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Kuniaki Shibata vs Raul Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kuniaki Shibata

Raul Cruz

Kuniaki Shibata (47-6-3) and Raul Cruz (4-5 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Shibata

47

Wins25 KO · 53%

6

Losses

3

Draws56 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

4–5

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Shibata leads 1–0

Kuniaki Shibata and Raul Cruz have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.

Kuniaki Shibata and Raul Cruz have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.
Met1971Jun 3Series
Kuniaki ShibataFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Raul CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Shibata 6 · Cruz 1 of 7 measurable rows
ShibataCruz
Record†
47-6-3 (edge)4-5
Win %0–100%
86.6% (edge)
44.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
53.19%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.2
5.2 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
9

† 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
Kuniaki Shibata: 5′4″
Raul Cruz: No height on file
Reachnot held
Kuniaki Shibata: 63″
Raul Cruz: No reach on file
Agenot held
Kuniaki Shibata: 79
Raul Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Kuniaki Shibata: Orthodox
Raul Cruz: Not recorded

Kuniaki Shibata left, Raul Cruz right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kuniaki Shibata47 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Kuniaki Shibata: 47 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (53%) and 22 on the cards (47%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 53%22 on the cards 47%

Raul Cruz4 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Raul Cruz: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kuniaki Shibata 56, Raul Cruz 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Shibata better on 1 · even on 2

Shibata

Opponent

Cruz

  • Kuniaki Shibata

    Win, UD

    1974

    ArredondoEven

    Raul Cruz

    Win, DQ

    1968

  • Kuniaki Shibata

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1973

    Win, UD

    1973

    VillaflorShibata better

    Raul Cruz

    Loss, TKO 8

    1971

  • Kuniaki Shibata

    Loss, KO 3

    1972

    SánchezEven

    Raul Cruz

    Loss, TKO 5

    1970

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

Kuniaki Shibata last boxed on Nov 29, 1975 — 18,594 days ago. Shibata had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Alfredo Escalera.WWLWW

Negishi Mar 1975Makhloufi Mar 1975Escalera Jul 1975Okabe Oct 1975Espinosa Nov 19755.2 tracked bouts per year

Raul Cruz last boxed on Jul 26, 1975 — 18,721 days ago. Cruz had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Rose May 1970Sánchez Jun 1970Shibata Jun 1971Villaflor Nov 1971Lopez Jul 19751.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kuniaki Shibata and Raul Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Kuniaki Shibata and Raul Cruz met once on June 3, 1971, and Kuniaki Shibata won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WJun 3, 1971 · Shibata · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shibata or Cruz?
Kuniaki Shibata is 47-6-3 and Raul Cruz is 4-5 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Kuniaki Shibata has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shibata47–6–386.6%

Cruz4–544.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shibata or Cruz?
Kuniaki Shibata has 25 knockout wins and Raul Cruz has 0. Kuniaki Shibata has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shibata2553.2%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shibata and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kuniaki Shibata and Raul Cruz share 3 common opponents: Ricardo Arredondo, Ben Villaflor and Clemente Sánchez. Kuniaki Shibata fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

Ricardo ArredondoWW

Ben Villaflor1–1L

Clemente SánchezLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shibata and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Kuniaki Shibata and 9 bouts tracked for Raul Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shibata56bouts

Cruz9bouts

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