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Johnny Tapia vs Jorge Barrera — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Tapia

Jorge Barrera

Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) and Jorge Barrera (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.

Tapia

59

Wins30 KO · 51%

5

Losses

2

Draws66 tracked bouts

Barrera

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

Tapia leads 1–0

Johnny Tapia and Jorge Barrera have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.

Johnny Tapia and Jorge Barrera have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met1997Mar 8Series
Johnny TapiaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jorge BarreraFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Tapia 6 · Barrera 0 of 6 measurable rows
TapiaBarrera
Record†
59-5-2 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
90.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
50.85%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
51%—
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.8
2.8 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
66
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
Johnny Tapia: 5′6″
Jorge Barrera: No height on file
Reachnot held
Johnny Tapia: 63″
Jorge Barrera: No reach on file
Agenot held
Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Jorge Barrera: No date of birth
Stance
Johnny Tapia: Orthodox
Jorge Barrera: Not recorded

Johnny Tapia left, Jorge Barrera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Tapia59 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Tapia: 59 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (51%), 28 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 51%28 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Jorge Barrera0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Jorge Barrera: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Barrera yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Tapia 66, Jorge Barrera 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

Johnny Tapia has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Sandro Marcos. Tapia last boxed on Jun 4, 2011.LWWWW

Marcos Sep 2005Primero Feb 2007Reyes Mar 2010Alonso Sep 2010Pastrana Jun 20112.8 tracked bouts per year

Jorge Barrera last boxed on Jun 26, 2010 — 5,960 days ago. Barrera had lost two straight.LL

Tapia Mar 1997Ramírez Jun 20100.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Tapia and Jorge Barrera ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Tapia and Jorge Barrera met once on March 8, 1997, and Johnny Tapia won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WMar 8, 1997 · Tapia · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tapia or Barrera?
Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2 and Jorge Barrera is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Johnny Tapia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tapia59–5–290.9%

Barrera0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tapia or Barrera?
Johnny Tapia has 30 knockout wins and Jorge Barrera has 0. Johnny Tapia has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tapia3050.9%

Barrera0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tapia and Barrera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Tapia and Jorge Barrera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tapia and Barrera?
This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia and 2 bouts tracked for Jorge Barrera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tapia66bouts

Barrera2bouts

How They Win ↓

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