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Carlos Cantu vs Juan Meza — record, stats and common opponents compared

Carlos Cantu

🇲🇽MEXICO

Juan Meza

Carlos Cantu (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Juan Meza (45-9) 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.

Cantu

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Meza

45

Wins37 KO · 82%

9

Losses

0

Draws54 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

Meza leads 1–0

Carlos Cantu and Juan Meza have met 1 time; Meza leads 1–0.

Carlos Cantu and Juan Meza have met 1 time; Meza leads 1–0.
Met1979Oct 24Series
Carlos CantuFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Juan MezaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Cantu 1 · Meza 6 of 7 measurable rows
CantuMeza
Record†
1-145-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
83.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 37
0
37 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—82.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
82% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
0.1
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
2
54

† 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
Carlos Cantu: No height on file
Juan Meza: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Carlos Cantu: No reach on file
Juan Meza: 69″
Agenot held
Carlos Cantu: No date of birth
Juan Meza: Died aged 67
Stance
Carlos Cantu: Not recorded
Juan Meza: Orthodox

Carlos Cantu left, Juan Meza right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carlos Cantu1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Carlos Cantu: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Juan Meza45 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Juan Meza: 45 tracked wins — 37 by KO/TKO (82%) and 8 on the cards (18%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

37 by KO/TKO 82%8 on the cards 18%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carlos Cantu 2, Juan Meza 54 — 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

Carlos Cantu last boxed on Oct 24, 1994 — 11,688 days ago. Cantu had won once since losing by stoppage to Juan Meza.LW

Meza Oct 1979Burgos Oct 19940.1 tracked bouts per year

Juan Meza had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Wilfredo Negrón. Meza last boxed on Mar 22, 1997.LWLWL

Payakaroon Dec 1986Valdez Aug 1987Marquez Oct 1987Lozoya Feb 1997Negrón Mar 19972.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carlos Cantu and Juan Meza ever fought each other?
Yes. Carlos Cantu and Juan Meza met once on October 24, 1979, and Juan Meza won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LOct 24, 1979 · Meza · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cantu or Meza?
Carlos Cantu is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Juan Meza is 45-9. Juan Meza has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cantu1–150%

Meza45–983.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cantu or Meza?
Carlos Cantu has 0 knockout wins and Juan Meza has 37. Juan Meza has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cantu0

Meza3782.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cantu and Meza have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carlos Cantu and Juan Meza have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cantu and Meza?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Carlos Cantu and 54 bouts tracked for Juan Meza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cantu2bouts

Meza54bouts

How They Win ↓

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