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Hector Melendez vs Hilario Zapata — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hector Melendez

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Hilario Zapata

Hector Melendez (1-2-1 across 4 tracked bouts) and Hilario Zapata (43-10-1) 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.

Melendez

Tracked record

1–2–1

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Zapata

43

Wins14 KO · 33%

10

Losses

1

Draw54 tracked bouts

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

Zapata leads 1–0

Hector Melendez and Hilario Zapata have met 1 time; Zapata leads 1–0.

Hector Melendez and Hilario Zapata have met 1 time; Zapata leads 1–0.
Met1980Aug 4Series
Hector MelendezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Hilario ZapataFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Melendez 1 · Zapata 6 of 7 measurable rows
MelendezZapata
Record†
1-2-143-10-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
37.5%
80.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
0
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—32.56%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
33% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.5
1.9
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
4
54

† 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
Hector Melendez: No height on file
Hilario Zapata: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Hector Melendez: No reach on file
Hilario Zapata: 68″
Agenot held
Hector Melendez: No date of birth
Hilario Zapata: 68
Stance
Hector Melendez: Not recorded
Hilario Zapata: Southpaw

Hector Melendez left, Hilario Zapata right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hector Melendez1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Hector Melendez: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Hilario Zapata43 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Hilario Zapata: 43 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (33%) and 29 on the cards (67%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 33%29 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hector Melendez 4, Hilario Zapata 54 — 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

Hector Melendez last boxed on May 13, 1981 — 16,607 days ago. Melendez had won once since three bouts without a win.DLLW

Sung-jun Mar 1979Sung-jun Oct 1979Zapata Aug 1980Sung-jun May 19811.9 tracked bouts per year

Hilario Zapata last boxed on Feb 27, 1993 — 12,299 days ago. Zapata had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Moon Sung-kil.WLWWL

Salcedo Aug 1992Merchant Sep 1992Lopez Oct 1992Cogollo Nov 1992Sung-kil Feb 19933.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hector Melendez and Hilario Zapata ever fought each other?
Yes. Hector Melendez and Hilario Zapata met once on August 4, 1980, and Hilario Zapata won by UD.
The meeting

LAug 4, 1980 · Zapata · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Melendez or Zapata?
Hector Melendez is 1-2-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Hilario Zapata is 43-10-1. Hilario Zapata has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Melendez1–2–137.5%

Zapata43–10–180.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Melendez or Zapata?
Hector Melendez has 0 knockout wins and Hilario Zapata has 14. Hilario Zapata has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Melendez0

Zapata1432.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Melendez and Zapata have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Hector Melendez and Hilario Zapata have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Melendez and Zapata?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Hector Melendez and 54 bouts tracked for Hilario Zapata. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Melendez4bouts

Zapata54bouts

How They Win ↓

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