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Haruo Sakamoto vs José Medel — record, stats and common opponents compared

Haruo Sakamoto

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Medel

Haruo Sakamoto (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and José Medel (69-31-8) 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.

Sakamoto

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Medel

69

Wins44 KO · 64%

31

Losses

8

Draws108 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

Medel leads 1–0

Haruo Sakamoto and José Medel have met 1 time; Medel leads 1–0.

Haruo Sakamoto and José Medel have met 1 time; Medel leads 1–0.
Met1961Oct 17Series
Haruo SakamotoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
José MedelFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Sakamoto 1 · Medel 4 of 5 measurable rows
SakamotoMedel
Record†
1-169-31-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
67.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
61% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 10
0 (edge)
10
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 108
2
108

† 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
Haruo Sakamoto: No height on file
José Medel: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Haruo Sakamoto: No reach on file
José Medel: 67″
Agenot held
Haruo Sakamoto: No date of birth
José Medel: Died aged 62
Stance
Haruo Sakamoto: Not recorded
José Medel: Orthodox

Haruo Sakamoto left, José Medel right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Haruo Sakamoto1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Haruo Sakamoto: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

José Medel69 wins · from 108 tracked bouts

José Medel: 69 tracked wins — 42 by KO/TKO (61%) and 27 on the cards (39%). Counted from 108 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

42 by KO/TKO 61%27 on the cards 39%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Haruo Sakamoto 2, José Medel 108 — 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

Haruo Sakamoto last boxed on Oct 17, 1961 — 23,747 days ago. Sakamoto had won one in a row before losing a decision to José Medel.WL

Chionoi Aug 1961Medel Oct 1961

José Medel has lost two straight, after one straight win. Medel last boxed on Jun 9, 1974.LLWLL

Meza Mar 1971Carillo Jan 1972Hernandez Apr 1972Munoz Sep 1973Kobayashi Jun 19745.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Haruo Sakamoto and José Medel ever fought each other?
Yes. Haruo Sakamoto and José Medel met once on October 17, 1961, and José Medel won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 17, 1961 · Medel · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sakamoto or Medel?
Haruo Sakamoto is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and José Medel is 69-31-8. José Medel has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sakamoto1–150%

Medel69–31–867.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sakamoto or Medel?
Haruo Sakamoto has 0 knockout wins and José Medel has 44. José Medel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sakamoto0

Medel4463.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sakamoto and Medel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Haruo Sakamoto and José Medel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sakamoto and Medel?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Haruo Sakamoto and 108 bouts tracked for José Medel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sakamoto2bouts

Medel108bouts

How They Win ↓

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