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Cosme Rivera vs Lee Purdy — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT, WELTERWEIGHT

Cosme Rivera

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Lee Purdy

Cosme Rivera (43-40-4) and Lee Purdy (20-5-1) 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.

Rivera

43

Wins28 KO · 65%

40

Losses

4

Draws88 tracked bouts

Purdy

20

Wins13 KO · 65%

5

Losses

1

Draw26 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Purdy leads 1–0

Cosme Rivera and Lee Purdy have met 1 time; Purdy leads 1–0.

Cosme Rivera and Lee Purdy have met 1 time; Purdy leads 1–0.
Met2013Mar 9Series
Cosme RiveraFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lee PurdyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Rivera 3 · Purdy 4 of 7 measurable rows
RiveraPurdy
Record
43-40-420-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
51.7%
78.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
13
KO rate0–100%
65.12% (edge)
65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
67% (edge)
65%
Times stopped†max 19
19
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.7
2.7
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
88
26

† 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
Cosme Rivera: No height on file
Lee Purdy: 5′7″
Age11 yrs apart
Cosme Rivera: 50
Lee Purdy: 39
Stance
Cosme Rivera: Orthodox
Lee Purdy: Orthodox

Cosme Rivera left, Lee Purdy right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cosme Rivera43 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Cosme Rivera: 43 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (67%) and 14 on the cards (33%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 67%14 on the cards 33%

Lee Purdy20 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

Lee Purdy: 20 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (65%) and 7 on the cards (35%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 65%7 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cosme Rivera 88, Lee Purdy 26 — 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

Cosme Rivera has lost two straight. Rivera last boxed on Jun 7, 2025 — 498 days ago.LLDLL

Carlson Feb 2022Macedo Mar 2022Chávez Oct 2022Angulo Nov 2022Sandoval Jun 20252.7 tracked bouts per year

Lee Purdy last boxed on Dec 14, 2013 — 4,691 days ago. Purdy had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Johnson Jul 2012Carrasco Sep 2012Rivera Mar 2013Alexander May 2013Bundu Dec 20133.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cosme Rivera and Lee Purdy ever fought each other?
Yes. Cosme Rivera and Lee Purdy met once on March 9, 2013, and Lee Purdy won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LMar 9, 2013 · Purdy · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rivera or Purdy?
Cosme Rivera is 43-40-4 and Lee Purdy is 20-5-1. Lee Purdy has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Rivera43–40–451.7%

Purdy20–5–178.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rivera or Purdy?
Cosme Rivera has 28 knockout wins and Lee Purdy has 13. Cosme Rivera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rivera2865.1%

Purdy1365%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rivera and Purdy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cosme Rivera and Lee Purdy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rivera and Purdy?
This comparison is drawn from 88 bouts tracked for Cosme Rivera and 26 bouts tracked for Lee Purdy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rivera88bouts

Purdy26bouts

How They Win ↓

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