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Cosme Rivera vs Miguel Meléndez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cosme Rivera

Miguel Meléndez

Cosme Rivera (43-40-4) and Miguel Meléndez (0-2 across 2 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.

Rivera

43

Wins29 KO · 67%

40

Losses

4

Draws88 tracked bouts

Meléndez

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Rivera leads 1–0

Cosme Rivera and Miguel Meléndez have met 1 time; Rivera leads 1–0.

Cosme Rivera and Miguel Meléndez have met 1 time; Rivera leads 1–0.
Met1996Feb 20Series
Cosme RiveraFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Miguel MeléndezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Rivera 4 · Meléndez 1 of 5 measurable rows
RiveraMeléndez
Record†
43-40-4 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
51.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
67.44%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
67%—
Times stopped‡max 19
19
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
88
2

† 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
Cosme Rivera: 50
Miguel Meléndez: No date of birth
Stance
Cosme Rivera: Orthodox
Miguel Meléndez: Not recorded

Cosme Rivera left, Miguel Meléndez 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%

Miguel Meléndez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Miguel Meléndez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Meléndez yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cosme Rivera 88, Miguel Meléndez 2 — 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 — 504 days ago.LLDLL

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

Miguel Meléndez last boxed on Feb 20, 1996 — 11,204 days ago. Meléndez had lost two straight.LL

Hopson May 1991Rivera Feb 19960.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cosme Rivera and Miguel Meléndez ever fought each other?
Yes. Cosme Rivera and Miguel Meléndez met once on February 20, 1996, and Cosme Rivera won by TKO.
The meeting

WFeb 20, 1996 · Rivera · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rivera or Meléndez?
Cosme Rivera is 43-40-4 and Miguel Meléndez is 0-2 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Rivera43–40–451.7%

Meléndez0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rivera or Meléndez?
Cosme Rivera has 29 knockout wins and Miguel Meléndez has 0. Cosme Rivera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rivera2967.4%

Meléndez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Rivera and Meléndez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cosme Rivera and Miguel Meléndez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rivera and Meléndez?
This comparison is drawn from 88 bouts tracked for Cosme Rivera and 2 bouts tracked for Miguel Meléndez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rivera88bouts

Meléndez2bouts

How They Win ↓

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