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Billy Costello vs Willie Rodriguez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Costello

Willie Rodriguez

Billy Costello (40-2) and Willie Rodriguez (3-7 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Costello

40

Wins23 KO · 58%

2

Losses

0

Draws42 tracked bouts

Rodriguez

Tracked record

3–7

counted from 10 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

Costello leads 1–0

Billy Costello and Willie Rodriguez have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.

Billy Costello and Willie Rodriguez have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.
Met1982Nov 7Series
Billy CostelloFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie RodriguezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Costello 6 · Rodriguez 0 of 6 measurable rows
CostelloRodriguez
Record†
40-2 (edge)3-7
Win %0–100%
95.2% (edge)
30%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
57% (edge)
33%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 42
42
10

† 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
Billy Costello: 5′9″
Willie Rodriguez: No height on file
Reachnot held
Billy Costello: 71″
Willie Rodriguez: No reach on file
Agenot held
Billy Costello: Died aged 55
Willie Rodriguez: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Costello: Orthodox
Willie Rodriguez: Not recorded

Billy Costello left, Willie Rodriguez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Costello40 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

Billy Costello: 40 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (57%) and 17 on the cards (43%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 57%17 on the cards 43%

Willie Rodriguez3 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Willie Rodriguez: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Costello 42, Willie Rodriguez 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Costello better on 2

Costello

Opponent

Rodriguez

  • Billy Costello

    Win, UD

    1985

    HaleyCostello better

    Willie Rodriguez

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1981

    Win, TKO

    1979

  • Billy Costello

    Win, TKO 10

    1984

    CurryCostello better

    Willie Rodriguez

    Loss, KO 10

    1979

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

Billy Costello has won nine straight, the most recent against Juan Laporte. Costello last boxed on Jun 18, 1999.WWWWW

Elkins Sep 1994Passero Apr 1995Scott May 1995Ladson Jan 1997Laporte Jun 19992.1 tracked bouts per year

Willie Rodriguez last boxed on Aug 29, 1985 — 15,027 days ago. Rodriguez had lost five straight.LLLLL

Haley Apr 1981Bumphus Oct 1981Costello Nov 1982Sacco Mar 1983McGirt Aug 19851.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Costello and Willie Rodriguez ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Costello and Willie Rodriguez met once on November 7, 1982, and Billy Costello won by UD.
The meeting

WNov 7, 1982 · Costello · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Costello or Rodriguez?
Billy Costello is 40-2 and Willie Rodriguez is 3-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Costello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Costello40–295.2%

Rodriguez3–730%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Costello or Rodriguez?
Billy Costello has 23 knockout wins and Willie Rodriguez has 1. Billy Costello has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Costello2357.5%

Rodriguez1

The Numbers ↓
Do Costello and Rodriguez have any common opponents?
Billy Costello and Willie Rodriguez share 2 common opponents: Leroy Haley and Bruce Curry. Billy Costello fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Leroy HaleyW1–1

Bruce CurryWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Costello and Rodriguez?
This comparison is drawn from 42 bouts tracked for Billy Costello and 10 bouts tracked for Willie Rodriguez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Costello42bouts

Rodriguez10bouts

How They Win ↓

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