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Jose Luis Lara vs Juan Meza — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jose Luis Lara

🇲🇽MEXICO

Juan Meza

Jose Luis Lara (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Juan Meza (45-9) 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.

Lara

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Meza

45

Wins37 KO · 82%

9

Losses

0

Draws54 tracked bouts

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

Meza leads 1–0

Jose Luis Lara and Juan Meza have met 1 time; Meza leads 1–0.

Jose Luis Lara and Juan Meza have met 1 time; Meza leads 1–0.
Met1978Nov 15Series
Jose Luis LaraFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Juan MezaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Lara 1 · Meza 5 of 6 measurable rows
LaraMeza
Record†
0-345-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 37
0
37 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—82.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—82%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
1.7
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
3
54

† 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
Jose Luis Lara: No height on file
Juan Meza: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jose Luis Lara: No reach on file
Juan Meza: 69″
Agenot held
Jose Luis Lara: No date of birth
Juan Meza: Died aged 67
Stance
Jose Luis Lara: Not recorded
Juan Meza: Orthodox

Jose Luis Lara left, Juan 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
Jose Luis Lara0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jose Luis Lara: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lara yet.

Juan Meza45 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Juan Meza: 45 tracked wins — 37 by KO/TKO (82%) and 8 on the cards (18%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

37 by KO/TKO 82%8 on the cards 18%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jose Luis Lara 3, Juan Meza 54 — 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

Jose Luis Lara last boxed on Jul 7, 1980 — 16,911 days ago. Lara had lost three straight.LLL

Lockridge Oct 1978Meza Nov 1978Rosario Jul 19801.7 tracked bouts per year

Juan Meza had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Wilfredo Negrón. Meza last boxed on Mar 22, 1997.LWLWL

Payakaroon Dec 1986Valdez Aug 1987Marquez Oct 1987Lozoya Feb 1997Negrón Mar 19972.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jose Luis Lara and Juan Meza ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Luis Lara and Juan Meza met once on November 15, 1978, and Juan Meza won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LNov 15, 1978 · Meza · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lara or Meza?
Jose Luis Lara is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Juan Meza is 45-9. Juan Meza has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lara0–30%

Meza45–983.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lara or Meza?
Jose Luis Lara has 0 knockout wins and Juan Meza has 37. Juan Meza has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lara0

Meza3782.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lara and Meza have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Luis Lara and Juan Meza have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lara and Meza?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jose Luis Lara and 54 bouts tracked for Juan Meza. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lara3bouts

Meza54bouts

How They Win ↓

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