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Gilberto Román vs Jiro Watanabe — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gilberto Román

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Jiro Watanabe

Gilberto Román (54-6-1) and Jiro Watanabe (26-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Román

54

Wins35 KO · 65%

6

Losses

1

Draw61 tracked bouts

Watanabe

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Román leads 1–0

Gilberto Román and Jiro Watanabe have met 1 time; Román leads 1–0.

Gilberto Román and Jiro Watanabe have met 1 time; Román leads 1–0.
Met1986Mar 30Series
Gilberto RománFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jiro WatanabeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Román 2 · Watanabe 5 of 7 measurable rows
RománWatanabe
Record
54-6-126-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
89.3%
92.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
35 (edge)
17
KO rate0–100%
64.81%
65.38% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†level0–100%
65%
65%
Times stopped†max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 6.9
6.9 (edge)
4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
61
28

† 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

Height+2″
Gilberto Román: 5′3″
Jiro Watanabe: 5′5″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Gilberto Román: Died aged 28
Jiro Watanabe: 71
Stance
Gilberto Román: Orthodox
Jiro Watanabe: Southpaw

Gilberto Román left, Jiro Watanabe right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gilberto Román54 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Gilberto Román: 54 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (65%), 18 on the cards (33%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 65%18 on the cards 33%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Jiro Watanabe26 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Jiro Watanabe: 26 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (65%), 8 on the cards (31%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 65%8 on the cards 31%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gilberto Román 61, Jiro Watanabe 28 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Román

Opponent

Watanabe

  • Gilberto Román

    Win, TKO 2

    1984

    OlivettiEven

    Jiro Watanabe

    Win, KO 2

    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

Gilberto Román had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Moon Sung-kil. Román last boxed on Jun 9, 1990.WWLWL

Carazo Jun 1989Laciar Sep 1989Konadu Nov 1989Phelps Apr 1990Sung-kil Jun 19906.9 tracked bouts per year

Jiro Watanabe last boxed on Mar 30, 1986 — 14,811 days ago. Watanabe had won four in a row before losing a decision to Gilberto Román.WWWWL

Poontarat Nov 1984Solano May 1985Katsuma Sep 1985Yun Dec 1985Román Mar 19864 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gilberto Román and Jiro Watanabe ever fought each other?
Yes. Gilberto Román and Jiro Watanabe met once on March 30, 1986, and Gilberto Román won by UD.
The meeting

WMar 30, 1986 · Román · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Román or Watanabe?
Gilberto Román is 54-6-1 and Jiro Watanabe is 26-2. Jiro Watanabe has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Román54–6–189.3%

Watanabe26–292.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Román or Watanabe?
Gilberto Román has 35 knockout wins and Jiro Watanabe has 17. Gilberto Román has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Román3564.8%

Watanabe1765.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Román and Watanabe have any common opponents?
Gilberto Román and Jiro Watanabe share 1 common opponent: Berlin Olivetti. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Berlin OlivettiWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Román or Watanabe?
Jiro Watanabe is the taller fighter at 166 cm, 6 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Román160 cm

Watanabe166 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Román and Watanabe?
This comparison is drawn from 61 bouts tracked for Gilberto Román and 28 bouts tracked for Jiro Watanabe. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Román61bouts

Watanabe28bouts

How They Win ↓

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