Have Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza ever fought each other?

Yes. Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza met once on May 10, 1974, and Ángel Espada won by KO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Espada or Oropeza?

Ángel Espada is 44-11-4 and Dave Oropeza is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ángel Espada has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Espada or Oropeza?

Ángel Espada has 27 knockout wins and Dave Oropeza has 0. Ángel Espada has more.

Do Espada and Oropeza have any common opponents?

Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza share 1 common opponent: Armando Muñíz. Ángel Espada fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Espada and Oropeza?

This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for Ángel Espada and 6 bouts tracked for Dave Oropeza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ángel Espada vs Dave Oropeza — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇵🇷WELTERWEIGHT

Ángel Espada

Dave Oropeza

Ángel Espada (44-11-4) and Dave Oropeza (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Espada

Wins27 KO · 61%

Losses

Draws59 tracked bouts

Oropeza

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza have met 1 time; Espada leads 1–0.
Met	1974May 10	Series
Ángel EspadaFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Dave OropezaFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOR4Espada vs Oropeza	1Meeting

Espada vs Oropeza · May 10, 1974

The Numbers

Espada 6 · Oropeza 0 of 6 measurable rows

EspadaEdge = longer wingOropeza

Record^†: 44-11-4 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%: 78% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 27: 27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 61.36%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 61% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 4 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.9: 3.9 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59: 59
6

† 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: Ángel Espada: 5′9″; Dave Oropeza: No height on file
Agenot held: Ángel Espada: 78; Dave Oropeza: No date of birth
Stance: Ángel Espada: Orthodox; Dave Oropeza: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Ángel Espada44 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

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

Dave Oropeza1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ángel Espada 59, Dave Oropeza 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Espada better on 11 shared · Ángel Espada better on 1

EspadaÁngel Espada

Opponent

OropezaDave Oropeza

Ángel Espada
Win, PTS
1974Jul 1974
MuñízArmando MuñízUnited States 44–14–1 · Super Welterweight, WelterweightEspada betterÁngel Espada better — 1–0 to 0–1
Dave Oropeza
Loss, KO
1974Jan 1974

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

Ángel Espada last boxed on Dec 10, 1981 — 16,385 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

Dave Oropeza last boxed on Jun 25, 1974 — 19,110 days ago. Oropeza had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Brown Aug 1970Moyer Apr 1971Muñíz Jan 1974Espada May 1974Mattioli Jun 19741.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza ever fought each other?: Yes. Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza met once on May 10, 1974, and Ángel Espada won by KO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Espada or Oropeza?: Ángel Espada is 44-11-4 and Dave Oropeza is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ángel Espada has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Espada or Oropeza?: Ángel Espada has 27 knockout wins and Dave Oropeza has 0. Ángel Espada has more.
Do Espada and Oropeza have any common opponents?: Ángel Espada and Dave Oropeza share 1 common opponent: Armando Muñíz. Ángel Espada fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Espada and Oropeza?: This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for Ángel Espada and 6 bouts tracked for Dave Oropeza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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