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Carmelo Costa vs Hogan Bassey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Carmelo Costa

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Hogan Bassey

Carmelo Costa (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Hogan Bassey (59-13-2) 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.

Costa

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bassey

59

Wins

13

Losses

2

Draws85 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

Bassey leads 1–0

Carmelo Costa and Hogan Bassey have met 1 time; Bassey leads 1–0.

Carmelo Costa and Hogan Bassey have met 1 time; Bassey leads 1–0.
Met1958Oct 31Series
Carmelo CostaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Hogan BasseyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Costa 1 · Bassey 5 of 6 measurable rows
CostaBassey
Record†
1-159-13-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
81.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
37% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.3
0.5
7.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
2
85

† 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
Carmelo Costa: No date of birth
Hogan Bassey: Died aged 65

Carmelo Costa left, Hogan Bassey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carmelo Costa1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

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

1 on the cards 100%

Hogan Bassey68 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

Hogan Bassey: 68 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (37%) and 43 on the cards (63%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 37%43 on the cards 63%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmelo Costa 2, Hogan Bassey 85 — 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

Carmelo Costa last boxed on Oct 31, 1958 — 24,824 days ago. Costa had won one in a row before losing a decision to Hogan Bassey.WL

Toweel Jul 1954Bassey Oct 19580.5 tracked bouts per year

Hogan Bassey has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Bassey last boxed on Aug 19, 1959.WWWLL

Pep Sep 1958Costa Oct 1958Parra Dec 1958Moore Mar 1959Moore Aug 19597.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmelo Costa and Hogan Bassey ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmelo Costa and Hogan Bassey met once on October 31, 1958, and Hogan Bassey won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 31, 1958 · Bassey · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Costa or Bassey?
Carmelo Costa is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Hogan Bassey is 59-13-2. Hogan Bassey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Costa1–150%

Bassey59–13–281.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Costa and Bassey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carmelo Costa and Hogan Bassey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Costa and Bassey?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Carmelo Costa and 85 bouts tracked for Hogan Bassey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Costa2bouts

Bassey85bouts

How They Win ↓

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