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Ricardo López vs Zolani Petelo — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

Ricardo López

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Zolani Petelo

Ricardo López (51-0-1) and Zolani Petelo (17-5-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

López

51

Wins38 KO · 75%

0

Losses

1

Draw52 tracked bouts

Petelo

17

Wins9 KO · 53%

5

Losses

2

Draws24 tracked bouts

Head to Head

López leads 1–0

Ricardo López and Zolani Petelo have met 1 time; López leads 1–0.

Ricardo López and Zolani Petelo have met 1 time; López leads 1–0.
Met2001Sep 29Series
Ricardo LópezFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Zolani PeteloFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

López 7 · Petelo 1 of 8 measurable rows
LópezPetelo
Record
51-0-1 (edge)17-5-2
Win %0–100%
99% (edge)
75%
Wins by knockoutmax 38
38 (edge)
9
KO rate0–100%
74.51% (edge)
52.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
75% (edge)
53%
Times stopped†max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 52
52
24

† 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

Height+1″
Ricardo López: 5′5″
Zolani Petelo: 5′6″ (edge)
Reach+4″
Ricardo López: 64″
Zolani Petelo: 68″ (edge)
Age9 yrs apart
Ricardo López: 60
Zolani Petelo: 51
Stance
Ricardo López: Orthodox
Zolani Petelo: Southpaw

Ricardo López left, Zolani Petelo right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ricardo López51 wins · from 52 tracked bouts

Ricardo López: 51 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (75%) and 13 on the cards (25%). Counted from 52 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

38 by KO/TKO 75%13 on the cards 25%

Zolani Petelo17 wins · from 24 tracked bouts

Zolani Petelo: 17 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (53%) and 8 on the cards (47%). Counted from 24 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 53%8 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ricardo López 52, Zolani Petelo 24 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

López

Opponent

Petelo

  • Ricardo López

    Win, TKO 3

    2000

    VorapinEven

    Zolani Petelo

    Win, TKO 4

    1997

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

Ricardo López last boxed on Sep 29, 2001 — 9,149 days ago. López had won four straight since a draw with Rosendo Álvarez.DWWWW

Álvarez Mar 1998Álvarez Nov 1998Grigsby Oct 1999Vorapin Dec 2000Petelo Sep 20013.1 tracked bouts per year

Zolani Petelo last boxed on Dec 17, 2005 — 7,609 days ago. Petelo had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Cantwell Jun 2000Gomez Apr 2001López Sep 2001Mbityi May 2005Sobethu Dec 20051.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ricardo López and Zolani Petelo ever fought each other?
Yes. Ricardo López and Zolani Petelo met once on September 29, 2001, and Ricardo López won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WSep 29, 2001 · López · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, López or Petelo?
Ricardo López is 51-0-1 and Zolani Petelo is 17-5-2. Ricardo López has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

López51–0–199%

Petelo17–5–275%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, López or Petelo?
Ricardo López has 38 knockout wins and Zolani Petelo has 9. Ricardo López has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

López3874.5%

Petelo952.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do López and Petelo have any common opponents?
Ricardo López and Zolani Petelo share 1 common opponent: Ratanapol Sor Vorapin. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Ratanapol Sor VorapinWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, López or Petelo?
Zolani Petelo is the taller fighter at 168 cm, 3 cm above the other. Zolani Petelo also has the longer reach, by 10 cm.
Height · reach

López165 cm163 cm reach

Petelo168 cm173 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on López and Petelo?
This comparison is drawn from 52 bouts tracked for Ricardo López and 24 bouts tracked for Zolani Petelo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

López52bouts

Petelo24bouts

How They Win ↓

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