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Glen Tapia vs James Kirkland — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸SUPER WELTERWEIGHT, MIDDLEWEIGHT

Glen Tapia

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

James Kirkland

Glen Tapia (25-5) and James Kirkland (34-3) 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.

Tapia

25

Wins17 KO · 68%

5

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Kirkland

34

Wins30 KO · 88%

3

Losses

0

Draws37 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Kirkland leads 1–0

Glen Tapia and James Kirkland have met 1 time; Kirkland leads 1–0.

Glen Tapia and James Kirkland have met 1 time; Kirkland leads 1–0.
Met2013Dec 7Series
Glen TapiaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
James KirklandFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Tapia 1 · Kirkland 6 of 7 measurable rows
TapiaKirkland
Record
25-534-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
83.3%
91.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
17
30 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
68%
88.24% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65%
88% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
28
37

† 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″
Glen Tapia: 5′11″ (edge)
James Kirkland: 5′9″
Reach+3″
Glen Tapia: 73″ (edge)
James Kirkland: 70″
Age6 yrs apart
Glen Tapia: 36
James Kirkland: 42
Stance
Glen Tapia: Orthodox
James Kirkland: Southpaw

Glen Tapia left, James Kirkland right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Glen Tapia23 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Glen Tapia: 23 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (65%) and 8 on the cards (35%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 65%8 on the cards 35%

James Kirkland34 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

James Kirkland: 34 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (88%), 3 on the cards (9%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 88%3 on the cards 9%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Glen Tapia 28, James Kirkland 37 — 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

Glen Tapia last boxed on Oct 19, 2017 — 3,289 days ago. Tapia had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Dawson Mar 2015Soro May 2015Lemieux May 2016Quigley Mar 2017Rosado Oct 20173.2 tracked bouts per year

James Kirkland last boxed on Dec 26, 2020 — 2,125 days ago. Kirkland had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Juan Macias Montiel.WLWWL

Tapia Dec 2013Álvarez May 2015Courter Aug 2019Phipps Nov 2019Montiel Dec 20201.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Glen Tapia and James Kirkland ever fought each other?
Yes. Glen Tapia and James Kirkland met once on December 7, 2013, and James Kirkland won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LDec 7, 2013 · Kirkland · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tapia or Kirkland?
Glen Tapia is 25-5 and James Kirkland is 34-3. James Kirkland has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Tapia25–583.3%

Kirkland34–391.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tapia or Kirkland?
Glen Tapia has 17 knockout wins and James Kirkland has 30. James Kirkland has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tapia1768%

Kirkland3088.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tapia and Kirkland have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Glen Tapia and James Kirkland have faced.
Who is bigger, Tapia or Kirkland?
Glen Tapia is the taller fighter at 180 cm, 5 cm above the other. Glen Tapia also has the longer reach, by 7 cm.
Height · reach

Tapia180 cm185 cm reach

Kirkland175 cm178 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tapia and Kirkland?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Glen Tapia and 37 bouts tracked for James Kirkland. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tapia28bouts

Kirkland37bouts

How They Win ↓

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