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Israel Gonzalez vs Khalid Yafai — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Israel Gonzalez

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Khalid Yafai

Israel Gonzalez (32-6-2) and Khalid Yafai (27-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Gonzalez

32

Wins12 KO · 38%

6

Losses

2

Draws40 tracked bouts

Yafai

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

2

Losses

0

Draws29 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Yafai leads 1–0

Israel Gonzalez and Khalid Yafai have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.

Israel Gonzalez and Khalid Yafai have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.
Met2018Nov 24Series
Israel GonzalezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Khalid YafaiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
How it endedUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gonzalez 2 · Yafai 6 of 8 measurable rows
GonzalezYafai
Record
32-6-227-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
82.5%
93.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
12
15 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
37.5%
55.56% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
38%
56% (edge)
Times stopped†max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
29

† 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″
Israel Gonzalez: 5′6″ (edge)
Khalid Yafai: 5′4″
Age8 yrs apart
Israel Gonzalez: 29
Khalid Yafai: 37
Stance
Israel Gonzalez: Orthodox
Khalid Yafai: Orthodox

Israel Gonzalez left, Khalid Yafai right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Israel Gonzalez32 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Israel Gonzalez: 32 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (38%) and 20 on the cards (63%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 38%20 on the cards 63%

Khalid Yafai27 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Khalid Yafai: 27 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (56%) and 12 on the cards (44%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 56%12 on the cards 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Israel Gonzalez 40, Khalid Yafai 29 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Gonzalez better on 1 · even on 3

Gonzalez

Opponent

Yafai

  • Israel Gonzalez

    Draw, SD

    2023

    RodriguezGonzalez better

    Khalid Yafai

    Loss, KO 1

    2023

  • Israel Gonzalez

    Loss, UD

    2020

    GonzálezEven

    Khalid Yafai

    Loss, TKO 9

    2020

  • Israel Gonzalez

    Win, SD

    2019

    IshidaEven

    Khalid Yafai

    Win, UD

    2017

  • Israel Gonzalez

    Win, UD

    2015

    GarcíaEven

    Khalid Yafai

    Win, RTD 4

    2013

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

Israel Gonzalez had won four in a row before losing a decision to Kenshiro Teraji. Gonzalez last boxed on Jul 20, 2026 — 62 days ago.WWWWL

Ramirez Oct 2024Ramos Dec 2024Leyva Nov 2025Appel May 2026Teraji Jul 20263.4 tracked bouts per year

Khalid Yafai last boxed on Nov 18, 2023 — 1,037 days ago. Yafai had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jonathan Rodriguez.WWLWL

González Nov 2018Jimenez Jun 2019González Feb 2020Paclar Nov 2022Rodriguez Nov 20232.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Israel Gonzalez and Khalid Yafai ever fought each other?
Yes. Israel Gonzalez and Khalid Yafai met once on November 24, 2018, and Khalid Yafai won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 24, 2018 · Yafai · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gonzalez or Yafai?
Israel Gonzalez is 32-6-2 and Khalid Yafai is 27-2. Khalid Yafai has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Gonzalez32–6–282.5%

Yafai27–293.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gonzalez or Yafai?
Israel Gonzalez has 12 knockout wins and Khalid Yafai has 15. Khalid Yafai has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gonzalez1237.5%

Yafai1555.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gonzalez and Yafai have any common opponents?
Israel Gonzalez and Khalid Yafai share 4 common opponents: Jonathan Rodriguez, Román González and Sho Ishida (and 1 other). Israel Gonzalez fared better against 1 of them.
4 shared opponents

Jonathan RodriguezDL

Román GonzálezLL

Sho IshidaWW

Gonzalo GarcíaWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Gonzalez or Yafai?
Israel Gonzalez is the taller fighter at 168 cm, 5 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Gonzalez168 cm

Yafai163 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gonzalez and Yafai?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Israel Gonzalez and 29 bouts tracked for Khalid Yafai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gonzalez40bouts

Yafai29bouts

How They Win ↓

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