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.
Cosme Rivera (43-40-4) and José Luis Montes (1-14 across 15 tracked bouts) 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.
Cosme Rivera vs José Luis Montes — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Cosme Rivera leads 1–0- Cosme Rivera wonRivera vs MontesMay 15, 1998 · TKO
The Numbers
- 43-40-4 (edge)
- Record
- 1-14
- 51.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 6.7%
- 28 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 65.12%
- KO rate
- —
- 67%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 19
- Times stopped
- 13 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.9
- 88
- Bouts tracked
- 15
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 50
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Welterweightwelterweight
- Division
- —
- Mexico
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCosme Rivera · 43 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
14
Other
0
José Luis Montes · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (88 and 15 respectively), 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
Cosme Rivera
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L2 streak · last fought Jun 7, 2025
José Luis Montes
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L7 streak · last fought Mar 25, 2000
Common Questions
- Have Cosme Rivera and José Luis Montes ever fought each other?
- Yes. Cosme Rivera and José Luis Montes met once on May 15, 1998, and Cosme Rivera won by TKO.
- Who has the better record, Cosme Rivera or José Luis Montes?
- Cosme Rivera is 43-40-4 and José Luis Montes is 1-14 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Cosme Rivera has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Cosme Rivera or José Luis Montes?
- Cosme Rivera has 28 knockout wins and José Luis Montes has 1. Cosme Rivera has more.
- Do Cosme Rivera and José Luis Montes have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cosme Rivera and José Luis Montes have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cosme Rivera and José Luis Montes?
- This comparison is drawn from 88 bouts tracked for Cosme Rivera and 15 bouts tracked for José Luis Montes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.