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Mario Oscar Melo vs Tony Tubbs — record, stats and common opponents compared

Mario Oscar Melo

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Tony Tubbs

Mario Oscar Melo (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) and Tony Tubbs (47-10) 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.

Melo

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tubbs

47

Wins25 KO · 53%

10

Losses

0

Draws59 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

Tubbs leads 1–0

Mario Oscar Melo and Tony Tubbs have met 1 time; Tubbs leads 1–0.

Mario Oscar Melo and Tony Tubbs have met 1 time; Tubbs leads 1–0.
Met1997Aug 30Series
Mario Oscar MeloFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony TubbsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Melo 1 · Tubbs 6 of 7 measurable rows
MeloTubbs
Record†
2-547-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
28.6%
82.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
1
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
51% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
3 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.2
0.5
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
7
59

† 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
Mario Oscar Melo: No height on file
Tony Tubbs: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Mario Oscar Melo: No reach on file
Tony Tubbs: 79″
Agenot held
Mario Oscar Melo: No date of birth
Tony Tubbs: 68
Stance
Mario Oscar Melo: Not recorded
Tony Tubbs: Orthodox

Mario Oscar Melo left, Tony Tubbs right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Mario Oscar Melo2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Mario Oscar Melo: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Tony Tubbs47 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Tony Tubbs: 47 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (51%), 22 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 51%22 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Mario Oscar Melo 7, Tony Tubbs 59 — 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

Mario Oscar Melo last boxed on Nov 21, 1997 — 10,571 days ago. Melo had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Giovannini May 1985Moorer Apr 1990Rodrigues Jun 1993Tubbs Aug 1997Moli Nov 19970.5 tracked bouts per year

Tony Tubbs last boxed on Nov 4, 2006 — 7,301 days ago. Tubbs had won five straight, the most recent against Adam Smith.WWWWW

Sargent Oct 2004Minto Dec 2004Wofford Feb 2005Waller Aug 2006Smith Nov 20062.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Mario Oscar Melo and Tony Tubbs ever fought each other?
Yes. Mario Oscar Melo and Tony Tubbs met once on August 30, 1997, and Tony Tubbs won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LAug 30, 1997 · Tubbs · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Melo or Tubbs?
Mario Oscar Melo is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Tubbs is 47-10. Tony Tubbs has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Melo2–528.6%

Tubbs47–1082.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Melo or Tubbs?
Mario Oscar Melo has 1 knockout win and Tony Tubbs has 25. Tony Tubbs has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Melo1

Tubbs2553.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Melo and Tubbs have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mario Oscar Melo and Tony Tubbs have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Melo and Tubbs?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Mario Oscar Melo and 59 bouts tracked for Tony Tubbs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Melo7bouts

Tubbs59bouts

How They Win ↓

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