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Irving Garcia vs Melvin Cardona — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Irving Garcia

Melvin Cardona

Irving Garcia (17-8-3) and Melvin Cardona (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.

Garcia

17

Wins8 KO · 47%

8

Losses

3

Draws30 tracked bouts

Cardona

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

Garcia leads 1–0

Irving Garcia and Melvin Cardona have met 1 time; Garcia leads 1–0.

Irving Garcia and Melvin Cardona have met 1 time; Garcia leads 1–0.
Met2001Aug 17Series
Irving GarciaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Melvin CardonaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Garcia 4 · Cardona 1 of 5 measurable rows
GarciaCardona
Record†
17-8-3 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
66.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 8
8 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
47.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 30
30
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

Heightnot held
Irving Garcia: 5′8″
Melvin Cardona: No height on file
Reachnot held
Irving Garcia: 72″
Melvin Cardona: No reach on file
Agenot held
Irving Garcia: 47
Melvin Cardona: No date of birth
Stance
Irving Garcia: Orthodox
Melvin Cardona: Not recorded

Irving Garcia left, Melvin Cardona right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Irving Garcia17 wins · from 30 tracked bouts

Irving Garcia: 17 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (47%), 7 on the cards (41%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (12%). Counted from 30 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 47%7 on the cards 41%2 by another method or unrecorded 12%

Melvin Cardona0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Melvin Cardona: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cardona yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Irving Garcia 30, Melvin Cardona 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

Irving Garcia last boxed on Dec 7, 2012 — 5,073 days ago. Garcia had a no contest in the most recent tracked bout with Wale Omotoso.LLLLNC

Jones Jul 2010Décarie Oct 2010Galarza Jun 2011Smith Sep 2012Omotoso Dec 20122.1 tracked bouts per year

Melvin Cardona last boxed on May 11, 2002 — 8,936 days ago. Cardona had lost three straight.LLL

Candelo Jun 1999Garcia Aug 2001García May 20021 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Irving Garcia and Melvin Cardona ever fought each other?
Yes. Irving Garcia and Melvin Cardona met once on August 17, 2001, and Irving Garcia won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WAug 17, 2001 · Garcia · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Garcia or Cardona?
Irving Garcia is 17-8-3 and Melvin Cardona is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Irving Garcia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Garcia17–8–366.1%

Cardona0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Garcia or Cardona?
Irving Garcia has 8 knockout wins and Melvin Cardona has 0. Irving Garcia has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Garcia847.1%

Cardona0

The Numbers ↓
Do Garcia and Cardona have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Irving Garcia and Melvin Cardona have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Garcia and Cardona?
This comparison is drawn from 30 bouts tracked for Irving Garcia and 3 bouts tracked for Melvin Cardona. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Garcia30bouts

Cardona3bouts

How They Win ↓

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