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Gaby Canizales vs Richie Sandoval — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gaby Canizales

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Richie Sandoval

Gaby Canizales (48-8-1) and Richie Sandoval (29-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Canizales

48

Wins36 KO · 75%

8

Losses

1

Draw57 tracked bouts

Sandoval

29

Wins17 KO · 59%

1

Loss

0

Draws30 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Canizales leads 1–0

Gaby Canizales and Richie Sandoval have met 1 time; Canizales leads 1–0.

Gaby Canizales and Richie Sandoval have met 1 time; Canizales leads 1–0.
Met1986Mar 10Series
Gaby CanizalesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Richie SandovalFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Canizales 4 · Sandoval 3 of 7 measurable rows
CanizalesSandoval
Record
48-8-129-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
85.1%
96.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
36 (edge)
17
KO rate0–100%
75% (edge)
58.62%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
75% (edge)
59%
Times stopped†levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
2
Bouts per year‡max 5.6
4.7
5.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
30

† 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
Gaby Canizales: No height on file
Richie Sandoval: 5′5″
Reach+2″
Gaby Canizales: 65″
Richie Sandoval: 67″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Gaby Canizales: 66
Richie Sandoval: Died aged 63
Stance
Gaby Canizales: Orthodox
Richie Sandoval: Orthodox

Gaby Canizales left, Richie Sandoval right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gaby Canizales48 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Gaby Canizales: 48 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (75%) and 12 on the cards (25%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 75%12 on the cards 25%

Richie Sandoval29 wins · from 30 tracked bouts

Richie Sandoval: 29 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (59%) and 12 on the cards (41%). Counted from 30 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 59%12 on the cards 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gaby Canizales 57, Richie Sandoval 30 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Sandoval better on 1 · even on 2

Canizales

Opponent

Sandoval

  • Gaby Canizales

    Loss, UD

    1983

    ChandlerSandoval better

    Richie Sandoval

    Win, TKO

    1984

  • Gaby Canizales

    Win, TKO 10

    1983

    CisnerosEven

    Richie Sandoval

    Win, TKO 4

    1982

  • Gaby Canizales

    Win, UD

    1982

    TorresEven

    Richie Sandoval

    Win, TKO 1

    1981

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

Gaby Canizales last boxed on Jun 30, 1991 — 12,901 days ago. Canizales had won three in a row before losing a decision to Duke McKenzie.DWWWL

Valdez Jul 1990Soto Sep 1990Torres Nov 1990Lora Mar 1991McKenzie Jun 19914.7 tracked bouts per year

Richie Sandoval had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Gaby Canizales. Sandoval last boxed on Mar 10, 1986.WWWWL

Duarte Apr 1985Gallegos Aug 1985Avila Nov 1985Cortez Feb 1986Canizales Mar 19865.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gaby Canizales and Richie Sandoval ever fought each other?
Yes. Gaby Canizales and Richie Sandoval met once on March 10, 1986, and Gaby Canizales won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WMar 10, 1986 · Canizales · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Canizales or Sandoval?
Gaby Canizales is 48-8-1 and Richie Sandoval is 29-1. Richie Sandoval has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Canizales48–8–185.1%

Sandoval29–196.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Canizales or Sandoval?
Gaby Canizales has 36 knockout wins and Richie Sandoval has 17. Gaby Canizales has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Canizales3675%

Sandoval1758.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Canizales and Sandoval have any common opponents?
Gaby Canizales and Richie Sandoval share 3 common opponents: Jeff Chandler, Ron Cisneros and Jose Torres. Richie Sandoval fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

Jeff ChandlerLW

Ron CisnerosWW

Jose TorresWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Canizales and Sandoval?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Gaby Canizales and 30 bouts tracked for Richie Sandoval. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Canizales57bouts

Sandoval30bouts

How They Win ↓

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