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Kenji Iwata vs Yoshiaki Numata — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kenji Iwata

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Yoshiaki Numata

Kenji Iwata (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Yoshiaki Numata (44-8-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Iwata

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Numata

44

Wins12 KO · 27%

8

Losses

3

Draws56 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

Iwata leads 1–0

Kenji Iwata and Yoshiaki Numata have met 1 time; Iwata leads 1–0.

Kenji Iwata and Yoshiaki Numata have met 1 time; Iwata leads 1–0.
Met1972Mar 2Series
Kenji IwataFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Yoshiaki NumataFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Iwata 2 · Numata 5 of 7 measurable rows
IwataNumata
Record†
1-244-8-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
82.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
1
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—27.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
27%
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
1
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
3
56

† 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
Kenji Iwata: No height on file
Yoshiaki Numata: 5′7″
Agenot held
Kenji Iwata: No date of birth
Yoshiaki Numata: 81
Stance
Kenji Iwata: Not recorded
Yoshiaki Numata: Orthodox

Kenji Iwata left, Yoshiaki Numata right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kenji Iwata1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Kenji Iwata: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Yoshiaki Numata45 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Yoshiaki Numata: 45 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (27%) and 33 on the cards (73%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 27%33 on the cards 73%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kenji Iwata 3, Yoshiaki Numata 56 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Numata better on 1

Iwata

Opponent

Numata

  • Kenji Iwata

    Loss, TKO

    1970

    ElordeNumata better

    Yoshiaki Numata

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1969

    Win, MD

    1967

    Win, UD

    1966

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

Kenji Iwata last boxed on Jul 18, 1973 — 19,453 days ago. Iwata had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ben Villaflor.LWL

Elorde Jun 1970Numata Mar 1972Villaflor Jul 19731 tracked bouts per year

Yoshiaki Numata last boxed on Mar 2, 1972 — 19,956 days ago. Numata had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Rojas Sep 1970Barrientos Jan 1971Rose May 1971Arredondo Oct 1971Iwata Mar 19725.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kenji Iwata and Yoshiaki Numata ever fought each other?
Yes. Kenji Iwata and Yoshiaki Numata met once on March 2, 1972, and Kenji Iwata won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WMar 2, 1972 · Iwata · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Iwata or Numata?
Kenji Iwata is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Yoshiaki Numata is 44-8-3. Yoshiaki Numata has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Iwata1–233.3%

Numata44–8–382.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Iwata or Numata?
Kenji Iwata has 1 knockout win and Yoshiaki Numata has 12. Yoshiaki Numata has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Iwata1

Numata1227.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Iwata and Numata have any common opponents?
Kenji Iwata and Yoshiaki Numata share 1 common opponent: Gabriel Elorde. Yoshiaki Numata fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Gabriel ElordeLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Iwata and Numata?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Kenji Iwata and 56 bouts tracked for Yoshiaki Numata. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Iwata3bouts

Numata56bouts

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