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James Dean vs Johnny Tapia — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Dean

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Johnny Tapia

James Dean (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) 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.

Dean

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tapia

59

Wins30 KO · 51%

5

Losses

2

Draws66 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

Tapia leads 1–0

James Dean and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.

James Dean and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met1988Apr 11Series
James DeanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny TapiaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Dean 0 · Tapia 5 of 5 measurable rows
DeanTapia
Record†
0-259-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
90.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—51%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
0.3
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
2
66

† 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
James Dean: No height on file
Johnny Tapia: 5′6″
Reachnot held
James Dean: No reach on file
Johnny Tapia: 63″
Agenot held
James Dean: No date of birth
Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Stance
James Dean: Not recorded
Johnny Tapia: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
James Dean0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

James Dean: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Dean yet.

Johnny Tapia59 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Tapia: 59 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (51%), 28 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 51%28 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Dean 2, Johnny Tapia 66 — 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

James Dean last boxed on Feb 4, 1994 — 11,945 days ago. Dean had lost two straight.LL

Tapia Apr 1988Garcia Feb 19940.3 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Tapia has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Sandro Marcos. Tapia last boxed on Jun 4, 2011.LWWWW

Marcos Sep 2005Primero Feb 2007Reyes Mar 2010Alonso Sep 2010Pastrana Jun 20112.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Dean and Johnny Tapia ever fought each other?
Yes. James Dean and Johnny Tapia met once on April 11, 1988, and Johnny Tapia won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 11, 1988 · Tapia · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dean or Tapia?
James Dean is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2. Johnny Tapia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dean0–20%

Tapia59–5–290.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dean or Tapia?
James Dean has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Tapia has 30. Johnny Tapia has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dean0

Tapia3050.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dean and Tapia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Dean and Johnny Tapia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dean and Tapia?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for James Dean and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dean2bouts

Tapia66bouts

How They Win ↓

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