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Bong Jun Kim vs Melchor Cob Castro — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇰🇷SOUTH KOREA

Bong Jun Kim

🇲🇽MEXICO

Melchor Cob Castro

Bong Jun Kim (24-10-3) and Melchor Cob Castro (71-12-4) 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.

Kim

24

Wins10 KO · 42%

10

Losses

3

Draws37 tracked bouts

Castro

71

Wins34 KO · 48%

12

Losses

4

Draws12 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Castro leads 1–0

Bong Jun Kim and Melchor Cob Castro have met 1 time; Castro leads 1–0.

Bong Jun Kim and Melchor Cob Castro have met 1 time; Castro leads 1–0.
Met1993Jul 17Series
Bong Jun KimFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Melchor Cob CastroFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Kim 2 · Castro 6 of 8 measurable rows
KimCastro
Record
24-10-371-12-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
68.9%
83.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
10
34 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
41.67%
47.89% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
42% (edge)
40%
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
1
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
12

† 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
Bong Jun Kim: 5′5″
Melchor Cob Castro: No height on file
Age4 yrs apart
Bong Jun Kim: 62
Melchor Cob Castro: 58
Stance
Bong Jun Kim: Orthodox
Melchor Cob Castro: Southpaw

Bong Jun Kim left, Melchor Cob Castro right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bong Jun Kim24 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Bong Jun Kim: 24 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (42%), 11 on the cards (46%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 42%11 on the cards 46%3 by another method or unrecorded 13%

Melchor Cob Castro5 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Melchor Cob Castro: 5 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (40%) and 3 on the cards (60%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 40%3 on the cards 60%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bong Jun Kim 37, Melchor Cob Castro 12 — 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

Bong Jun Kim last boxed on Nov 14, 1994 — 11,665 days ago. Kim had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Takashi Oba.LLLWL

Hi-yong Oct 1991Ioka Jun 1992Castro Jul 1993Barro Oct 1994Oba Nov 19943.3 tracked bouts per year

Melchor Cob Castro last boxed on Apr 24, 2004 — 8,216 days ago. Castro had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Guerrero Jul 1999Baas Jun 2000León Jun 2002Arce May 2003Arce Apr 20040.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bong Jun Kim and Melchor Cob Castro ever fought each other?
Yes. Bong Jun Kim and Melchor Cob Castro met once on July 17, 1993, and Melchor Cob Castro won by UD.
The meeting

LJul 17, 1993 · Castro · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kim or Castro?
Bong Jun Kim is 24-10-3 and Melchor Cob Castro is 71-12-4. Melchor Cob Castro has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Kim24–10–368.9%

Castro71–12–483.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kim or Castro?
Bong Jun Kim has 10 knockout wins and Melchor Cob Castro has 34. Melchor Cob Castro has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kim1041.7%

Castro3447.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kim and Castro have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bong Jun Kim and Melchor Cob Castro have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kim and Castro?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Bong Jun Kim and 12 bouts tracked for Melchor Cob Castro. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kim37bouts

Castro12bouts

How They Win ↓

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