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Eric Barcelona vs Simpiwe Vetyeka — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eric Barcelona

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Simpiwe Vetyeka

Eric Barcelona (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Simpiwe Vetyeka (30-4) 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.

Barcelona

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Vetyeka

30

Wins18 KO · 60%

4

Losses

0

Draws34 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

Vetyeka leads 1–0

Eric Barcelona and Simpiwe Vetyeka have met 1 time; Vetyeka leads 1–0.

Eric Barcelona and Simpiwe Vetyeka have met 1 time; Vetyeka leads 1–0.
Met2009Jul 11Series
Eric BarcelonaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Simpiwe VetyekaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Barcelona 0 · Vetyeka 5 of 5 measurable rows
BarcelonaVetyeka
Record†
1-630-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
88.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
0.7
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
7
34

† 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
Eric Barcelona: No height on file
Simpiwe Vetyeka: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Eric Barcelona: No reach on file
Simpiwe Vetyeka: 67″
Agenot held
Eric Barcelona: No date of birth
Simpiwe Vetyeka: 45
Stance
Eric Barcelona: Not recorded
Simpiwe Vetyeka: Orthodox

Eric Barcelona left, Simpiwe Vetyeka right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eric Barcelona1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Eric Barcelona: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Simpiwe Vetyeka30 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Simpiwe Vetyeka: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%) and 12 on the cards (40%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%12 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eric Barcelona 7, Simpiwe Vetyeka 34 — 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

Eric Barcelona last boxed on May 20, 2010 — 5,997 days ago. Barcelona had won one in a row before losing a decision to Vic Darchinyan.LLLWL

Gabi Apr 2005Sonsona May 2006Vetyeka Jul 2009Magbanua Aug 2009Darchinyan May 20100.7 tracked bouts per year

Simpiwe Vetyeka last boxed on Apr 6, 2018 — 3,119 days ago. Vetyeka had won once since losing a decision to Lerato Dlamini.WWWLW

Reyes Dec 2014Puente Nov 2015Tameda Apr 2016Dlamini Oct 2017Mokwana Apr 20182.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eric Barcelona and Simpiwe Vetyeka ever fought each other?
Yes. Eric Barcelona and Simpiwe Vetyeka met once on July 11, 2009, and Simpiwe Vetyeka won by UD.
The meeting

LJul 11, 2009 · Vetyeka · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barcelona or Vetyeka?
Eric Barcelona is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Simpiwe Vetyeka is 30-4. Simpiwe Vetyeka has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barcelona1–614.3%

Vetyeka30–488.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barcelona or Vetyeka?
Eric Barcelona has 0 knockout wins and Simpiwe Vetyeka has 18. Simpiwe Vetyeka has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barcelona0

Vetyeka1860%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barcelona and Vetyeka have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eric Barcelona and Simpiwe Vetyeka have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barcelona and Vetyeka?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Eric Barcelona and 34 bouts tracked for Simpiwe Vetyeka. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barcelona7bouts

Vetyeka34bouts

How They Win ↓

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