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Hekkie Budler vs Ryōichi Taguchi — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Hekkie Budler

🇯🇵JAPAN

Ryōichi Taguchi

Hekkie Budler (35-5) and Ryōichi Taguchi (27-4-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Budler

35

Wins11 KO · 31%

5

Losses

0

Draws40 tracked bouts

Taguchi

27

Wins12 KO · 44%

4

Losses

2

Draws33 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Budler leads 1–0

Hekkie Budler and Ryōichi Taguchi have met 1 time; Budler leads 1–0.

Hekkie Budler and Ryōichi Taguchi have met 1 time; Budler leads 1–0.
Met2018May 20Series
Hekkie BudlerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ryōichi TaguchiFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Budler 3 · Taguchi 5 of 8 measurable rows
BudlerTaguchi
Record
35-5 (edge)27-4-2
Win %0–100%
87.5% (edge)
84.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
11
12 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
31.43%
44.44% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
31%
44% (edge)
Times stopped†max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 8
8 (edge)
2
Bouts per year‡max 2.6
2.5
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
33

† 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+3″
Hekkie Budler: 5′3″
Ryōichi Taguchi: 5′6″ (edge)
Reach+2″
Hekkie Budler: 65″
Ryōichi Taguchi: 67″ (edge)
Age1 yr apart
Hekkie Budler: 38
Ryōichi Taguchi: 39
Stance
Hekkie Budler: Orthodox
Ryōichi Taguchi: Orthodox

Hekkie Budler left, Ryōichi Taguchi right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hekkie Budler35 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Hekkie Budler: 35 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (31%) and 24 on the cards (69%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 31%24 on the cards 69%

Ryōichi Taguchi27 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

Ryōichi Taguchi: 27 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (44%), 14 on the cards (52%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 44%14 on the cards 52%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hekkie Budler 40, Ryōichi Taguchi 33 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Taguchi better on 1 · even on 1

Budler

Opponent

Taguchi

  • Hekkie Budler

    Loss, SD

    2017

    MelindoTaguchi better

    Ryōichi Taguchi

    Win, UD

    2017

  • Hekkie Budler

    Win, UD

    2012

    CondesEven

    Ryōichi Taguchi

    Win, UD

    2014

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

Hekkie Budler last boxed on Sep 18, 2023 — 1,131 days ago. Budler had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Ken Shiro.LWWWL

Kyoguchi Dec 2018Almacen May 2021Soto Jun 2022Sengprakhon May 2023Shiro Sep 20232.5 tracked bouts per year

Ryōichi Taguchi last boxed on Mar 16, 2019 — 2,778 days ago. Taguchi had lost two straight, after two straight wins.DWWLL

Cañizales Dec 2016Barrera Jul 2017Melindo Dec 2017Budler May 2018Tanaka Mar 20192.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hekkie Budler and Ryōichi Taguchi ever fought each other?
Yes. Hekkie Budler and Ryōichi Taguchi met once on May 20, 2018, and Hekkie Budler won by UD.
The meeting

WMay 20, 2018 · Budler · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Budler or Taguchi?
Hekkie Budler is 35-5 and Ryōichi Taguchi is 27-4-2. Hekkie Budler has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Budler35–587.5%

Taguchi27–4–284.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Budler or Taguchi?
Hekkie Budler has 11 knockout wins and Ryōichi Taguchi has 12. Ryōichi Taguchi has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Budler1131.4%

Taguchi1244.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Budler and Taguchi have any common opponents?
Hekkie Budler and Ryōichi Taguchi share 2 common opponents: Milan Melindo and Florante Condes. Ryōichi Taguchi fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Milan MelindoLW

Florante CondesWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Budler or Taguchi?
Ryōichi Taguchi is the taller fighter at 168 cm, 8 cm above the other. Ryōichi Taguchi also has the longer reach, by 4 cm.
Height · reach

Budler160 cm166 cm reach

Taguchi168 cm170 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Budler and Taguchi?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Hekkie Budler and 33 bouts tracked for Ryōichi Taguchi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Budler40bouts

Taguchi33bouts

How They Win ↓

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