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Jim Flores vs Pernell Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim Flores

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Pernell Whitaker

Jim Flores (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) 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.

Flores

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Whitaker

40

Wins17 KO · 43%

4

Losses

1

Draw46 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

Whitaker leads 1–0

Jim Flores and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.

Jim Flores and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.
Met1987Jun 28Series
Jim FloresFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pernell WhitakerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Flores 0 · Whitaker 4 of 4 measurable rows
FloresWhitaker
Record†
0-140-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
90% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
1
46

† 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
Jim Flores: No height on file
Pernell Whitaker: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Jim Flores: No reach on file
Pernell Whitaker: 69″
Agenot held
Jim Flores: No date of birth
Pernell Whitaker: Died aged 55
Stance
Jim Flores: Not recorded
Pernell Whitaker: Southpaw

Jim Flores left, Pernell Whitaker right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Flores0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim Flores: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Flores yet.

Pernell Whitaker40 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Pernell Whitaker: 40 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (43%) and 23 on the cards (57%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 43%23 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Flores 1, Pernell Whitaker 46 — 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

Jim Flores last boxed on Jun 28, 1987 — 14,359 days ago. Flores had lost the most recent, to Pernell Whitaker.L

Whitaker Jun 1987

Pernell Whitaker has lost two straight. Whitaker last boxed on Apr 27, 2001.WLNCLL

Hurtado Jan 1997Hoya Apr 1997Pestryayev Oct 1997Trinidad Feb 1999Bojorquez Apr 20012.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Flores and Pernell Whitaker ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Flores and Pernell Whitaker met once on June 28, 1987, and Pernell Whitaker won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LJun 28, 1987 · Whitaker · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Flores or Whitaker?
Jim Flores is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Flores0–10%

Whitaker40–4–190%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Flores or Whitaker?
Jim Flores has 0 knockout wins and Pernell Whitaker has 17. Pernell Whitaker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Flores0

Whitaker1742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Flores and Whitaker have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim Flores and Pernell Whitaker have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Flores and Whitaker?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jim Flores and 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Flores1bout

Whitaker46bouts

How They Win ↓

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