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Bobby Joe Valdez vs Cosme Rivera — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bobby Joe Valdez

🇲🇽SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT, WELTERWEIGHT

Cosme Rivera

Bobby Joe Valdez (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Cosme Rivera (43-40-4) 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.

Valdez

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Rivera

43

Wins29 KO · 67%

40

Losses

4

Draws88 tracked bouts

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

Rivera leads 1–0

Bobby Joe Valdez and Cosme Rivera have met 1 time; Rivera leads 1–0.

Bobby Joe Valdez and Cosme Rivera have met 1 time; Rivera leads 1–0.
Met2008Aug 8Series
Bobby Joe ValdezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Cosme RiveraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Valdez 1 · Rivera 4 of 5 measurable rows
ValdezRivera
Record†
0-243-40-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
51.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—67%
Times stopped‡max 19
2 (edge)
19
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
2
88

† 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

Agenot held
Bobby Joe Valdez: No date of birth
Cosme Rivera: 50
Stance
Bobby Joe Valdez: Not recorded
Cosme Rivera: Orthodox

Bobby Joe Valdez left, Cosme Rivera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bobby Joe Valdez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bobby Joe Valdez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Valdez yet.

Cosme Rivera43 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Cosme Rivera: 43 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (67%) and 14 on the cards (33%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 67%14 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobby Joe Valdez 2, Cosme Rivera 88 — 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

Bobby Joe Valdez last boxed on Aug 8, 2008 — 6,651 days ago. Valdez had lost two straight.LL

Kobayashi Aug 1966Rivera Aug 20080 tracked bouts per year

Cosme Rivera has lost two straight. Rivera last boxed on Jun 7, 2025 — 504 days ago.LLDLL

Carlson Feb 2022Macedo Mar 2022Chávez Oct 2022Angulo Nov 2022Sandoval Jun 20252.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bobby Joe Valdez and Cosme Rivera ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Joe Valdez and Cosme Rivera met once on August 8, 2008, and Cosme Rivera won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LAug 8, 2008 · Rivera · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Valdez or Rivera?
Bobby Joe Valdez is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Cosme Rivera is 43-40-4. Cosme Rivera has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Valdez0–20%

Rivera43–40–451.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Valdez or Rivera?
Bobby Joe Valdez has 0 knockout wins and Cosme Rivera has 29. Cosme Rivera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Valdez0

Rivera2967.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Valdez and Rivera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bobby Joe Valdez and Cosme Rivera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valdez and Rivera?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bobby Joe Valdez and 88 bouts tracked for Cosme Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Valdez2bouts

Rivera88bouts

How They Win ↓

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