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Hong Soo-hwan vs John Meza — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇰🇷SOUTH KOREA

Hong Soo-hwan

John Meza

Hong Soo-hwan (41-5-4) and John Meza (0-3 across 3 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.

Soo-hwan

41

Wins14 KO · 34%

5

Losses

4

Draws50 tracked bouts

Meza

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Soo-hwan leads 1–0

Hong Soo-hwan and John Meza have met 1 time; Soo-hwan leads 1–0.

Hong Soo-hwan and John Meza have met 1 time; Soo-hwan leads 1–0.
Met1975May 21Series
Hong Soo-hwanFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John MezaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Soo-hwan 5 · Meza 0 of 5 measurable rows
Soo-hwanMeza
Record†
41-5-4 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
86% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
34.15%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
34%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.3
4.3 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
3

† 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

Reachnot held
Hong Soo-hwan: 67″
John Meza: No reach on file
Agenot held
Hong Soo-hwan: 76
John Meza: No date of birth
Stance
Hong Soo-hwan: Orthodox
John Meza: Not recorded

Hong Soo-hwan left, John Meza right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hong Soo-hwan41 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Hong Soo-hwan: 41 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (34%) and 27 on the cards (66%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 34%27 on the cards 66%

John Meza0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

John Meza: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Meza yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hong Soo-hwan 50, John Meza 3 — 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

Hong Soo-hwan last boxed on Dec 19, 1980 — 16,744 days ago. Soo-hwan had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Yum Dong-kyun.WWWLD

Tanaka Oct 1977Carrasquilla Nov 1977Kasahara Feb 1978Cardona May 1978Dong-kyun Dec 19804.3 tracked bouts per year

John Meza last boxed on Nov 16, 1979 — 17,143 days ago. Meza had lost three straight.LLL

Soo-hwan May 1975Gómez Feb 1977Ballas Nov 19790.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hong Soo-hwan and John Meza ever fought each other?
Yes. Hong Soo-hwan and John Meza met once on May 21, 1975, and Hong Soo-hwan won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMay 21, 1975 · Soo-hwan · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Soo-hwan or Meza?
Hong Soo-hwan is 41-5-4 and John Meza is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Hong Soo-hwan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Soo-hwan41–5–486%

Meza0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Soo-hwan or Meza?
Hong Soo-hwan has 14 knockout wins and John Meza has 0. Hong Soo-hwan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Soo-hwan1434.2%

Meza0

The Numbers ↓
Do Soo-hwan and Meza have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Hong Soo-hwan and John Meza have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Soo-hwan and Meza?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Hong Soo-hwan and 3 bouts tracked for John Meza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Soo-hwan50bouts

Meza3bouts

How They Win ↓

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