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.
Lionel Rose (42-11) and Takao Sakurai (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Lionel Rose vs Takao Sakurai — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lionel Rose leads 1–0- Lionel Rose wonRose vs SakuraiJun 2, 1968 · MD
The Numbers
- 42-11 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 79.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 12 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 28.57%
- KO rate
- —
- 29%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 4
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4.3
- Bouts per year
- —
- 53
- Bouts tracked
- 2
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′5″ (166 cm) (edge)
- Height
- 5′5″ (164 cm)
- 78
- Age
- 84
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Australia
- Nationality
- Japan
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyLionel Rose · 42 wins
KO/TKO
12
Decision
30
Other
0
Takao Sakurai · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (53 and 2 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Lionel Rose
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 18, 1976
Takao Sakurai
LL
L2 streak · last fought May 23, 1969
Common Questions
- Have Lionel Rose and Takao Sakurai ever fought each other?
- Yes. Lionel Rose and Takao Sakurai met once on June 2, 1968, and Lionel Rose won by MD.
- Who has the better record, Lionel Rose or Takao Sakurai?
- Lionel Rose is 42-11 and Takao Sakurai is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lionel Rose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Lionel Rose or Takao Sakurai?
- Lionel Rose has 12 knockout wins and Takao Sakurai has 0. Lionel Rose has more.
- Do Lionel Rose and Takao Sakurai have any common opponents?
- Lionel Rose and Takao Sakurai share 1 common opponent: Rubén Olivares. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- Who is bigger, Lionel Rose or Takao Sakurai?
- Lionel Rose is the taller fighter at 166 cm, 2 cm above the other.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lionel Rose and Takao Sakurai?
- This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for Lionel Rose and 2 bouts tracked for Takao Sakurai. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.