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Kuniaki Shibata vs Vicente Saldivar — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kuniaki Shibata

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Vicente Saldivar

Kuniaki Shibata (47-6-3) and Vicente Saldivar (37-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Shibata

47

Wins25 KO · 53%

6

Losses

3

Draws56 tracked bouts

Saldivar

37

Wins26 KO · 70%

3

Losses

0

Draws40 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Shibata leads 1–0

Kuniaki Shibata and Vicente Saldivar have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.

Kuniaki Shibata and Vicente Saldivar have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.
Met1970Dec 11Series
Kuniaki ShibataFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Vicente SaldivarFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR121Meeting

The Numbers

Shibata 1 · Saldivar 6 of 7 measurable rows
ShibataSaldivar
Record
47-6-337-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
86.6%
92.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
25
26 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
53.19%
70.27% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
53%
70% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 5
5
5
Bouts per year‡max 5.2
5.2 (edge)
3.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
40

† 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″
Kuniaki Shibata: 5′4″ (edge)
Vicente Saldivar: 5′3″
Reach+4″
Kuniaki Shibata: 63″
Vicente Saldivar: 67″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Kuniaki Shibata: 79
Vicente Saldivar: Died aged 42
Stance
Kuniaki Shibata: Orthodox
Vicente Saldivar: Southpaw

Kuniaki Shibata left, Vicente Saldivar 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%

Vicente Saldivar37 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Vicente Saldivar: 37 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (70%), 10 on the cards (27%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 70%10 on the cards 27%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kuniaki Shibata 56, Vicente Saldivar 40 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Saldivar better on 1

Shibata

Opponent

Saldivar

  • Kuniaki Shibata

    Loss, KO 7

    1968

    HawkinsSaldivar better

    Vicente Saldivar

    Win, KO 5

    1963

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 — 18,598 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

Vicente Saldivar had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Éder Jofre. Saldivar last boxed on Oct 21, 1973.WWLWL

Legrá Jul 1969Famechon May 1970Shibata Dec 1970Crawford Jul 1971Jofre Oct 19733.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kuniaki Shibata and Vicente Saldivar ever fought each other?
Yes. Kuniaki Shibata and Vicente Saldivar met once on December 11, 1970, and Kuniaki Shibata won by RTD in round 12.
The meeting

WDec 11, 1970 · Shibata · RTD R12

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shibata or Saldivar?
Kuniaki Shibata is 47-6-3 and Vicente Saldivar is 37-3. Vicente Saldivar has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Shibata47–6–386.6%

Saldivar37–392.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shibata or Saldivar?
Kuniaki Shibata has 25 knockout wins and Vicente Saldivar has 26. Vicente Saldivar has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shibata2553.2%

Saldivar2670.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shibata and Saldivar have any common opponents?
Kuniaki Shibata and Vicente Saldivar share 1 common opponent: Dwight Hawkins. Vicente Saldivar fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Dwight HawkinsLW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Shibata or Saldivar?
Kuniaki Shibata is the taller fighter at 163 cm, 3 cm above the other. Vicente Saldivar also has the longer reach, by 8 cm.
Height · reach

Shibata163 cm161 cm reach

Saldivar160 cm169 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shibata and Saldivar?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Kuniaki Shibata and 40 bouts tracked for Vicente Saldivar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shibata56bouts

Saldivar40bouts

How They Win ↓

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