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José Luis Soto Karass vs Román Martínez — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Luis Soto Karass

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Román Martínez

José Luis Soto Karass (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Román Martínez (30-4-3) 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.

Karass

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Martínez

30

Wins18 KO · 60%

4

Losses

3

Draws37 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

Martínez leads 1–0

José Luis Soto Karass and Román Martínez have met 1 time; Martínez leads 1–0.

José Luis Soto Karass and Román Martínez have met 1 time; Martínez leads 1–0.
Met2005Oct 21Series
José Luis Soto KarassFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Román MartínezFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Karass 1 · Martínez 6 of 7 measurable rows
KarassMartínez
Record†
1-430-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
85.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.1
1.4
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
5
37

† 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
José Luis Soto Karass: No height on file
Román Martínez: 5′8″
Reachnot held
José Luis Soto Karass: No reach on file
Román Martínez: 67″
Age4 yrs apart
José Luis Soto Karass: 47
Román Martínez: 43
Stance
José Luis Soto Karass: Not recorded
Román Martínez: Orthodox

José Luis Soto Karass left, Román Martínez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
José Luis Soto Karass1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

José Luis Soto Karass: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Román Martínez30 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Román Martínez: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%), 11 on the cards (37%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%11 on the cards 37%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Luis Soto Karass 5, Román Martínez 37 — 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

José Luis Soto Karass last boxed on Sep 28, 2007 — 6,970 days ago. Karass had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Ortiz Apr 2004Anchondo Apr 2004Antillón May 2005Martínez Oct 2005Hovhannisyan Sep 20071.4 tracked bouts per year

Román Martínez last boxed on Jul 27, 2019 — 2,650 days ago. Martínez had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Yuriorkis Gamboa.WDLWL

Salido Apr 2015Salido Sep 2015Lomachenko Jun 2016Gonzalez Mar 2019Gamboa Jul 20192.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Luis Soto Karass and Román Martínez ever fought each other?
Yes. José Luis Soto Karass and Román Martínez met once on October 21, 2005, and Román Martínez won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 21, 2005 · Martínez · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Karass or Martínez?
José Luis Soto Karass is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Román Martínez is 30-4-3. Román Martínez has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Karass1–420%

Martínez30–4–385.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Karass or Martínez?
José Luis Soto Karass has 0 knockout wins and Román Martínez has 18. Román Martínez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Karass0

Martínez1860%

The Numbers ↓
Do Karass and Martínez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Luis Soto Karass and Román Martínez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Karass and Martínez?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for José Luis Soto Karass and 37 bouts tracked for Román Martínez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Karass5bouts

Martínez37bouts

How They Win ↓

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