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Khalid Yafai vs Román González — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Khalid Yafai

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Román González

Khalid Yafai (27-2) and Román González (52-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Yafai

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

2

Losses

0

Draws29 tracked bouts

González

52

Wins42 KO · 81%

4

Losses

0

Draws58 tracked bouts

Head to Head

González leads 1–0

Khalid Yafai and Román González have met 1 time; González leads 1–0.

Khalid Yafai and Román González have met 1 time; González leads 1–0.
Met2020Feb 29Series
Khalid YafaiFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Román GonzálezFighter BWWon1–0W–L
How it endedTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Yafai 3 · González 5 of 8 measurable rows
YafaiGonzález
Record
27-2 (edge)52-4
Win %0–100%
93.1% (edge)
92.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 42
15
42 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
55.56%
80.77% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
56%
80% (edge)
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.9
2.6
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 58
29
58

† 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+1″
Khalid Yafai: 5′4″ (edge)
Román González: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Khalid Yafai: No reach on file
Román González: 64″
Age2 yrs apart
Khalid Yafai: 37
Román González: 39
Stance
Khalid Yafai: Orthodox
Román González: Orthodox

Khalid Yafai left, Román González 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%

Román González54 wins · from 58 tracked bouts

Román González: 54 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (80%) and 11 on the cards (20%). Counted from 58 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 80%11 on the cards 20%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Khalid Yafai 29, Román González 58 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Yafai

Opponent

González

  • Khalid Yafai

    Win, UD

    2018

    GonzálezEven

    Román González

    Win, UD

    2020

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

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

Román González has won two straight since losing a decision to Juan Francisco Estrada. González last boxed on Sep 12, 2025 — 373 days ago.LWLWW

Estrada Mar 2021Martinez Mar 2022Estrada Dec 2022Barrera Jul 2024Robles Sep 20252.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Khalid Yafai and Román González ever fought each other?
Yes. Khalid Yafai and Román González met once on February 29, 2020, and Román González won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LFeb 29, 2020 · González · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yafai or González?
Khalid Yafai is 27-2 and Román González is 52-4. Khalid Yafai has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Yafai27–293.1%

González52–492.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yafai or González?
Khalid Yafai has 15 knockout wins and Román González has 42. Román González has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yafai1555.6%

González4280.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Yafai and González have any common opponents?
Khalid Yafai and Román González share 1 common opponent: Israel González. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Israel GonzálezWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Yafai or González?
Khalid Yafai is the taller fighter at 163 cm, 3 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Yafai163 cm

González160 cm163 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yafai and González?
This comparison is drawn from 29 bouts tracked for Khalid Yafai and 58 bouts tracked for Román González. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yafai29bouts

González58bouts

How They Win ↓

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