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Ángel Espada vs Luis Acosta — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇵🇷WELTERWEIGHT

Ángel Espada

Luis Acosta

Ángel Espada (44-11-4) and Luis Acosta (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Espada

44

Wins27 KO · 61%

11

Losses

4

Draws59 tracked bouts

Acosta

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Series level 1–1

Ángel Espada and Luis Acosta have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Ángel Espada and Luis Acosta have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1975Mar 151975Apr 12Series
Ángel EspadaFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Luis AcostaFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Espada 5 · Acosta 1 of 6 measurable rows
EspadaAcosta
Record†
44-11-4 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
78% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
61.36%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
61% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
3.9 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
59
4

† 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″
Luis Acosta: No height on file
Agenot held
Ángel Espada: 78
Luis Acosta: No date of birth
Stance
Ángel Espada: Orthodox
Luis Acosta: Not recorded

Ángel Espada left, Luis Acosta 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

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%

Luis Acosta1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Luis Acosta: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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, Luis Acosta 4 — 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

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

Luis Acosta last boxed on May 23, 1982 — 16,221 days ago. Acosta had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Espada Mar 1975Espada Apr 1975Witherspoon Mar 1982Thomas May 19820.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ángel Espada and Luis Acosta ever fought each other?
Yes. Ángel Espada and Luis Acosta have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WApr 12, 1975 · Espada · PTS

LMar 15, 1975 · Acosta · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Espada or Acosta?
Ángel Espada is 44-11-4 and Luis Acosta is 1-3 across the 4 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.
Records · win %

Espada44–11–478%

Acosta1–325%

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

Espada2761.4%

Acosta0

The Numbers ↓
Do Espada and Acosta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ángel Espada and Luis Acosta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Espada and Acosta?
This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for Ángel Espada and 4 bouts tracked for Luis Acosta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Espada59bouts

Acosta4bouts

How They Win ↓

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