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.
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.
Kuniaki Shibata vs Raul Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Kuniaki Shibata leads 1–0- Kuniaki Shibata wonShibata vs CruzJun 3, 1971 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 47-6-3 (edge)
- Record
- 4-5
- 86.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 44.4%
- 25 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 53.19%
- KO rate
- —
- 53% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 4 (edge)
- 5 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5.2 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.2
- 56
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′4″ (163 cm)
- Height
- —
- 63″ (161 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 79
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Japan
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyKuniaki Shibata · 47 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
22
Other
0
Raul Cruz · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (56 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Kuniaki Shibata
WWLWW
W2 streak · last fought Nov 29, 1975
Raul Cruz
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Jul 26, 1975
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Kuniaki Shibata or Raul 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Kuniaki Shibata or Raul Cruz?
- Kuniaki Shibata has 25 knockout wins and Raul Cruz has 0. Kuniaki Shibata has more.
- Do Kuniaki Shibata and Raul 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kuniaki Shibata and Raul 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.