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Galal Yafai vs Miguel Cartagena — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Galal Yafai

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Miguel Cartagena

Galal Yafai (9-0) and Miguel Cartagena (17-7-1) 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.

Yafai

9

Wins7 KO · 78%

0

Losses

0

Draws10 tracked bouts

Cartagena

17

Wins8 KO · 47%

7

Losses

1

Draw25 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Yafai leads 1–0

Galal Yafai and Miguel Cartagena have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.

Galal Yafai and Miguel Cartagena have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.
Met2022Apr 30Series
Galal YafaiFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Miguel CartagenaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR21Meeting

The Numbers

Yafai 7 · Cartagena 1 of 8 measurable rows
YafaiCartagena
Record
9-0 (edge)17-7-1
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
70%
Wins by knockoutmax 8
7
8 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
77.78% (edge)
47.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
78% (edge)
47%
Times stopped†max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3
3 (edge)
2.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
10
25

† 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

HeightLevel
Galal Yafai: 5′4″
Miguel Cartagena: 5′4″
ReachLevel
Galal Yafai: 68″
Miguel Cartagena: 68″
Age1 yr apart
Galal Yafai: 33
Miguel Cartagena: 34
Stance
Galal Yafai: Southpaw
Miguel Cartagena: Orthodox

Galal Yafai left, Miguel Cartagena right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Galal Yafai9 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Galal Yafai: 9 tracked wins — 7 by KO/TKO (78%) and 2 on the cards (22%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

7 by KO/TKO 78%2 on the cards 22%

Miguel Cartagena17 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Miguel Cartagena: 17 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (47%) and 9 on the cards (53%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 47%9 on the cards 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Galal Yafai 10, Miguel Cartagena 25 — 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

Galal Yafai has a no contest in the most recent tracked bout with Francisco Rodriguez, Jr.. Yafai last boxed on Jun 21, 2025 — 493 days ago.WWWWNC

Santomauro Dec 2023Gauto Apr 2024Oliva Sep 2024Edwards Nov 2024Jr. Jun 20253 tracked bouts per year

Miguel Cartagena last boxed on Apr 30, 2022 — 1,642 days ago. Cartagena had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Galal Yafai.LLWWL

Maldonado Jun 2018Soler Jun 2019Chanez Oct 2020Escalente Jun 2021Yafai Apr 20222.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Galal Yafai and Miguel Cartagena ever fought each other?
Yes. Galal Yafai and Miguel Cartagena met once on April 30, 2022, and Galal Yafai won by RTD in round 2.
The meeting

WApr 30, 2022 · Yafai · RTD R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yafai or Cartagena?
Galal Yafai is 9-0 and Miguel Cartagena is 17-7-1. Galal Yafai has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Yafai9–0100%

Cartagena17–7–170%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yafai or Cartagena?
Galal Yafai has 7 knockout wins and Miguel Cartagena has 8. Miguel Cartagena has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yafai777.8%

Cartagena847.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Yafai and Cartagena have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Galal Yafai and Miguel Cartagena have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yafai and Cartagena?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Galal Yafai and 25 bouts tracked for Miguel Cartagena. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yafai10bouts

Cartagena25bouts

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