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Jiro Watanabe vs Luis Ibanez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jiro Watanabe

Luis Ibanez

Jiro Watanabe (26-2) and Luis Ibanez (0-2 across 2 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.

Watanabe

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Ibanez

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Watanabe leads 1–0

Jiro Watanabe and Luis Ibanez have met 1 time; Watanabe leads 1–0.

Jiro Watanabe and Luis Ibanez have met 1 time; Watanabe leads 1–0.
Met1983Feb 14Series
Jiro WatanabeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Luis IbanezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Watanabe 5 · Ibanez 0 of 5 measurable rows
WatanabeIbanez
Record†
26-2 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
92.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
65%—
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
2

† 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
Jiro Watanabe: 5′5″
Luis Ibanez: No height on file
Agenot held
Jiro Watanabe: 71
Luis Ibanez: No date of birth
Stance
Jiro Watanabe: Southpaw
Luis Ibanez: Not recorded

Jiro Watanabe left, Luis Ibanez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jiro Watanabe26 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Jiro Watanabe: 26 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (65%), 8 on the cards (31%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 65%8 on the cards 31%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

Luis Ibanez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Luis Ibanez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ibanez yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jiro Watanabe 28, Luis Ibanez 2 — 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

Jiro Watanabe last boxed on Mar 30, 1986 — 14,814 days ago. Watanabe had won four in a row before losing a decision to Gilberto Román.WWWWL

Poontarat Nov 1984Solano May 1985Katsuma Sep 1985Yun Dec 1985Román Mar 19864 tracked bouts per year

Luis Ibanez last boxed on May 10, 1983 — 15,869 days ago. Ibanez had lost two straight.LL

Watanabe Feb 1983Galaxy May 1983

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jiro Watanabe and Luis Ibanez ever fought each other?
Yes. Jiro Watanabe and Luis Ibanez met once on February 14, 1983, and Jiro Watanabe won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WFeb 14, 1983 · Watanabe · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watanabe or Ibanez?
Jiro Watanabe is 26-2 and Luis Ibanez is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jiro Watanabe has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Watanabe26–292.9%

Ibanez0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watanabe or Ibanez?
Jiro Watanabe has 17 knockout wins and Luis Ibanez has 0. Jiro Watanabe has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watanabe1765.4%

Ibanez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Watanabe and Ibanez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jiro Watanabe and Luis Ibanez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watanabe and Ibanez?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Jiro Watanabe and 2 bouts tracked for Luis Ibanez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watanabe28bouts

Ibanez2bouts

How They Win ↓

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