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Daigo Higa vs Virden Rivera — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Daigo Higa

Virden Rivera

Daigo Higa (21-4-3) and Virden Rivera (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.

Higa

21

Wins19 KO · 90%

4

Losses

3

Draws28 tracked bouts

Rivera

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

Higa leads 1–0

Daigo Higa and Virden Rivera have met 1 time; Higa leads 1–0.

Daigo Higa and Virden Rivera have met 1 time; Higa leads 1–0.
Met2015May 10Series
Daigo HigaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Virden RiveraFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Higa 5 · Rivera 0 of 5 measurable rows
HigaRivera
Record†
21-4-3 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
80.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
90.48%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
90%—
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.3
2.3 (edge)
1.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
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

Heightnot held
Daigo Higa: 5′4″
Virden Rivera: No height on file
Reachnot held
Daigo Higa: 64″
Virden Rivera: No reach on file
Agenot held
Daigo Higa: 31
Virden Rivera: No date of birth
Stance
Daigo Higa: Orthodox
Virden Rivera: Not recorded

Daigo Higa left, Virden Rivera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Daigo Higa21 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Daigo Higa: 21 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (90%) and 2 on the cards (10%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 90%2 on the cards 10%

Virden Rivera0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Virden Rivera: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rivera yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Daigo Higa 28, Virden Rivera 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

Daigo Higa has lost the most recent, to Riku Masuda. Higa last boxed on Jul 20, 2026 — 91 days ago.WLDDL

Kaikanha Dec 2023Takei Sep 2024Tsutsumi Feb 2025Vargas Jul 2025Masuda Jul 20262.3 tracked bouts per year

Virden Rivera last boxed on Jun 24, 2016 — 3,769 days ago. Rivera had lost two straight.LL

Higa May 2015Moloney Jun 20161.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Daigo Higa and Virden Rivera ever fought each other?
Yes. Daigo Higa and Virden Rivera met once on May 10, 2015, and Daigo Higa won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMay 10, 2015 · Higa · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Higa or Rivera?
Daigo Higa is 21-4-3 and Virden Rivera is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Daigo Higa has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Higa21–4–380.4%

Rivera0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Higa or Rivera?
Daigo Higa has 19 knockout wins and Virden Rivera has 0. Daigo Higa has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Higa1990.5%

Rivera0

The Numbers ↓
Do Higa and Rivera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Daigo Higa and Virden Rivera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Higa and Rivera?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Daigo Higa and 2 bouts tracked for Virden Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Higa28bouts

Rivera2bouts

How They Win ↓

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