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, Tapia or 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, Tapia or Salazar?

Johnny Tapia has 30 knockout wins and Willy Salazar has 1. Johnny Tapia has more.

Do Tapia and 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 Tapia and Salazar?

This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia and 7 bouts tracked for Willy Salazar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny Tapia vs Willy Salazar — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Johnny Tapia

🇲🇽MEXICO

Willy Salazar

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.

Tapia

Wins30 KO · 51%

Losses

Draws66 tracked bouts

Salazar

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 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 Willy Salazar have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met	1995Dec 1	Series
Johnny TapiaFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Willy SalazarFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	RTDR9Tapia vs Salazar	1Meeting

Tapia vs Salazar · Dec 1, 1995

The Numbers

Tapia 6 · Salazar 1 of 7 measurable rows

TapiaEdge = longer wingSalazar

Record^†: 59-5-2 (edge)2-5
Win %0–100%: 90.9% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 30: 30 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable: 50.85%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 51%
100% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 2: 1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 5: 5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.8: 2.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66: 66
7

† 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″; Willy Salazar: No height on file
Reachnot held: Johnny Tapia: 63″; Willy Salazar: No reach on file
Agenot comparable: Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45; Willy Salazar: 62
Stance: Johnny Tapia: Orthodox; Willy Salazar: Not recorded

Johnny Tapia left, Willy Salazar 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

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

Willy Salazar2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

2 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Tapia 66, Willy Salazar 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Tapia better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Johnny Tapia better on 1 · even on 1

TapiaJohnny Tapia

Opponent

SalazarWilly Salazar

Johnny Tapia
Win, KO 3
2001Jun 2001
SotoCésar SotoMexico 63–24–3 · BantamweightTapia betterJohnny Tapia better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willy Salazar
Loss, UD
1990Jul 1990
Johnny Tapia
Win, UD
1997Jul 1997
RomeroDanny RomeroUnited States 45–5–2EvenEven — 1–0 both
Willy Salazar
Win, RTD 7
1995Sep 1995

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Willy Salazar last boxed on Nov 14, 1997 — 10,568 days ago. Salazar had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Soto Jul 1990Romero Sep 1995Tapia Dec 1995Sahaprom Jun 1996Bredahl Nov 19970.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

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, Tapia or 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, Tapia or Salazar?: Johnny Tapia has 30 knockout wins and Willy Salazar has 1. Johnny Tapia has more.
Do Tapia and 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 Tapia and Salazar?: This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia and 7 bouts tracked for Willy Salazar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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