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Johnny Tapia vs Sammy Stewart — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Tapia

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Sammy Stewart

Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) and Sammy Stewart (0-3-1 across 4 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

Stewart

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 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 Sammy Stewart have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.

Johnny Tapia and Sammy Stewart have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met1996Oct 11Series
Johnny TapiaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sammy StewartFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Tapia 4 · Stewart 0 of 4 measurable rows
TapiaStewart
Record†
59-5-2 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%
90.9% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
50.85%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
51%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§levelmax 2.8
2.8
2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
66
4

† 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″
Sammy Stewart: No height on file
Reachnot held
Johnny Tapia: 63″
Sammy Stewart: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Sammy Stewart: 57
Stance
Johnny Tapia: Orthodox
Sammy Stewart: Not recorded

Johnny Tapia left, Sammy Stewart 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%

Sammy Stewart0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Sammy Stewart: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Stewart yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Tapia 66, Sammy Stewart 4 — 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

Sammy Stewart last boxed on Oct 11, 1996 — 10,967 days ago. Stewart had lost three straight.DLLL

Matlala May 1995Botile Jul 1995León Apr 1996Tapia Oct 19962.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Tapia and Sammy Stewart ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Tapia and Sammy Stewart met once on October 11, 1996, and Johnny Tapia won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WOct 11, 1996 · Tapia · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tapia or Stewart?
Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2 and Sammy Stewart is 0-3-1 across the 4 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%

Stewart0–3–112.5%

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

Tapia3050.9%

Stewart0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tapia and Stewart have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Tapia and Sammy Stewart have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tapia and Stewart?
This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia and 4 bouts tracked for Sammy Stewart. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tapia66bouts

Stewart4bouts

How They Win ↓

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