWin *UD
      30Nov 3, 200132Zab JudahWin *TKO2
      29Jun 23, 200131Oktay UrkalWin *UD
      28Feb 3, 200131Sharmba MitchellWin *RTD7
      27Jul 29, 200030Julio César ChávezWin *TKO6
      26Feb 12, 200030Ahmed SantosWin *TKO8
      25Aug 21, 199929Miguel Angel GonzalezWin *TKO10
      24Nov 28, 199829Diosbelys HurtadoWinTKO5
      23Aug 15, 199828Rafael RuelasWinTKO9
      22Apr 5, 199828Calvin GroveWinKO1
      21Dec 6, 199728Ismael Armando ChavesWinTKO3
      20May 31, 199727Vince PhillipsLoss *TKO10
      19Jan 18, 199727Leonardo MasNCTD
      18Sep 14, 199626Jan Piet BergmanWin *KO6
      17May 24, 199626Corey JohnsonWin *KO4
      16Jan 20, 199626Hugo PinedaWin *TKO11
      15Jun 25, 199525Roger MayweatherWin *UD
      14Jan 28, 199525Jake RodríguezWin *TKO6
      13Aug 29, 199424Pedro SanchezWinTKO4
      12May 2, 199424Angel HernandezWinRTD7
      11Jan 11, 199424Hector LopezWinUD
      10Aug 23, 199323Livingstone BrambleWinUD
      9Jun 18, 199323Robert RiveraWinKO1
      8May 14, 199323Larry LaCoursiereWinTKO1
      7Jan 30, 199323Steve LarrimoreWinTKO2
      6Nov 13, 199223Sammy FuentesWinTKO1
      5Sep 11, 199222Daniel Ricardo CusatoWinTKO7
      4Jul 23, 199222Juan LaporteWinUD
      3May 7, 199222Tony JonesWinTKO2
      2Apr 2, 199222Nedrick SimmonsWinKO1
      1Mar 1, 199222Darrell HilesWinTKO1

      * World-title fight

      World Titles

      Tszyu was a super-lightweight world champion. He has held five world titles at the super-lightweight weight division, two of which were vacant title wins, and the rest three were lineal championship wins.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Super-lightweightWBA, WBC, IBF 2x, The Ring

      Statistics

      Kostya Tszyu is 170 cm tall (5' 6.93") with a reach of 170 cm (5' 6.93"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 0.

      Tszyu has a 75.8% KO rate. Of his total 25 KO wins, 13 were in the early rounds, nine in the mid rounds, and three in the later rounds. He has six first-round KO wins.

      Career Summary

      Kostya Tszyu's professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1992 to 2005.

      Tszyu made his professional boxing 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 Hall-of-Famer Julio César Chávez, Zab Judah, Sharmba Mitchell, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Jesse James Leija, Rafael Ruelas, and Roger Mayweather.

      Tszyu had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career.

      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 18 years and 5 days since this fight.

      Career Highlights

      Tszyu fought a total of 34 times during his professional career, which includes 16 world-title fights at the super-lightweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.

      • January 28, 1995: Tszyu wins his first world title by defeating Jake Rodríguez via 6th round TKO. He is now the IBF super-lightweight world champion.

      • June 25, 1995: Tszyu successfully defends the IBF super-lightweight title against Roger Mayweather, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

      • August 15, 1998: Kostya Tszyu beats Rafael Ruelas via 9th round TKO.

      • August 21, 1999: Tszyu wins the WBC super-lightweight title from Miguel Angel Gonzalez, by beating Gonzalez via 10th round TKO.

      • July 29, 2000: Tszyu successfully defends the WBC super-lightweight title against Julio César Chávez, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.

      • February 3, 2001: Tszyu becomes a unified super-lightweight world champion by beating Sharmba Mitchell via 7th round RTD. He now holds the WBC and WBA (Super) super-lightweight world-champion belts.

      • November 3, 2001: Tszyu becomes the undisputed super-lightweight world champion by defeating Zab Judah via 2nd round TKO. He now holds the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring super-lightweight world-champion belts.

      • November 6, 2004: Tszyu successfully defends the IBF and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Sharmba Mitchell, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.

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