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Joel Julio vs José Varela — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇴LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT

Joel Julio

🇪🇸SPAIN

José Varela

Joel Julio (39-24) and José Varela (0-5 across 5 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.

Julio

39

Wins33 KO · 85%

24

Losses

0

Draws62 tracked bouts

Varela

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Julio leads 1–0

Joel Julio and José Varela have met 1 time; Julio leads 1–0.

Joel Julio and José Varela have met 1 time; Julio leads 1–0.
Met2008Aug 13Series
Joel JulioFighter AWWon1–0W–L
José VarelaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
How it endedTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Julio 4 · Varela 1 of 5 measurable rows
JulioVarela
Record†
39-24 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
61.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 33
33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
84.62%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
85%—
Times stopped‡max 10
10
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
62
5

† 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

Age25 yrs apart
Joel Julio: 41
José Varela: 66
Stance
Joel Julio: Orthodox
José Varela: Not recorded

Joel Julio left, José Varela right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joel Julio39 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Joel Julio: 39 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (85%) and 6 on the cards (15%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 85%6 on the cards 15%

José Varela0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

José Varela: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Varela yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joel Julio 62, José Varela 5 — 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

Joel Julio has lost 19 straight. Julio last boxed on Jun 20, 2025 — 457 days ago.LLLLL

Beqiri Nov 2023Osaze Mar 2024Zakharieiev Dec 2024Weikamp Mar 2025Kwapisz Jun 20252.6 tracked bouts per year

José Varela last boxed on Sep 19, 2009 — 6,210 days ago. Varela had lost five straight.LLLLL

Rubio Aug 2003Miranda Jun 2005Julio Aug 2008Jacobs Apr 2009Lara Sep 20090.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joel Julio and José Varela ever fought each other?
Yes. Joel Julio and José Varela met once on August 13, 2008, and Joel Julio won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WAug 13, 2008 · Julio · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Julio or Varela?
Joel Julio is 39-24 and José Varela is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joel Julio has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Julio39–2461.9%

Varela0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Julio or Varela?
Joel Julio has 33 knockout wins and José Varela has 0. Joel Julio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Julio3384.6%

Varela0

The Numbers ↓
Do Julio and Varela have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joel Julio and José Varela have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Julio and Varela?
This comparison is drawn from 62 bouts tracked for Joel Julio and 5 bouts tracked for José Varela. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Julio62bouts

Varela5bouts

How They Win ↓

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