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Akinori Watanabe vs Magomed Kurbanov — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Akinori Watanabe

🇷🇺RUSSIA

Magomed Kurbanov

Akinori Watanabe (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Magomed Kurbanov (26-2) 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.

Watanabe

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kurbanov

26

Wins14 KO · 54%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 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

Kurbanov leads 1–0

Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov have met 1 time; Kurbanov leads 1–0.

Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov have met 1 time; Kurbanov leads 1–0.
Met2017Dec 15Series
Akinori WatanabeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Magomed KurbanovFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Watanabe 0 · Kurbanov 3 of 3 measurable rows
WatanabeKurbanov
Record†
0-226-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
92.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
0
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
2
28

† 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
Akinori Watanabe: No height on file
Magomed Kurbanov: 5′10″
Age10 yrs apart
Akinori Watanabe: 41
Magomed Kurbanov: 31
Stance
Akinori Watanabe: Not recorded
Magomed Kurbanov: Orthodox

Akinori Watanabe left, Magomed Kurbanov right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Akinori Watanabe0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Akinori Watanabe: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Watanabe yet.

Magomed Kurbanov26 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Magomed Kurbanov: 26 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (50%) and 13 on the cards (50%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 50%13 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Akinori Watanabe 2, Magomed Kurbanov 28 — 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

Akinori Watanabe last boxed on Dec 15, 2017 — 3,241 days ago. Watanabe had lost two straight.LL

Inoue Jan 2017Kurbanov Dec 2017

Magomed Kurbanov had won one in a row before losing a decision to Pavel Sosulin. Kurbanov last boxed on Jul 5, 2025 — 482 days ago.WWLWL

Gonzalez Dec 2022Soro May 2023Madrimov Mar 2024Kozaev Mar 2024Sosulin Jul 20252.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov ever fought each other?
Yes. Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov met once on December 15, 2017, and Magomed Kurbanov won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LDec 15, 2017 · Kurbanov · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watanabe or Kurbanov?
Akinori Watanabe is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Magomed Kurbanov is 26-2. Magomed Kurbanov has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Watanabe0–20%

Kurbanov26–292.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watanabe or Kurbanov?
Akinori Watanabe has 0 knockout wins and Magomed Kurbanov has 14. Magomed Kurbanov has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watanabe0

Kurbanov1453.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Watanabe and Kurbanov have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Akinori Watanabe and Magomed Kurbanov have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watanabe and Kurbanov?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Akinori Watanabe and 28 bouts tracked for Magomed Kurbanov. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watanabe2bouts

Kurbanov28bouts

How They Win ↓

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