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Carlos Ornelas vs Rafael Espinoza — record, stats and common opponents compared

LIGHTWEIGHT

Carlos Ornelas

Cross-division

🇲🇽FEATHERWEIGHT

Rafael Espinoza

Carlos Ornelas (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Rafael Espinoza (28-0) 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.

Ornelas

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Espinoza

28

Wins24 KO · 86%

0

Losses

0

Draws28 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

Espinoza leads 1–0

Carlos Ornelas and Rafael Espinoza have met 1 time; Espinoza leads 1–0.

Carlos Ornelas and Rafael Espinoza have met 1 time; Espinoza leads 1–0.
Met2021Jan 16Series
Carlos OrnelasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rafael EspinozaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
How it endedUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Ornelas 0 · Espinoza 6 of 6 measurable rows
OrnelasEspinoza
Record†
1-228-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—85.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
86% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
0.4
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
3
28

† 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 Ornelas: No height on file
Rafael Espinoza: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Carlos Ornelas: No reach on file
Rafael Espinoza: 74″
Agenot held
Carlos Ornelas: No date of birth
Rafael Espinoza: 32
Stance
Carlos Ornelas: Not recorded
Rafael Espinoza: Orthodox

Carlos Ornelas left, Rafael Espinoza right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Lightweight against Featherweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carlos Ornelas1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Carlos Ornelas: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Rafael Espinoza28 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Rafael Espinoza: 28 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (86%) and 4 on the cards (14%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 86%4 on the cards 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carlos Ornelas 3, Rafael Espinoza 28 — 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 Ornelas has lost two straight, after one straight win. Ornelas last boxed on Apr 5, 2025 — 533 days ago.WLL

Sánchez Oct 2017Espinoza Jan 2021Mason Apr 20250.4 tracked bouts per year

Rafael Espinoza has won 28 straight, the most recent against Arnold Khegai. Espinoza last boxed on Nov 15, 2025 — 309 days ago.WWWWW

Ramírez Dec 2023Sanchez Jun 2024Ramírez Dec 2024Vazquez May 2025Khegai Nov 20252.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carlos Ornelas and Rafael Espinoza ever fought each other?
Yes. Carlos Ornelas and Rafael Espinoza met once on January 16, 2021, and Rafael Espinoza won by UD.
The meeting

LJan 16, 2021 · Espinoza · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ornelas or Espinoza?
Carlos Ornelas is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rafael Espinoza is 28-0. Rafael Espinoza has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ornelas1–233.3%

Espinoza28–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ornelas or Espinoza?
Carlos Ornelas has 0 knockout wins and Rafael Espinoza has 24. Rafael Espinoza has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ornelas0

Espinoza2485.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ornelas and Espinoza have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carlos Ornelas and Rafael Espinoza have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ornelas and Espinoza?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Carlos Ornelas and 28 bouts tracked for Rafael Espinoza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ornelas3bouts

Espinoza28bouts

How They Win ↓

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