Have Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera ever fought each other?

Yes. Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera met once on December 6, 1997, and Oscar De La Hoya won by TKO in round 8.

Who has the better record, Hoya or Rivera?

Oscar De La Hoya is 39-6 and Wilfredo Rivera is 35-7-1. Oscar De La Hoya has the higher win percentage.

Who has more knockouts, Hoya or Rivera?

Oscar De La Hoya has 30 knockout wins and Wilfredo Rivera has 21. Oscar De La Hoya has more.

Do Hoya and Rivera have any common opponents?

Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera share 3 common opponents: Shane Mosley, Fernando Vargas and Pernell Whitaker. Oscar De La Hoya fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hoya and Rivera?

This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Oscar De La Hoya and 8 bouts tracked for Wilfredo Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Oscar De La Hoya vs Wilfredo Rivera — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Wilfredo Rivera

Oscar De La Hoya (39-6) and Wilfredo Rivera (35-7-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Hoya

Wins30 KO · 77%

Losses

Draws45 tracked bouts

Rivera

Wins21 KO · 60%

Losses

Draw8 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Hoya leads 1–0

Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera have met 1 time; Hoya leads 1–0.
Met	1997Dec 6	Series
Oscar De La HoyaFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Wilfredo RiveraFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR8Hoya vs Rivera	1Meeting

Hoya vs Rivera · Dec 6, 1997

The Numbers

Hoya 8 · Rivera 0 of 8 measurable rows

HoyaEdge = longer wingRivera

Record: 39-6 (edge)35-7-1
Win %0–100%: 86.7% (edge)
82.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 30: 30 (edge)
21
KO rate0–100%: 76.92% (edge)
60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^†0–100%: 77% (edge)
33%
Times stopped^†max 3: 2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 11: 11 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^‡max 2.8: 2.8 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45: 45
8

† 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

HeightLevel: Oscar De La Hoya: 5′11″; Wilfredo Rivera: 5′11″
Reach+1″: Oscar De La Hoya: 73″ (edge); Wilfredo Rivera: 72″
Age4 yrs apart: Oscar De La Hoya: 53; Wilfredo Rivera: 57
Stance: Oscar De La Hoya: Orthodox; Wilfredo Rivera: Orthodox

Oscar De La Hoya left, Wilfredo Rivera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Oscar De La Hoya39 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

30 by KO/TKO 77%9 on the cards 23%

Wilfredo Rivera3 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Oscar De La Hoya 45, Wilfredo Rivera 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Hoya better on 2 · Rivera better on 13 shared · Oscar De La Hoya better on 2 · Wilfredo Rivera better on 1

HoyaOscar De La Hoya

Opponent

RiveraWilfredo Rivera

Oscar De La Hoya
0–2 against
Loss, UD
2003Sep 2003
Loss, SD
2000Jun 2000
MosleyShane MosleyUnited States 49–10–1Rivera betterWilfredo Rivera better — 0–1 to 0–2
Wilfredo Rivera
Loss, KO
1999Sep 1999
Oscar De La Hoya
Win, TKO 11
2002Sep 2002
VargasFernando VargasUnited States 26–5Hoya betterOscar De La Hoya better — 1–0 to 0–1
Wilfredo Rivera
Loss, TKO 6
2001May 2001
Oscar De La Hoya
Win, UD
1997Apr 1997
WhitakerPernell WhitakerUnited States 40–4–1Hoya betterOscar De La Hoya better — 1–0 to 0–2
Wilfredo Rivera
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1996Sep 1996
Loss, SD
1996Apr 1996

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

Oscar De La Hoya last boxed on Dec 6, 2008 — 6,531 days ago. Hoya had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Manny Pacquiao.LWLWL

Hopkins Sep 2004Mayorga May 2006Mayweather May 2007Forbes May 2008Pacquiao Dec 20082.8 tracked bouts per year

Wilfredo Rivera last boxed on May 5, 2001 — 9,303 days ago. Rivera had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Bramble Mar 1997Hoya Dec 1997Palomino May 1998Mosley Sep 1999Vargas May 20011 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera ever fought each other?: Yes. Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera met once on December 6, 1997, and Oscar De La Hoya won by TKO in round 8.
Who has the better record, Hoya or Rivera?: Oscar De La Hoya is 39-6 and Wilfredo Rivera is 35-7-1. Oscar De La Hoya has the higher win percentage.
Who has more knockouts, Hoya or Rivera?: Oscar De La Hoya has 30 knockout wins and Wilfredo Rivera has 21. Oscar De La Hoya has more.
Do Hoya and Rivera have any common opponents?: Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera share 3 common opponents: Shane Mosley, Fernando Vargas and Pernell Whitaker. Oscar De La Hoya fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hoya and Rivera?: This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Oscar De La Hoya and 8 bouts tracked for Wilfredo Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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