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Al Cook vs Ángel Espada — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Cook

🇵🇷WELTERWEIGHT

Ángel Espada

Al Cook (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Ángel Espada (44-11-4) 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.

Cook

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Espada

44

Wins27 KO · 61%

11

Losses

4

Draws59 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Espada leads 1–0

Al Cook and Ángel Espada have met 1 time; Espada leads 1–0.

Al Cook and Ángel Espada have met 1 time; Espada leads 1–0.
Met1973Jul 14Series
Al CookFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ángel EspadaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Cook 1 · Espada 4 of 5 measurable rows
CookEspada
Record†
0-344-11-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—61.36%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—61%
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
0.3
3.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
3
59

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ 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
Al Cook: No height on file
Ángel Espada: 5′9″
Agenot held
Al Cook: No date of birth
Ángel Espada: 78
Stance
Al Cook: Not recorded
Ángel Espada: Orthodox

Al Cook left, Ángel Espada right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Cook0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Al Cook: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cook yet.

Ángel Espada44 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Ángel Espada: 44 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (61%), 16 on the cards (36%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 61%16 on the cards 36%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Cook 3, Ángel Espada 59 — 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

Al Cook last boxed on Jun 8, 1982 — 16,204 days ago. Cook had lost three straight.LLL

Obed Mar 1973Espada Jul 1973Jackson Jun 19820.3 tracked bouts per year

Ángel Espada last boxed on Dec 10, 1981 — 16,384 days ago. Espada had won once since losses to José Cuevas and Thomas Hearns.WWLLW

Hailstock Feb 1979Edward Jun 1979Cuevas Dec 1979Hearns Mar 1980Alfonso Dec 19813.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Cook and Ángel Espada ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Cook and Ángel Espada met once on July 14, 1973, and Ángel Espada won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LJul 14, 1973 · Espada · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cook or Espada?
Al Cook is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ángel Espada is 44-11-4. Ángel Espada has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cook0–30%

Espada44–11–478%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cook or Espada?
Al Cook has 0 knockout wins and Ángel Espada has 27. Ángel Espada has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cook0

Espada2761.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cook and Espada have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Cook and Ángel Espada have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cook and Espada?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Al Cook and 59 bouts tracked for Ángel Espada. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cook3bouts

Espada59bouts

How They Win ↓

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