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Erislandy Lara vs José Varela — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇺MIDDLEWEIGHT

Erislandy Lara

🇪🇸SPAIN

José Varela

Erislandy Lara (32-3-3) and José Varela (0-5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lara

32

Wins19 KO · 59%

3

Losses

3

Draws38 tracked bouts

Varela

Tracked record

0–5

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

Lara leads 1–0

Erislandy Lara and José Varela have met 1 time; Lara leads 1–0.

Erislandy Lara and José Varela have met 1 time; Lara leads 1–0.
Met2009Sep 19Series
Erislandy LaraFighter AWWon1–0W–L
José VarelaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
How it endedKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Lara 6 · Varela 0 of 6 measurable rows
LaraVarela
Record†
32-3-3 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
88.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
59%—
Times stopped‡max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
38
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
Erislandy Lara: 5′9″
José Varela: No height on file
Reachnot held
Erislandy Lara: 76″
José Varela: No reach on file
Age23 yrs apart
Erislandy Lara: 43
José Varela: 66
Stance
Erislandy Lara: Southpaw
José Varela: Not recorded

Erislandy Lara left, José Varela right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Erislandy Lara32 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

Erislandy Lara: 32 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (59%) and 13 on the cards (41%). Counted from 38 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 59%13 on the cards 41%

José Varela0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

José Varela: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Varela yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Erislandy Lara 38, José Varela 5 — 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

Erislandy Lara has won seven straight, the most recent against Johan Gonzalez. Lara last boxed on Dec 6, 2025 — 288 days ago.WWWWW

LaManna May 2021O'Sullivan May 2022Zarafa Mar 2024Garcia Sep 2024Gonzalez Dec 20252.2 tracked bouts per year

José Varela last boxed on Sep 19, 2009 — 6,210 days ago. Varela had lost five straight.LLLLL

Rubio Aug 2003Miranda Jun 2005Julio Aug 2008Jacobs Apr 2009Lara Sep 20090.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Erislandy Lara and José Varela ever fought each other?
Yes. Erislandy Lara and José Varela met once on September 19, 2009, and Erislandy Lara won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 19, 2009 · Lara · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lara or Varela?
Erislandy Lara is 32-3-3 and José Varela is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Erislandy Lara has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lara32–3–388.2%

Varela0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lara or Varela?
Erislandy Lara has 19 knockout wins and José Varela has 0. Erislandy Lara has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lara1959.4%

Varela0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lara and Varela have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Erislandy Lara and José Varela have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lara and Varela?
This comparison is drawn from 38 bouts tracked for Erislandy Lara and 5 bouts tracked for José Varela. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lara38bouts

Varela5bouts

How They Win ↓

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