Have Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis ever fought each other?

Yes. Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis met once on April 4, 1978, and Maurice Hope won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Hope or Dennis?

Maurice Hope is 30-4-1 and Melvin Dennis is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Maurice Hope has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Hope or Dennis?

Maurice Hope has 24 knockout wins and Melvin Dennis has 0. Maurice Hope has more.

Do Hope and Dennis have any common opponents?

Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis share 2 common opponents: Wilfred Benítez and Vito Antuofermo. Maurice Hope fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hope and Dennis?

This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Maurice Hope and 6 bouts tracked for Melvin Dennis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Maurice Hope vs Melvin Dennis — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Maurice Hope

Melvin Dennis

Maurice Hope (30-4-1) and Melvin Dennis (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Hope

Wins24 KO · 80%

Losses

Draw35 tracked bouts

Dennis

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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

Hope leads 1–0

Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis have met 1 time; Hope leads 1–0.
Met	1978Apr 4	Series
Maurice HopeFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Melvin DennisFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSHope vs Dennis	1Meeting

Hope vs Dennis · Apr 4, 1978

The Numbers

Hope 6 · Dennis 0 of 6 measurable rows

HopeEdge = longer wingDennis

Record^†: 30-4-1 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%: 87.1% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 24: 24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 80%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 80% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 2: 2
2
Title reignsmax 4: 4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 4: 4 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35: 35
6

† 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: Maurice Hope: 5′9″; Melvin Dennis: No height on file
Reachnot held: Maurice Hope: 69″; Melvin Dennis: No reach on file
Agenot held: Maurice Hope: 74; Melvin Dennis: No date of birth
Stance: Maurice Hope: Southpaw; Melvin Dennis: Not recorded

Maurice Hope left, Melvin Dennis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Maurice Hope30 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

24 by KO/TKO 80%6 on the cards 20%

Melvin Dennis1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Maurice Hope 35, Melvin Dennis 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Hope better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Maurice Hope better on 1 · even on 1

HopeMaurice Hope

Opponent

DennisMelvin Dennis

Maurice Hope
Loss, KO 12
1981May 1981
BenítezWilfred BenítezUnited States 53–8–1EvenEven — 0–1 both
Melvin Dennis
Loss, UD
1977Mar 1977
Maurice Hope
Win, TKO
1976Oct 1976
AntuofermoVito AntuofermoItaly 50–7–2Hope betterMaurice Hope better — 1–0 to 0–1
Melvin Dennis
Loss, PTS
1974Jun 1974

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Maurice Hope last boxed on Mar 30, 1982 — 16,278 days ago. Hope had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Baker Sep 1979Mattioli Jul 1980Herrera Nov 1980Benítez May 1981Minchillo Mar 19824 tracked bouts per year

Melvin Dennis last boxed on Apr 4, 1978 — 17,734 days ago. Dennis had lost five straight.LLLLL

Antuofermo Jun 1974Castellini Jan 1975Hart Feb 1976Benítez Mar 1977Hope Apr 19781.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis ever fought each other?: Yes. Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis met once on April 4, 1978, and Maurice Hope won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Hope or Dennis?: Maurice Hope is 30-4-1 and Melvin Dennis is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Maurice Hope has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Hope or Dennis?: Maurice Hope has 24 knockout wins and Melvin Dennis has 0. Maurice Hope has more.
Do Hope and Dennis have any common opponents?: Maurice Hope and Melvin Dennis share 2 common opponents: Wilfred Benítez and Vito Antuofermo. Maurice Hope fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hope and Dennis?: This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Maurice Hope and 6 bouts tracked for Melvin Dennis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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