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Héctor Velázquez vs Mario Santiago — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

Héctor Velázquez

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Mario Santiago

Héctor Velázquez (56-32-3) and Mario Santiago (18-1) 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.

Velázquez

56

Wins38 KO · 68%

32

Losses

3

Draws44 tracked bouts

Santiago

18

Wins13 KO · 72%

1

Loss

0

Draws4 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Velázquez leads 1–0

Héctor Velázquez and Mario Santiago have met 1 time; Velázquez leads 1–0.

Héctor Velázquez and Mario Santiago have met 1 time; Velázquez leads 1–0.
Met2007Jul 28Series
Héctor VelázquezFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mario SantiagoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTDR101Meeting

The Numbers

Velázquez 2 · Santiago 4 of 6 measurable rows
VelázquezSantiago
Record
56-32-318-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
63.2%
94.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
38 (edge)
13
KO rate0–100%
67.86%
72.22% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
56%—
Times stopped†max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 2
2 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
44
4

† 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

Age2 yrs apart
Héctor Velázquez: 51
Mario Santiago: 49
Stance
Héctor Velázquez: Orthodox
Mario Santiago: Southpaw

Héctor Velázquez left, Mario Santiago right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Héctor Velázquez18 wins · from 44 tracked bouts

Héctor Velázquez: 18 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (56%), 5 on the cards (28%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 44 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 56%5 on the cards 28%3 by another method or unrecorded 17%

Mario Santiago0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Mario Santiago: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Santiago yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Héctor Velázquez 44, Mario Santiago 4 — 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

Héctor Velázquez last boxed on May 22, 2021 — 1,981 days ago. Velázquez had lost six straight.LLLLL

Salazar May 2016Herrera Mar 2017Cabrera Oct 2017Jr. Jan 2020Sanchez May 20212 tracked bouts per year

Mario Santiago last boxed on May 8, 2010 — 6,013 days ago. Santiago had lost two straight.LDLL

Velázquez Jul 2007Luevano Jun 2008Concepcion Feb 2010Solís May 20101.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Héctor Velázquez and Mario Santiago ever fought each other?
Yes. Héctor Velázquez and Mario Santiago met once on July 28, 2007, and Héctor Velázquez won by TD in round 10.
The meeting

WJul 28, 2007 · Velázquez · TD R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Velázquez or Santiago?
Héctor Velázquez is 56-32-3 and Mario Santiago is 18-1. Mario Santiago has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Velázquez56–32–363.2%

Santiago18–194.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Velázquez or Santiago?
Héctor Velázquez has 38 knockout wins and Mario Santiago has 13. Héctor Velázquez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Velázquez3867.9%

Santiago1372.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Velázquez and Santiago have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Héctor Velázquez and Mario Santiago have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Velázquez and Santiago?
This comparison is drawn from 44 bouts tracked for Héctor Velázquez and 4 bouts tracked for Mario Santiago. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Velázquez44bouts

Santiago4bouts

How They Win ↓

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