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Arturo Morua vs Jessie Vargas — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

Arturo Morua

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Jessie Vargas

Arturo Morua (26-15-1) and Jessie Vargas (29-4-2) 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.

Morua

26

Wins15 KO · 58%

15

Losses

1

Draw13 tracked bouts

Vargas

29

Wins11 KO · 38%

4

Losses

2

Draws35 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Vargas leads 1–0

Arturo Morua and Jessie Vargas have met 1 time; Vargas leads 1–0.

Arturo Morua and Jessie Vargas have met 1 time; Vargas leads 1–0.
Met2010May 1Series
Arturo MoruaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jessie VargasFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Morua 2 · Vargas 6 of 8 measurable rows
MoruaVargas
Record
26-15-129-4-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
63.1%
85.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
11
KO rate0–100%
57.69% (edge)
37.93%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
25%
38% (edge)
Times stopped†max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.6
1.5
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
13
35

† 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

Height+1″
Arturo Morua: 5′10″
Jessie Vargas: 5′11″ (edge)
ReachLevel
Arturo Morua: 71″
Jessie Vargas: 71″
Age11 yrs apart
Arturo Morua: 48
Jessie Vargas: 37
Stance
Arturo Morua: Orthodox
Jessie Vargas: Orthodox

Arturo Morua left, Jessie Vargas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Arturo Morua4 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Arturo Morua: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

Jessie Vargas29 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Jessie Vargas: 29 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (38%) and 18 on the cards (62%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 38%18 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arturo Morua 13, Jessie Vargas 35 — 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

Arturo Morua last boxed on May 1, 2010 — 6,020 days ago. Morua had lost five straight.LLLLL

Maidana Apr 2008Hurtado Apr 2009Cayo May 2009Rivera Dec 2009Vargas May 20101.5 tracked bouts per year

Jessie Vargas last boxed on Apr 30, 2022 — 1,638 days ago. Vargas had lost two straight, after one straight win.DDWLL

Broner Apr 2018Dulorme Oct 2018Soto Apr 2019Garcia Feb 2020Smith Apr 20222.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Arturo Morua and Jessie Vargas ever fought each other?
Yes. Arturo Morua and Jessie Vargas met once on May 1, 2010, and Jessie Vargas won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LMay 1, 2010 · Vargas · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Morua or Vargas?
Arturo Morua is 26-15-1 and Jessie Vargas is 29-4-2. Jessie Vargas has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Morua26–15–163.1%

Vargas29–4–285.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Morua or Vargas?
Arturo Morua has 15 knockout wins and Jessie Vargas has 11. Arturo Morua has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Morua1557.7%

Vargas1137.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Morua and Vargas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Arturo Morua and Jessie Vargas have faced.
Who is bigger, Morua or Vargas?
Jessie Vargas is the taller fighter at 180 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Morua178 cm180 cm reach

Vargas180 cm180 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Morua and Vargas?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Arturo Morua and 35 bouts tracked for Jessie Vargas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Morua13bouts

Vargas35bouts

How They Win ↓

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