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Efren Chavez vs Johnny Tapia — record, stats and common opponents compared

Efren Chavez

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Johnny Tapia

Efren Chavez (0-1-1 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Chavez

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tapia

59

Wins30 KO · 51%

5

Losses

2

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Efren Chavez and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Efren Chavez and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1988Mar 28Series
Efren ChavezFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Johnny TapiaFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Chavez 1 · Tapia 4 of 5 measurable rows
ChavezTapia
Record†
0-1-159-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
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 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
2
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
Efren Chavez: No height on file
Johnny Tapia: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Efren Chavez: No reach on file
Johnny Tapia: 63″
Agenot held
Efren Chavez: No date of birth
Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Stance
Efren Chavez: Not recorded
Johnny Tapia: Orthodox

Efren Chavez 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
Efren Chavez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Efren Chavez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Chavez yet.

Johnny Tapia59 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Tapia: 59 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (51%), 28 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Efren Chavez 2, Johnny Tapia 66 — 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

Efren Chavez last boxed on Jun 6, 1988 — 14,016 days ago. Chavez had lost the most recent, to Fabrice Benichou.DL

Tapia Mar 1988Benichou Jun 1988

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 Efren Chavez and Johnny Tapia ever fought each other?
Yes. Efren Chavez and Johnny Tapia met once on March 28, 1988, and the bout was a draw by MD.
The meeting

DMar 28, 1988 · Draw · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Chavez or Tapia?
Efren Chavez is 0-1-1 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Chavez0–1–125%

Tapia59–5–290.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Chavez or Tapia?
Efren Chavez has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Tapia has 30. Johnny Tapia has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Chavez0

Tapia3050.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Chavez and Tapia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Efren Chavez and Johnny Tapia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Chavez and Tapia?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Efren Chavez and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Chavez2bouts

Tapia66bouts

How They Win ↓

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