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.
Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) and Willy Salazar (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Johnny Tapia vs Willy Salazar — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Johnny Tapia leads 1–0- Johnny Tapia wonTapia vs SalazarDec 1, 1995 · RTD · R9
The Numbers
- 59-5-2 (edge)
- Record
- 2-5
- 90.9% (edge)
- Win %
- 28.6%
- 30 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 50.85%
- KO rate
- —
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 5 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.9 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.7
- 67
- Bouts tracked
- 7
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′6″ (168 cm)
- Height
- —
- 63″ (159 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 59
- Age
- 62
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- Mexico
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Tapia · 60 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
29
Other
1
Willy Salazar · 2 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (67 and 7 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Johnny Tapia
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Jun 4, 2011
Willy Salazar
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Nov 14, 1997
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Tapia and Willy Salazar ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Tapia and Willy Salazar met once on December 1, 1995, and Johnny Tapia won by RTD in round 9.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Tapia or Willy Salazar?
- Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2 and Willy Salazar is 2-5 across the 7 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Johnny Tapia or Willy Salazar?
- Johnny Tapia has 30 knockout wins and Willy Salazar has 1. Johnny Tapia has more.
- Do Johnny Tapia and Willy Salazar have any common opponents?
- Johnny Tapia and Willy Salazar share 2 common opponents: César Soto and Danny Romero. Johnny Tapia fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Tapia and Willy Salazar?
- This comparison is drawn from 67 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia and 7 bouts tracked for Willy Salazar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.