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Joe Shiranui vs Kōji Kobayashi — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Shiranui

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Kōji Kobayashi

Joe Shiranui (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Kōji Kobayashi (24-4-3) 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.

Shiranui

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kobayashi

24

Wins15 KO · 63%

4

Losses

3

Draws31 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

Kobayashi leads 1–0

Joe Shiranui and Kōji Kobayashi have met 1 time; Kobayashi leads 1–0.

Joe Shiranui and Kōji Kobayashi have met 1 time; Kobayashi leads 1–0.
Met1984Dec 1Series
Joe ShiranuiFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kōji KobayashiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Shiranui 1 · Kobayashi 4 of 5 measurable rows
ShiranuiKobayashi
Record†
0-224-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 31
2
31

† 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
Joe Shiranui: No height on file
Kōji Kobayashi: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joe Shiranui: No date of birth
Kōji Kobayashi: 69
Stance
Joe Shiranui: Not recorded
Kōji Kobayashi: Southpaw

Joe Shiranui left, Kōji Kobayashi right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Shiranui0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Joe Shiranui: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shiranui yet.

Kōji Kobayashi24 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Kōji Kobayashi: 24 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (63%) and 9 on the cards (38%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 63%9 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Shiranui 2, Kōji Kobayashi 31 — 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

Joe Shiranui last boxed on Dec 1, 1984 — 15,302 days ago. Shiranui had lost two straight.LL

Galaxy Dec 1983Kobayashi Dec 1984

Kōji Kobayashi last boxed on Aug 27, 1985 — 15,033 days ago. Kobayashi had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Makitoki Jun 1984Park Oct 1984Shiranui Dec 1984Katsuma Mar 1985Uchida Aug 19854.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Shiranui and Kōji Kobayashi ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Shiranui and Kōji Kobayashi met once on December 1, 1984, and Kōji Kobayashi won by UD.
The meeting

LDec 1, 1984 · Kobayashi · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shiranui or Kobayashi?
Joe Shiranui is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kōji Kobayashi is 24-4-3. Kōji Kobayashi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shiranui0–20%

Kobayashi24–4–382.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shiranui or Kobayashi?
Joe Shiranui has 0 knockout wins and Kōji Kobayashi has 15. Kōji Kobayashi has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shiranui0

Kobayashi1562.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shiranui and Kobayashi have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Shiranui and Kōji Kobayashi have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shiranui and Kobayashi?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Joe Shiranui and 31 bouts tracked for Kōji Kobayashi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shiranui2bouts

Kobayashi31bouts

How They Win ↓

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