Have Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia ever fought each other?

Yes. Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia met once on February 17, 1989, and Johnny Tapia won by TKO in round 2.

Who has the better record, Barajas or Tapia?

Abner Barajas is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2. Johnny Tapia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Barajas or Tapia?

Abner Barajas has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Tapia has 30. Johnny Tapia has more.

Do Barajas and Tapia have any common opponents?

Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia share 2 common opponents: Marco Antonio Barrera and John Michael Johnson. Johnny Tapia fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barajas and Tapia?

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Abner Barajas and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Abner Barajas vs Johnny Tapia — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Abner Barajas

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Johnny Tapia

Abner Barajas (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Barajas

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tapia

Wins30 KO · 51%

Losses

Draws66 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

Tapia leads 1–0

Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met	1989Feb 17	Series
Abner BarajasFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Johnny TapiaFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR2Tapia vs Barajas	1Meeting

Tapia vs Barajas · Feb 17, 1989

The Numbers

Barajas 0 · Tapia 6 of 6 measurable rows

BarajasEdge = longer wingTapia

Record^†: 0-459-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
90.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30: 0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —50.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —51%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5: 0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.8: 0.8
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66: 4
66

† 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: Abner Barajas: No height on file; Johnny Tapia: 5′6″
Reachnot held: Abner Barajas: No reach on file; Johnny Tapia: 63″
Agenot held: Abner Barajas: No date of birth; Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Stance: Abner Barajas: Not recorded; Johnny Tapia: Orthodox

Abner Barajas left, Johnny Tapia right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Abner Barajas0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Barajas yet.

Johnny Tapia59 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

30 by KO/TKO 51%28 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 — Abner Barajas 4, Johnny Tapia 66 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Tapia better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Johnny Tapia better on 1 · even on 1

BarajasAbner Barajas

Opponent

TapiaJohnny Tapia

Abner Barajas
Loss, PTS
1992Oct 1992
BarreraMarco Antonio BarreraMexico 67–7EvenEven — 0–1 both
Johnny Tapia
Loss, UD
2002Nov 2002
Abner Barajas
Loss, UD
1992May 1992
JohnsonJohn Michael JohnsonUnited States 31–11Tapia betterJohnny Tapia better — 1–0 to 0–1
Johnny Tapia
Win, UD
1989Oct 1989

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

Abner Barajas last boxed on Apr 8, 1994 — 11,883 days ago. Barajas had lost four straight.LLLL

Tapia Feb 1989Johnson May 1992Barrera Oct 1992Carbajal Apr 19940.8 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Tapia has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Sandro Marcos. Tapia last boxed on Jun 4, 2011.LWWWW

Marcos Sep 2005Primero Feb 2007Reyes Mar 2010Alonso Sep 2010Pastrana Jun 20112.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia ever fought each other?: Yes. Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia met once on February 17, 1989, and Johnny Tapia won by TKO in round 2.
Who has the better record, Barajas or Tapia?: Abner Barajas is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2. Johnny Tapia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Barajas or Tapia?: Abner Barajas has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Tapia has 30. Johnny Tapia has more.
Do Barajas and Tapia have any common opponents?: Abner Barajas and Johnny Tapia share 2 common opponents: Marco Antonio Barrera and John Michael Johnson. Johnny Tapia fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barajas and Tapia?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Abner Barajas and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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