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José Luis Varela vs Yutaka Niida — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇻🇪VENEZUELA

José Luis Varela

🇯🇵MINIMUMWEIGHT

Yutaka Niida

José Luis Varela (15-12) and Yutaka Niida (23-2-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Varela

15

Wins7 KO · 47%

12

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Niida

23

Wins9 KO · 39%

2

Losses

3

Draws28 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Niida leads 1–0

José Luis Varela and Yutaka Niida have met 1 time; Niida leads 1–0.

José Luis Varela and Yutaka Niida have met 1 time; Niida leads 1–0.
Met2008Mar 3Series
José Luis VarelaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Yutaka NiidaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Varela 2 · Niida 6 of 8 measurable rows
VarelaNiida
Record
15-1223-2-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
55.6%
87.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 9
7
9 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
46.67% (edge)
39.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47% (edge)
39%
Times stopped†max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.4
1.9
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedlevelmax 28
28
28

† 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

HeightLevel
José Luis Varela: 5′1″
Yutaka Niida: 5′1″
ReachLevel
José Luis Varela: 63″
Yutaka Niida: 63″
AgeSame age
José Luis Varela: 48
Yutaka Niida: 48
Stance
José Luis Varela: Orthodox
Yutaka Niida: Orthodox

José Luis Varela left, Yutaka Niida 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 Varela15 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

José Luis Varela: 15 tracked wins — 7 by KO/TKO (47%) and 8 on the cards (53%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

7 by KO/TKO 47%8 on the cards 53%

Yutaka Niida23 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Yutaka Niida: 23 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (39%), 13 on the cards (57%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 39%13 on the cards 57%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Luis Varela 28, Yutaka Niida 28 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Varela

Opponent

Niida

  • José Luis Varela

    Loss, KO 1

    2007

    GonzálezEven

    Yutaka Niida

    Loss, TKO 4

    2008

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

José Luis Varela last boxed on Jul 15, 2017 — 3,391 days ago. Varela had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Sosa Aug 2010Cano Dec 2015Diaz Jun 2016Rosa Jun 2017Perez Jul 20171.9 tracked bouts per year

Yutaka Niida last boxed on Sep 15, 2008 — 6,616 days ago. Niida had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Román González.WWWWL

Barrera Mar 2006Takayama Apr 2007Gejon Sep 2007Varela Mar 2008González Sep 20082.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Luis Varela and Yutaka Niida ever fought each other?
Yes. José Luis Varela and Yutaka Niida met once on March 3, 2008, and Yutaka Niida won by KO in round 6.
The meeting

LMar 3, 2008 · Niida · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Varela or Niida?
José Luis Varela is 15-12 and Yutaka Niida is 23-2-3. Yutaka Niida has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Varela15–1255.6%

Niida23–2–387.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Varela or Niida?
José Luis Varela has 7 knockout wins and Yutaka Niida has 9. Yutaka Niida has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Varela746.7%

Niida939.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Varela and Niida have any common opponents?
José Luis Varela and Yutaka Niida share 1 common opponent: Román González. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Román GonzálezLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Varela or Niida?
Yutaka Niida is the taller fighter at 156 cm, 2 cm above the other. José Luis Varela also has the longer reach, by 2 cm.
Height · reach

Varela154 cm161 cm reach

Niida156 cm159 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Varela and Niida?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for José Luis Varela and 28 bouts tracked for Yutaka Niida. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Varela28bouts

Niida28bouts

How They Win ↓

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