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Don Fullmer vs Juan Carlos Rivero — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Don Fullmer

Juan Carlos Rivero

Don Fullmer (54-20-5) and Juan Carlos Rivero (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Fullmer

54

Wins14 KO · 26%

20

Losses

5

Draws79 tracked bouts

Rivero

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

Fullmer leads 1–0

Don Fullmer and Juan Carlos Rivero have met 1 time; Fullmer leads 1–0.

Don Fullmer and Juan Carlos Rivero have met 1 time; Fullmer leads 1–0.
Met1962Jul 21Series
Don FullmerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Juan Carlos RiveroFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Fullmer 5 · Rivero 1 of 6 measurable rows
FullmerRivero
Record†
54-20-5 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
71.5% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
25.93%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
26% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.2
5.2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
5

† 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
Don Fullmer: 5′8″
Juan Carlos Rivero: No height on file
Reachnot held
Don Fullmer: 70″
Juan Carlos Rivero: No reach on file
Agenot held
Don Fullmer: Died aged 72
Juan Carlos Rivero: No date of birth
Stance
Don Fullmer: Orthodox
Juan Carlos Rivero: Not recorded

Don Fullmer left, Juan Carlos Rivero right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Don Fullmer54 wins · from 79 tracked bouts

Don Fullmer: 54 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (26%) and 40 on the cards (74%). Counted from 79 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 26%40 on the cards 74%

Juan Carlos Rivero1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Juan Carlos Rivero: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Don Fullmer 79, Juan Carlos Rivero 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Fullmer

Opponent

Rivero

  • Don Fullmer

    Loss, UD

    1964

    TigerEven

    Juan Carlos Rivero

    Loss, TKO 6

    1965

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

Don Fullmer has won once since losing a decision to Richie Kates. Fullmer last boxed on Oct 14, 1972.LWWLW

Fourie Feb 1972Kendall Apr 1972Vasquez May 1972Kates Sep 1972Rendon Oct 19725.2 tracked bouts per year

Juan Carlos Rivero last boxed on Jun 4, 1967 — 21,692 days ago. Rivero had won one in a row before losing a decision to Luis Manuel Rodríguez.LLLWL

Thompson Aug 1957Fullmer Jul 1962Tiger Mar 1965Carter Aug 1966Rodríguez Jun 19670.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Don Fullmer and Juan Carlos Rivero ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Fullmer and Juan Carlos Rivero met once on July 21, 1962, and Don Fullmer won by SD.
The meeting

WJul 21, 1962 · Fullmer · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Fullmer or Rivero?
Don Fullmer is 54-20-5 and Juan Carlos Rivero is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Don Fullmer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Fullmer54–20–571.5%

Rivero1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Fullmer or Rivero?
Don Fullmer has 14 knockout wins and Juan Carlos Rivero has 0. Don Fullmer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Fullmer1425.9%

Rivero0

The Numbers ↓
Do Fullmer and Rivero have any common opponents?
Don Fullmer and Juan Carlos Rivero share 1 common opponent: Dick Tiger. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Dick TigerLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fullmer and Rivero?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Don Fullmer and 5 bouts tracked for Juan Carlos Rivero. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Fullmer79bouts

Rivero5bouts

How They Win ↓

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