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Al Espinosa vs Kuniaki Shibata — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Espinosa

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Kuniaki Shibata

Al Espinosa (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Kuniaki Shibata (47-6-3) 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.

Espinosa

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Shibata

47

Wins25 KO · 53%

6

Losses

3

Draws56 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

Shibata leads 1–0

Al Espinosa and Kuniaki Shibata have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.

Al Espinosa and Kuniaki Shibata have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.
Met1975Nov 29Series
Al EspinosaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kuniaki ShibataFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Espinosa 1 · Shibata 4 of 5 measurable rows
EspinosaShibata
Record†
0-147-6-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
1
56

† 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
Al Espinosa: No height on file
Kuniaki Shibata: 5′4″
Reachnot held
Al Espinosa: No reach on file
Kuniaki Shibata: 63″
Agenot held
Al Espinosa: No date of birth
Kuniaki Shibata: 79
Stance
Al Espinosa: Not recorded
Kuniaki Shibata: Orthodox

Al Espinosa left, Kuniaki Shibata right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Espinosa0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Al Espinosa: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Espinosa yet.

Kuniaki Shibata47 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Kuniaki Shibata: 47 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (53%) and 22 on the cards (47%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 53%22 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Espinosa 1, Kuniaki Shibata 56 — 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

Al Espinosa last boxed on Nov 29, 1975 — 18,592 days ago. Espinosa had lost the most recent, to Kuniaki Shibata.L

Shibata Nov 1975

Kuniaki Shibata last boxed on Nov 29, 1975 — 18,592 days ago. Shibata had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Alfredo Escalera.WWLWW

Negishi Mar 1975Makhloufi Mar 1975Escalera Jul 1975Okabe Oct 1975Espinosa Nov 19755.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Espinosa and Kuniaki Shibata ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Espinosa and Kuniaki Shibata met once on November 29, 1975, and Kuniaki Shibata won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 29, 1975 · Shibata · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Espinosa or Shibata?
Al Espinosa is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Kuniaki Shibata is 47-6-3. Kuniaki Shibata has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Espinosa0–10%

Shibata47–6–386.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Espinosa or Shibata?
Al Espinosa has 0 knockout wins and Kuniaki Shibata has 25. Kuniaki Shibata has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Espinosa0

Shibata2553.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Espinosa and Shibata have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Espinosa and Kuniaki Shibata have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Espinosa and Shibata?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Al Espinosa and 56 bouts tracked for Kuniaki Shibata. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Espinosa1bout

Shibata56bouts

How They Win ↓

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