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Kuniaki Shibata vs Yasuo Sakurai — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kuniaki Shibata

Yasuo Sakurai

Kuniaki Shibata (47-6-3) and Yasuo Sakurai (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Shibata

47

Wins25 KO · 53%

6

Losses

3

Draws56 tracked bouts

Sakurai

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Yasuo Sakurai have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.

Kuniaki Shibata and Yasuo Sakurai have met 1 time; Shibata leads 1–0.
Met1970Apr 15Series
Kuniaki ShibataFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Yasuo SakuraiFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Shibata 4 · Sakurai 1 of 5 measurable rows
ShibataSakurai
Record†
47-6-3 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
86.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
53.19%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
53%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
5 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
5.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
56
1

† 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″
Yasuo Sakurai: No height on file
Reachnot held
Kuniaki Shibata: 63″
Yasuo Sakurai: No reach on file
Agenot held
Kuniaki Shibata: 79
Yasuo Sakurai: No date of birth
Stance
Kuniaki Shibata: Orthodox
Yasuo Sakurai: Not recorded

Kuniaki Shibata left, Yasuo Sakurai 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%

Yasuo Sakurai0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Yasuo Sakurai: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sakurai yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kuniaki Shibata 56, Yasuo Sakurai 1 — 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

Kuniaki Shibata last boxed on Nov 29, 1975 — 18,595 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

Yasuo Sakurai last boxed on Apr 15, 1970 — 20,649 days ago. Sakurai had lost the most recent, to Kuniaki Shibata.L

Shibata Apr 1970

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kuniaki Shibata and Yasuo Sakurai ever fought each other?
Yes. Kuniaki Shibata and Yasuo Sakurai met once on April 15, 1970, and Kuniaki Shibata won by KO.
The meeting

WApr 15, 1970 · Shibata · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shibata or Sakurai?
Kuniaki Shibata is 47-6-3 and Yasuo Sakurai is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Sakurai0–10%

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

Shibata2553.2%

Sakurai0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shibata and Sakurai have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kuniaki Shibata and Yasuo Sakurai have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shibata and Sakurai?
This comparison is drawn from 56 bouts tracked for Kuniaki Shibata and 1 bout tracked for Yasuo Sakurai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shibata56bouts

Sakurai1bout

How They Win ↓

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