
Within the recorded range there are 32 bouts between 2004 and 2017, about one every 4.8 months. It has been 9 years since the last bout. 16 of the 32 wins came inside the distance, 1 of them in the first round. From 2004 they put together 32 straight wins. The best win came against Sergey Kovalev in 2016, who was rated 2587 at the time.
The win over Mikkel Kessler in 2009 closed the widest rating gap of the career. Opponents rated higher going in have been beaten 5 times. Over the last four bouts the trend was upward.