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Jiro Watanabe vs Shinji Takagi — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jiro Watanabe

Shinji Takagi

Jiro Watanabe (26-2) and Shinji Takagi (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 1 common opponent.

Watanabe

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Takagi

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 Shinji Takagi have met 1 time; Watanabe leads 1–0.

Jiro Watanabe and Shinji Takagi have met 1 time; Watanabe leads 1–0.
Met1979Dec 1Series
Jiro WatanabeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Shinji TakagiFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Watanabe 5 · Takagi 0 of 5 measurable rows
WatanabeTakagi
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″
Shinji Takagi: No height on file
Agenot held
Jiro Watanabe: 71
Shinji Takagi: No date of birth
Stance
Jiro Watanabe: Southpaw
Shinji Takagi: Not recorded

Jiro Watanabe left, Shinji Takagi 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%

Shinji Takagi0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Shinji Takagi: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Takagi yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jiro Watanabe 28, Shinji Takagi 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Watanabe better on 1

Watanabe

Opponent

Takagi

  • Jiro Watanabe

    Win, KO 1

    1980

    KobayashiWatanabe better

    Shinji Takagi

    Loss, KO 2

    1979

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

Jiro Watanabe last boxed on Mar 30, 1986 — 14,820 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

Shinji Takagi last boxed on Dec 1, 1979 — 17,131 days ago. Takagi had lost two straight.LL

Kobayashi May 1979Watanabe Dec 1979

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jiro Watanabe and Shinji Takagi ever fought each other?
Yes. Jiro Watanabe and Shinji Takagi met once on December 1, 1979, and Jiro Watanabe won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 1, 1979 · Watanabe · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watanabe or Takagi?
Jiro Watanabe is 26-2 and Shinji Takagi 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%

Takagi0–20%

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

Watanabe1765.4%

Takagi0

The Numbers ↓
Do Watanabe and Takagi have any common opponents?
Jiro Watanabe and Shinji Takagi share 1 common opponent: Kōji Kobayashi. Jiro Watanabe fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Kōji KobayashiWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watanabe and Takagi?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Jiro Watanabe and 2 bouts tracked for Shinji Takagi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watanabe28bouts

Takagi2bouts

How They Win ↓

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