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Billy Joe Saunders vs Marcelo Cóceres — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Billy Joe Saunders

🇦🇷ARGENTINA

Marcelo Cóceres

Billy Joe Saunders (30-1) and Marcelo Cóceres (32-8-1) 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.

Saunders

30

Wins14 KO · 47%

1

Loss

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Cóceres

32

Wins18 KO · 56%

8

Losses

1

Draw41 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Saunders leads 1–0

Billy Joe Saunders and Marcelo Cóceres have met 1 time; Saunders leads 1–0.

Billy Joe Saunders and Marcelo Cóceres have met 1 time; Saunders leads 1–0.
Met2019Nov 9Series
Billy Joe SaundersFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Marcelo CóceresFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR111Meeting

The Numbers

Saunders 4 · Cóceres 4 of 8 measurable rows
SaundersCóceres
Record
30-1 (edge)32-8-1
Win %0–100%
96.8% (edge)
79.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
14
18 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
46.67%
56.25% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47%
56% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
2.5
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
31
41

† 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 Joe Saunders: 5′11″
Marcelo Cóceres: No height on file
Reach+2″
Billy Joe Saunders: 71″ (edge)
Marcelo Cóceres: 69″
Age2 yrs apart
Billy Joe Saunders: 37
Marcelo Cóceres: 35
Stance
Billy Joe Saunders: Southpaw
Marcelo Cóceres: Orthodox

Billy Joe Saunders left, Marcelo Cóceres 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 Joe Saunders30 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Billy Joe Saunders: 30 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (47%) and 16 on the cards (53%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 47%16 on the cards 53%

Marcelo Cóceres32 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Marcelo Cóceres: 32 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (56%) and 14 on the cards (44%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 56%14 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Joe Saunders 31, Marcelo Cóceres 41 — 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

Billy Joe Saunders last boxed on May 8, 2021 — 1,991 days ago. Saunders had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Canelo Álvarez.WWWWL

Adamu Dec 2018Isufi May 2019Cóceres Nov 2019Murray Dec 2020Álvarez May 20212.5 tracked bouts per year

Marcelo Cóceres last boxed on Sep 21, 2024 — 759 days ago. Cóceres had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Nursultanov Oct 2022Ávila May 2023Pacheco Nov 2023Iglesias Mar 2024Pomerleau Sep 20243.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Joe Saunders and Marcelo Cóceres ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Joe Saunders and Marcelo Cóceres met once on November 9, 2019, and Billy Joe Saunders won by KO in round 11.
The meeting

WNov 9, 2019 · Saunders · KO R11

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Saunders or Cóceres?
Billy Joe Saunders is 30-1 and Marcelo Cóceres is 32-8-1. Billy Joe Saunders has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Saunders30–196.8%

Cóceres32–8–179.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Saunders or Cóceres?
Billy Joe Saunders has 14 knockout wins and Marcelo Cóceres has 18. Marcelo Cóceres has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Saunders1446.7%

Cóceres1856.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Saunders and Cóceres have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Joe Saunders and Marcelo Cóceres have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saunders and Cóceres?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Billy Joe Saunders and 41 bouts tracked for Marcelo Cóceres. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Saunders31bouts

Cóceres41bouts

How They Win ↓

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