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Jiro Watanabe vs Yoshihiko Kawahira — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jiro Watanabe

Yoshihiko Kawahira

Jiro Watanabe (26-2) and Yoshihiko Kawahira (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Watanabe

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Kawahira

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 2–0

Jiro Watanabe and Yoshihiko Kawahira have met 2 times; Watanabe leads 2–0.

Jiro Watanabe and Yoshihiko Kawahira have met 2 times; Watanabe leads 2–0.
Met1979May 191980Jan 19Series
Jiro WatanabeFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Yoshihiko KawahiraFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOR1KOR42Meetings

The Numbers

Watanabe 5 · Kawahira 0 of 5 measurable rows
WatanabeKawahira
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″
Yoshihiko Kawahira: No height on file
Agenot held
Jiro Watanabe: 71
Yoshihiko Kawahira: No date of birth
Stance
Jiro Watanabe: Southpaw
Yoshihiko Kawahira: Not recorded

Jiro Watanabe left, Yoshihiko Kawahira 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%

Yoshihiko Kawahira0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Yoshihiko Kawahira: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kawahira yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jiro Watanabe 28, Yoshihiko Kawahira 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 — 14,821 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

Yoshihiko Kawahira last boxed on Jan 19, 1980 — 17,083 days ago. Kawahira had lost two straight.LL

Watanabe May 1979Watanabe Jan 1980

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jiro Watanabe and Yoshihiko Kawahira ever fought each other?
Yes. Jiro Watanabe and Yoshihiko Kawahira have met 2 times and Jiro Watanabe leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WJan 19, 1980 · Watanabe · KO R4

WMay 19, 1979 · Watanabe · KO R1

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

Kawahira0–20%

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

Watanabe1765.4%

Kawahira0

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

Watanabe28bouts

Kawahira2bouts

How They Win ↓

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