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Cosme Rivera vs Moses James — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT, WELTERWEIGHT

Cosme Rivera

🇳🇬NIGERIA

Moses James

Cosme Rivera (43-40-4) and Moses James (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

Wins28 KO · 65%

40

Losses

4

Draws88 tracked bouts

James

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 Moses James have met 1 time; Rivera leads 1–0.

Cosme Rivera and Moses James have met 1 time; Rivera leads 1–0.
Met2000Feb 25Series
Cosme RiveraFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Moses JamesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Rivera 4 · James 1 of 5 measurable rows
RiveraJames
Record†
43-40-4 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
51.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.12%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
67%—
Times stopped‡max 19
19
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
0.9
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

Age8 yrs apart
Cosme Rivera: 50
Moses James: 58
Stance
Cosme Rivera: Orthodox
Moses James: Not recorded

Cosme Rivera left, Moses James 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%

Moses James0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Moses James: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for James yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cosme Rivera 88, Moses James 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 — 498 days ago.LLDLL

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

Moses James last boxed on Feb 25, 2000 — 9,732 days ago. James had lost two straight.LL

Molina Nov 1997Rivera Feb 20000.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cosme Rivera and Moses James ever fought each other?
Yes. Cosme Rivera and Moses James met once on February 25, 2000, and Cosme Rivera won by SD.
The meeting

WFeb 25, 2000 · Rivera · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rivera or James?
Cosme Rivera is 43-40-4 and Moses James 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%

James0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rivera or James?
Cosme Rivera has 28 knockout wins and Moses James has 0. Cosme Rivera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rivera2865.1%

James0

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

Rivera88bouts

James2bouts

How They Win ↓

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