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Masahiro Sakamoto vs Moruti Mthalane — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇯🇵JAPAN

Masahiro Sakamoto

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Moruti Mthalane

Masahiro Sakamoto (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Moruti Mthalane (40-3) 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.

Sakamoto

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mthalane

40

Wins26 KO · 65%

3

Losses

0

Draws43 tracked bouts

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

Mthalane leads 1–0

Masahiro Sakamoto and Moruti Mthalane have met 1 time; Mthalane leads 1–0.

Masahiro Sakamoto and Moruti Mthalane have met 1 time; Mthalane leads 1–0.
Met2018Dec 31Series
Masahiro SakamotoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Moruti MthalaneFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR101Meeting

The Numbers

Sakamoto 2 · Mthalane 4 of 6 measurable rows
SakamotoMthalane
Record†
1-240-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
93% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
1
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
65%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2
1.4
2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 43
3
43

† 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
Masahiro Sakamoto: No height on file
Moruti Mthalane: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Masahiro Sakamoto: No reach on file
Moruti Mthalane: 67″
Age9 yrs apart
Masahiro Sakamoto: 35
Moruti Mthalane: 44
Stance
Masahiro Sakamoto: Not recorded
Moruti Mthalane: Orthodox

Masahiro Sakamoto left, Moruti Mthalane right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Masahiro Sakamoto1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Masahiro Sakamoto: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Moruti Mthalane40 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Moruti Mthalane: 40 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (65%) and 14 on the cards (35%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 65%14 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Masahiro Sakamoto 3, Moruti Mthalane 43 — 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

Masahiro Sakamoto last boxed on Dec 31, 2018 — 2,847 days ago. Sakamoto had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Moruti Mthalane.LWL

Kimura Nov 2016Sithmorseng Dec 2017Mthalane Dec 20181.4 tracked bouts per year

Moruti Mthalane last boxed on Oct 2, 2022 — 1,476 days ago. Mthalane had won once since losing a decision to Sunny Edwards.WWWLW

Sakamoto Dec 2018Kuroda May 2019Yaegashi Dec 2019Edwards Apr 2021Diocos Oct 20222 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Masahiro Sakamoto and Moruti Mthalane ever fought each other?
Yes. Masahiro Sakamoto and Moruti Mthalane met once on December 31, 2018, and Moruti Mthalane won by TKO in round 10.
The meeting

LDec 31, 2018 · Mthalane · TKO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sakamoto or Mthalane?
Masahiro Sakamoto is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Moruti Mthalane is 40-3. Moruti Mthalane has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sakamoto1–233.3%

Mthalane40–393%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sakamoto or Mthalane?
Masahiro Sakamoto has 1 knockout win and Moruti Mthalane has 26. Moruti Mthalane has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sakamoto1

Mthalane2665%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sakamoto and Mthalane have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Masahiro Sakamoto and Moruti Mthalane have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sakamoto and Mthalane?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Masahiro Sakamoto and 43 bouts tracked for Moruti Mthalane. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sakamoto3bouts

Mthalane43bouts

How They Win ↓

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