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James Kirkland vs Juan Macias Montiel — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

James Kirkland

🇲🇽MEXICO

Juan Macias Montiel

James Kirkland (34-3) and Juan Macias Montiel (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) 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.

Kirkland

34

Wins30 KO · 88%

3

Losses

0

Draws37 tracked bouts

Montiel

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Montiel leads 1–0

James Kirkland and Juan Macias Montiel have met 1 time; Montiel leads 1–0.

James Kirkland and Juan Macias Montiel have met 1 time; Montiel leads 1–0.
Met2020Dec 26Series
James KirklandFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Juan Macias MontielFighter BWWon1–0W–L
How it endedKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Kirkland 4 · Montiel 2 of 6 measurable rows
KirklandMontiel
Record†
34-3 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
91.9% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
88.24%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
88%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.9
1.9 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
5

† 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 Kirkland: 5′9″
Juan Macias Montiel: No height on file
Reachnot held
James Kirkland: 70″
Juan Macias Montiel: No reach on file
Agenot held
James Kirkland: 42
Juan Macias Montiel: No date of birth
Stance
James Kirkland: Southpaw
Juan Macias Montiel: Not recorded

James Kirkland left, Juan Macias Montiel 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 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%

Juan Macias Montiel1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Juan Macias Montiel: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Kirkland 37, Juan Macias Montiel 5 — 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 Kirkland last boxed on Dec 26, 2020 — 2,094 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

Juan Macias Montiel last boxed on Oct 8, 2022 — 1,443 days ago. Montiel had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Barrera Mar 2015Munguia Feb 2017Kirkland Dec 2020Charlo Jun 2021Adames Oct 20220.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Kirkland and Juan Macias Montiel ever fought each other?
Yes. James Kirkland and Juan Macias Montiel met once on December 26, 2020, and Juan Macias Montiel won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LDec 26, 2020 · Montiel · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kirkland or Montiel?
James Kirkland is 34-3 and Juan Macias Montiel is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. James Kirkland has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kirkland34–391.9%

Montiel1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kirkland or Montiel?
James Kirkland has 30 knockout wins and Juan Macias Montiel has 1. James Kirkland has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kirkland3088.2%

Montiel1

The Numbers ↓
Do Kirkland and Montiel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Kirkland and Juan Macias Montiel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kirkland and Montiel?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for James Kirkland and 5 bouts tracked for Juan Macias Montiel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kirkland37bouts

Montiel5bouts

How They Win ↓

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