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.
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.
Billy Costello vs Willie Rodriguez — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Billy Costello leads 1–0- Billy Costello wonCostello vs RodriguezNov 7, 1982 · UD
The Numbers
- 40-2 (edge)
- Record
- 3-7
- 95.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 30%
- 23 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 57.5%
- KO rate
- —
- 57% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 33%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 2
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.2
- 42
- Bouts tracked
- 10
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′9″ (174 cm)
- Height
- —
- 71″ (180 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 70
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Welterweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Costello · 40 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
17
Other
0
Willie Rodriguez · 3 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (42 and 10 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Billy Costello
WWWWW
W9 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1999
Willie Rodriguez
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Aug 29, 1985
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Billy Costello or Willie 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Billy Costello or Willie Rodriguez?
- Billy Costello has 23 knockout wins and Willie Rodriguez has 1. Billy Costello has more.
- Do Billy Costello and Willie 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Costello and Willie 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.