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Julio Cesar Merino vs Paul Spadafora — record, stats and common opponents compared

Julio Cesar Merino

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Paul Spadafora

Julio Cesar Merino (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Paul Spadafora (49-1-1) 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.

Merino

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Spadafora

49

Wins19 KO · 39%

1

Loss

1

Draw51 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

Spadafora leads 1–0

Julio Cesar Merino and Paul Spadafora have met 1 time; Spadafora leads 1–0.

Julio Cesar Merino and Paul Spadafora have met 1 time; Spadafora leads 1–0.
Met1997May 23Series
Julio Cesar MerinoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul SpadaforaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Merino 0 · Spadafora 4 of 4 measurable rows
MerinoSpadafora
Record†
0-149-1-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
97.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—38.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—39%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
1
51

† 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
Julio Cesar Merino: No height on file
Paul Spadafora: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Julio Cesar Merino: No reach on file
Paul Spadafora: 69″
Agenot held
Julio Cesar Merino: No date of birth
Paul Spadafora: 51
Stance
Julio Cesar Merino: Not recorded
Paul Spadafora: Southpaw

Julio Cesar Merino left, Paul Spadafora right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Julio Cesar Merino0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Julio Cesar Merino: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Merino yet.

Paul Spadafora49 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Paul Spadafora: 49 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (39%), 29 on the cards (59%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 39%29 on the cards 59%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Julio Cesar Merino 1, Paul Spadafora 51 — 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

Julio Cesar Merino last boxed on May 23, 1997 — 10,742 days ago. Merino had lost the most recent, to Paul Spadafora.L

Spadafora May 1997

Paul Spadafora last boxed on Jul 11, 2014 — 4,484 days ago. Spadafora had won once since losing a decision to Johan Pérez.WWWLW

Toledo Aug 2012Egberime Dec 2012Frankel Apr 2013Pérez Nov 2013Velázquez Jul 20142.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Julio Cesar Merino and Paul Spadafora ever fought each other?
Yes. Julio Cesar Merino and Paul Spadafora met once on May 23, 1997, and Paul Spadafora won by TKO.
The meeting

LMay 23, 1997 · Spadafora · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Merino or Spadafora?
Julio Cesar Merino is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Paul Spadafora is 49-1-1. Paul Spadafora has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Merino0–10%

Spadafora49–1–197.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Merino or Spadafora?
Julio Cesar Merino has 0 knockout wins and Paul Spadafora has 19. Paul Spadafora has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Merino0

Spadafora1938.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Merino and Spadafora have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Julio Cesar Merino and Paul Spadafora have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Merino and Spadafora?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Julio Cesar Merino and 51 bouts tracked for Paul Spadafora. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Merino1bout

Spadafora51bouts

How They Win ↓

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