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Howard Davis vs Joaquin Velasquez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Howard Davis

Joaquin Velasquez

Howard Davis (36-6-1) and Joaquin Velasquez (1-9 across 10 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.

Davis

36

Wins

6

Losses

1

Draw43 tracked bouts

Velasquez

Tracked record

1–9

counted from 10 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

Davis leads 1–0

Howard Davis and Joaquin Velasquez have met 1 time; Davis leads 1–0.

Howard Davis and Joaquin Velasquez have met 1 time; Davis leads 1–0.
Met1995Jan 19Series
Howard DavisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joaquin VelasquezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Davis 4 · Velasquez 2 of 6 measurable rows
DavisVelasquez
Record†
36-6-1 (edge)1-9
Win %0–100%
84.9% (edge)
10%
Wins by knockoutmax 1
0
1 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
39%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 43
43
10

† 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
Howard Davis: 5′10″
Joaquin Velasquez: No height on file
Agenot held
Howard Davis: Died aged 59
Joaquin Velasquez: No date of birth

Howard Davis left, Joaquin Velasquez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Howard Davis36 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Howard Davis: 36 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (39%) and 22 on the cards (61%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 39%22 on the cards 61%

Joaquin Velasquez1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Joaquin Velasquez: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Howard Davis 43, Joaquin Velasquez 10 — 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

Howard Davis had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Dana Rosenblatt. Davis last boxed on Apr 13, 1996.WWWWL

Rettig Nov 1994Velasquez Jan 1995Odem May 1995Aranda Jun 1995Rosenblatt Apr 19962.2 tracked bouts per year

Joaquin Velasquez last boxed on Aug 28, 1998 — 10,280 days ago. Velasquez had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Davis Jan 1995Joppy Apr 1995Little Aug 1996Norris Aug 1997Green Aug 19980.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Howard Davis and Joaquin Velasquez ever fought each other?
Yes. Howard Davis and Joaquin Velasquez met once on January 19, 1995, and Howard Davis won by UD.
The meeting

WJan 19, 1995 · Davis · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Davis or Velasquez?
Howard Davis is 36-6-1 and Joaquin Velasquez is 1-9 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Howard Davis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Davis36–6–184.9%

Velasquez1–910%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Davis or Velasquez?
Howard Davis has 0 knockout wins and Joaquin Velasquez has 1. Joaquin Velasquez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Davis0

Velasquez1

The Numbers ↓
Do Davis and Velasquez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Howard Davis and Joaquin Velasquez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Davis and Velasquez?
This comparison is drawn from 43 bouts tracked for Howard Davis and 10 bouts tracked for Joaquin Velasquez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Davis43bouts

Velasquez10bouts

How They Win ↓

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