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Jose Nieves vs Verno Phillips — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jose Nieves

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Verno Phillips

Jose Nieves (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) and Verno Phillips (42-11-1) 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.

Nieves

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Phillips

42

Wins21 KO · 50%

11

Losses

1

Draw56 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

Phillips leads 1–0

Jose Nieves and Verno Phillips have met 1 time; Phillips leads 1–0.

Jose Nieves and Verno Phillips have met 1 time; Phillips leads 1–0.
Met1989Jun 24Series
Jose NievesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Verno PhillipsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Nieves 0 · Phillips 6 of 6 measurable rows
NievesPhillips
Record†
2-242-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
78.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.1
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
4
56

† 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 Nieves: No height on file
Verno Phillips: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jose Nieves: No reach on file
Verno Phillips: 69″
Agenot held
Jose Nieves: No date of birth
Verno Phillips: 56
Stance
Jose Nieves: Not recorded
Verno Phillips: Orthodox

Jose Nieves left, Verno Phillips 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 Nieves2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Jose Nieves: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Verno Phillips42 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Verno Phillips: 42 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (50%), 20 on the cards (48%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 50%20 on the cards 48%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jose Nieves 4, Verno Phillips 56 — 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 Nieves last boxed on Aug 23, 2023 — 1,155 days ago. Nieves had won once since losing by stoppage to Shinsuke Yamanaka.LWLW

Phillips Jun 1989Rojas Apr 2006Yamanaka Aug 2013Diaz Aug 20230.1 tracked bouts per year

Verno Phillips last boxed on Nov 29, 2008 — 6,535 days ago. Phillips had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Paul Williams.WWWWL

Candelo Apr 2006Reid Aug 2006Sanchez Feb 2007Spinks Mar 2008Williams Nov 20082.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jose Nieves and Verno Phillips ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Nieves and Verno Phillips met once on June 24, 1989, and Verno Phillips won by TKO.
The meeting

LJun 24, 1989 · Phillips · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nieves or Phillips?
Jose Nieves is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Verno Phillips is 42-11-1. Verno Phillips has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nieves2–250%

Phillips42–11–178.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nieves or Phillips?
Jose Nieves has 0 knockout wins and Verno Phillips has 21. Verno Phillips has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nieves0

Phillips2150%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nieves and Phillips have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Nieves and Verno Phillips have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nieves and Phillips?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Jose Nieves and 56 bouts tracked for Verno Phillips. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nieves4bouts

Phillips56bouts

How They Win ↓

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