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Des Rea vs José Nápoles — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Des Rea

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Nápoles

Des Rea (29-36-5) and José Nápoles (81-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Rea

29

Wins8 KO · 28%

36

Losses

5

Draws7 tracked bouts

Nápoles

81

Wins54 KO · 67%

7

Losses

0

Draws89 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Nápoles leads 1–0

Des Rea and José Nápoles have met 1 time; Nápoles leads 1–0.

Des Rea and José Nápoles have met 1 time; Nápoles leads 1–0.
Met1968Nov 4Series
Des ReaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
José NápolesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Rea 0 · Nápoles 6 of 6 measurable rows
ReaNápoles
Record
29-36-581-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
45%
92% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 54
8
54 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
27.59%
66.67% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—66%
Times stopped†max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.1
1.3
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 89
7
89

† 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
Des Rea: No height on file
José Nápoles: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Des Rea: No reach on file
José Nápoles: 72″
Agenot comparable
Des Rea: Died aged 72
José Nápoles: Died aged 79
Stance
Des Rea: Not recorded
José Nápoles: Orthodox

Des Rea left, José Nápoles right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Des Rea0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Des Rea: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rea yet.

José Nápoles82 wins · from 89 tracked bouts

José Nápoles: 82 tracked wins — 54 by KO/TKO (66%), 25 on the cards (30%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 89 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

54 by KO/TKO 66%25 on the cards 30%3 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Des Rea 7, José Nápoles 89 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Rea

Opponent

Nápoles

  • Des Rea

    Loss, TKO 2

    1972

    StraceyEven

    José Nápoles

    Loss, TKO 6

    1975

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Des Rea has lost seven straight. Rea last boxed on Feb 27, 1974.LLLLL

Hansen Jul 1971Stracey Mar 1972Thomas Jan 1973Thomas Oct 1973Thomas Feb 19741.3 tracked bouts per year

José Nápoles had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to John H. Stracey. Nápoles last boxed on Dec 6, 1975.WWWWL

Saldano Dec 1974Muñíz Mar 1975Muñíz Mar 1975Muñíz Jul 1975Stracey Dec 19755.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Des Rea and José Nápoles ever fought each other?
Yes. Des Rea and José Nápoles met once on November 4, 1968, and José Nápoles won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LNov 4, 1968 · Nápoles · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rea or Nápoles?
Des Rea is 29-36-5 and José Nápoles is 81-7. José Nápoles has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Rea29–36–545%

Nápoles81–792%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rea or Nápoles?
Des Rea has 8 knockout wins and José Nápoles has 54. José Nápoles has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rea827.6%

Nápoles5466.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rea and Nápoles have any common opponents?
Des Rea and José Nápoles share 1 common opponent: John H. Stracey. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

John H. StraceyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rea and Nápoles?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Des Rea and 89 bouts tracked for José Nápoles. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rea7bouts

Nápoles89bouts

How They Win ↓

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