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José Medel vs Royal Kobayashi — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Medel

🇯🇵JAPAN

Royal Kobayashi

José Medel (69-31-8) and Royal Kobayashi (35-8) 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.

Medel

69

Wins44 KO · 64%

31

Losses

8

Draws108 tracked bouts

Kobayashi

35

Wins27 KO · 77%

8

Losses

0

Draws43 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Kobayashi leads 1–0

José Medel and Royal Kobayashi have met 1 time; Kobayashi leads 1–0.

José Medel and Royal Kobayashi have met 1 time; Kobayashi leads 1–0.
Met1974Jun 9Series
José MedelFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Royal KobayashiFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR61Meeting

The Numbers

Medel 2 · Kobayashi 6 of 8 measurable rows
MedelKobayashi
Record
69-31-835-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
67.6%
81.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
44 (edge)
27
KO rate0–100%
63.77%
77.14% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
61%
77% (edge)
Times stopped†max 10
10
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 5.6
5.6 (edge)
5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 108
108
43

† 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 Medel: 5′5″
Royal Kobayashi: 5′5″
Reachnot held
José Medel: 67″
Royal Kobayashi: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
José Medel: Died aged 62
Royal Kobayashi: Died aged 71
Stance
José Medel: Orthodox
Royal Kobayashi: Orthodox

José Medel left, Royal Kobayashi 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 Medel69 wins · from 108 tracked bouts

José Medel: 69 tracked wins — 42 by KO/TKO (61%) and 27 on the cards (39%). Counted from 108 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

42 by KO/TKO 61%27 on the cards 39%

Royal Kobayashi35 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Royal Kobayashi: 35 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (77%) and 8 on the cards (23%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 77%8 on the cards 23%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Medel 108, Royal Kobayashi 43 — 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 Medel has lost two straight, after one straight win. Medel last boxed on Jun 9, 1974.LLWLL

Meza Mar 1971Carillo Jan 1972Hernandez Apr 1972Munoz Sep 1973Kobayashi Jun 19745.6 tracked bouts per year

Royal Kobayashi has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Kobayashi last boxed on Oct 18, 1981.WWWLL

Lee Aug 1980Matsushima Jan 1981Lee May 1981Oh Sep 1981Jung-Han Oct 19815 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Medel and Royal Kobayashi ever fought each other?
Yes. José Medel and Royal Kobayashi met once on June 9, 1974, and Royal Kobayashi won by RTD in round 6.
The meeting

LJun 9, 1974 · Kobayashi · RTD R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Medel or Kobayashi?
José Medel is 69-31-8 and Royal Kobayashi is 35-8. Royal Kobayashi has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Medel69–31–867.6%

Kobayashi35–881.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Medel or Kobayashi?
José Medel has 44 knockout wins and Royal Kobayashi has 27. José Medel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Medel4463.8%

Kobayashi2777.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Medel and Kobayashi have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Medel and Royal Kobayashi have faced.
Who is bigger, Medel or Kobayashi?
Royal Kobayashi is the taller fighter at 166 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Medel164 cm171 cm reach

Kobayashi166 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Medel and Kobayashi?
This comparison is drawn from 108 bouts tracked for José Medel and 43 bouts tracked for Royal Kobayashi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Medel108bouts

Kobayashi43bouts

How They Win ↓

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