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Khalid Yafai vs Norbelto Jimenez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Khalid Yafai

🇩🇴DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Norbelto Jimenez

Khalid Yafai (27-2) and Norbelto Jimenez (35-11-6) 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.

Yafai

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

2

Losses

0

Draws29 tracked bouts

Jimenez

35

Wins18 KO · 51%

11

Losses

6

Draws53 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Yafai leads 1–0

Khalid Yafai and Norbelto Jimenez have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.

Khalid Yafai and Norbelto Jimenez have met 1 time; Yafai leads 1–0.
Met2019Jun 29Series
Khalid YafaiFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Norbelto JimenezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
How it endedUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Yafai 6 · Jimenez 2 of 8 measurable rows
YafaiJimenez
Record
27-2 (edge)35-11-6
Win %0–100%
93.1% (edge)
73.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
15
18 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
55.56% (edge)
51.43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
56% (edge)
53%
Times stopped†max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.5
2.6
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
29
53

† 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

Height+2″
Khalid Yafai: 5′4″
Norbelto Jimenez: 5′6″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Khalid Yafai: No reach on file
Norbelto Jimenez: 68″
Age2 yrs apart
Khalid Yafai: 37
Norbelto Jimenez: 35
Stance
Khalid Yafai: Orthodox
Norbelto Jimenez: Orthodox

Khalid Yafai left, Norbelto Jimenez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Khalid Yafai27 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Khalid Yafai: 27 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (56%) and 12 on the cards (44%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 56%12 on the cards 44%

Norbelto Jimenez36 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Norbelto Jimenez: 36 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (53%), 16 on the cards (44%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 53%16 on the cards 44%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Khalid Yafai 29, Norbelto Jimenez 53 — 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

Khalid Yafai last boxed on Nov 18, 2023 — 1,037 days ago. Yafai had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jonathan Rodriguez.WWLWL

González Nov 2018Jimenez Jun 2019González Feb 2020Paclar Nov 2022Rodriguez Nov 20232.6 tracked bouts per year

Norbelto Jimenez has won once since losing by stoppage to Noel Reyes Cepeda. Jimenez last boxed on May 17, 2025 — 491 days ago.WWWLW

Gonzalez Jun 2023Munoz Feb 2024Gonzalez Aug 2024Cepeda Dec 2024Nieves May 20253.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Khalid Yafai and Norbelto Jimenez ever fought each other?
Yes. Khalid Yafai and Norbelto Jimenez met once on June 29, 2019, and Khalid Yafai won by UD.
The meeting

WJun 29, 2019 · Yafai · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yafai or Jimenez?
Khalid Yafai is 27-2 and Norbelto Jimenez is 35-11-6. Khalid Yafai has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Yafai27–293.1%

Jimenez35–11–673.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yafai or Jimenez?
Khalid Yafai has 15 knockout wins and Norbelto Jimenez has 18. Norbelto Jimenez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yafai1555.6%

Jimenez1851.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Yafai and Jimenez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Khalid Yafai and Norbelto Jimenez have faced.
Who is bigger, Yafai or Jimenez?
Norbelto Jimenez is the taller fighter at 168 cm, 5 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Yafai163 cm

Jimenez168 cm173 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yafai and Jimenez?
This comparison is drawn from 29 bouts tracked for Khalid Yafai and 53 bouts tracked for Norbelto Jimenez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yafai29bouts

Jimenez53bouts

How They Win ↓

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