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José Santana vs Salvador Sánchez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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José Santana

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Salvador Sánchez

José Santana (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Salvador Sánchez (44-1-1) 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.

Santana

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sánchez

44

Wins32 KO · 73%

1

Loss

1

Draw46 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

Sánchez leads 1–0

José Santana and Salvador Sánchez have met 1 time; Sánchez leads 1–0.

José Santana and Salvador Sánchez have met 1 time; Sánchez leads 1–0.
Met1978Dec 16Series
José SantanaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Salvador SánchezFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Santana 0 · Sánchez 6 of 6 measurable rows
SantanaSánchez
Record†
0-544-1-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
96.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.4
0.5
6.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
5
46

† 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 Santana: No height on file
Salvador Sánchez: 5′7″
Reachnot held
José Santana: No reach on file
Salvador Sánchez: 67″
Agenot comparable
José Santana: 69
Salvador Sánchez: Died aged 23
Stance
José Santana: Not recorded
Salvador Sánchez: Orthodox

José Santana left, Salvador Sánchez 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 Santana0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

José Santana: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Santana yet.

Salvador Sánchez44 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Salvador Sánchez: 44 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (73%) and 12 on the cards (27%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 73%12 on the cards 27%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Santana 5, Salvador Sánchez 46 — 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 Santana last boxed on Sep 17, 1983 — 15,744 days ago. Santana had lost five straight.LLLLL

Pedroza Dec 1973Pedroza Apr 1977Sánchez Dec 1978Riasco Aug 1981Layne Sep 19830.5 tracked bouts per year

Salvador Sánchez has won 24 straight, the most recent against Azumah Nelson. Sánchez last boxed on Jul 21, 1982.WWWWW

Perez Jul 1981Gómez Aug 1981Cowdell Dec 1981García May 1982Nelson Jul 19826.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Santana and Salvador Sánchez ever fought each other?
Yes. José Santana and Salvador Sánchez met once on December 16, 1978, and Salvador Sánchez won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LDec 16, 1978 · Sánchez · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Santana or Sánchez?
José Santana is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Salvador Sánchez is 44-1-1. Salvador Sánchez has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Santana0–50%

Sánchez44–1–196.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Santana or Sánchez?
José Santana has 0 knockout wins and Salvador Sánchez has 32. Salvador Sánchez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Santana0

Sánchez3272.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Santana and Sánchez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Santana and Salvador Sánchez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Santana and Sánchez?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for José Santana and 46 bouts tracked for Salvador Sánchez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Santana5bouts

Sánchez46bouts

How They Win ↓

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