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Carl Speare vs Maurice Hope — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carl Speare

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Maurice Hope

Carl Speare (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Maurice Hope (30-4-1) 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.

Speare

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Hope

30

Wins24 KO · 80%

4

Losses

1

Draw35 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

Hope leads 1–0

Carl Speare and Maurice Hope have met 1 time; Hope leads 1–0.

Carl Speare and Maurice Hope have met 1 time; Hope leads 1–0.
Met1976Feb 25Series
Carl SpeareFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Maurice HopeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Speare 1 · Hope 4 of 5 measurable rows
SpeareHope
Record†
0-130-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—80%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
1
35

† 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
Carl Speare: No height on file
Maurice Hope: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Carl Speare: No reach on file
Maurice Hope: 69″
Agenot comparable
Carl Speare: Died aged 56
Maurice Hope: 74
Stance
Carl Speare: Not recorded
Maurice Hope: Southpaw

Carl Speare left, Maurice Hope right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carl Speare0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Carl Speare: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Speare yet.

Maurice Hope30 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Maurice Hope: 30 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (80%) and 6 on the cards (20%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 80%6 on the cards 20%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carl Speare 1, Maurice Hope 35 — 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

Carl Speare has lost the most recent, to Maurice Hope. Speare last boxed on Feb 25, 1976.L

Hope Feb 1976

Maurice Hope last boxed on Mar 30, 1982 — 16,279 days ago. Hope had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Baker Sep 1979Mattioli Jul 1980Herrera Nov 1980Benítez May 1981Minchillo Mar 19824 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carl Speare and Maurice Hope ever fought each other?
Yes. Carl Speare and Maurice Hope met once on February 25, 1976, and Maurice Hope won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LFeb 25, 1976 · Hope · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Speare or Hope?
Carl Speare is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Maurice Hope is 30-4-1. Maurice Hope has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Speare0–10%

Hope30–4–187.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Speare or Hope?
Carl Speare has 0 knockout wins and Maurice Hope has 24. Maurice Hope has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Speare0

Hope2480%

The Numbers ↓
Do Speare and Hope have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carl Speare and Maurice Hope have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Speare and Hope?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Carl Speare and 35 bouts tracked for Maurice Hope. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Speare1bout

Hope35bouts

How They Win ↓

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