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Masaki Kawabata vs Takefumi Sakata — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Masaki Kawabata

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Takefumi Sakata

Masaki Kawabata (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Takefumi Sakata (36-6-2) 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.

Kawabata

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sakata

36

Wins17 KO · 47%

6

Losses

2

Draws44 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

Sakata leads 1–0

Masaki Kawabata and Takefumi Sakata have met 1 time; Sakata leads 1–0.

Masaki Kawabata and Takefumi Sakata have met 1 time; Sakata leads 1–0.
Met2001Apr 9Series
Masaki KawabataFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Takefumi SakataFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Kawabata 1 · Sakata 5 of 6 measurable rows
KawabataSakata
Record†
0-236-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—47.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—47%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.7
1.8
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
2
44

† 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

Age8 yrs apart
Masaki Kawabata: 54
Takefumi Sakata: 46
Stance
Masaki Kawabata: Not recorded
Takefumi Sakata: Orthodox

Masaki Kawabata left, Takefumi Sakata right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Masaki Kawabata0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Masaki Kawabata: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kawabata yet.

Takefumi Sakata36 wins · from 44 tracked bouts

Takefumi Sakata: 36 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (47%), 17 on the cards (47%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 44 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 47%17 on the cards 47%2 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Masaki Kawabata 2, Takefumi Sakata 44 — 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

Masaki Kawabata last boxed on Apr 9, 2001 — 9,332 days ago. Kawabata had lost two straight.LL

Singsurat Feb 2000Sakata Apr 20011.8 tracked bouts per year

Takefumi Sakata last boxed on Sep 25, 2010 — 5,876 days ago. Sakata had won three in a row before losing a decision to Daiki Kameda.LWWWL

Kaovichit Dec 2008Jeon Jun 2009Putra Sep 2009Siregar Feb 2010Kameda Sep 20103.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Masaki Kawabata and Takefumi Sakata ever fought each other?
Yes. Masaki Kawabata and Takefumi Sakata met once on April 9, 2001, and Takefumi Sakata won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 9, 2001 · Sakata · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kawabata or Sakata?
Masaki Kawabata is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Takefumi Sakata is 36-6-2. Takefumi Sakata has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kawabata0–20%

Sakata36–6–284.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kawabata or Sakata?
Masaki Kawabata has 0 knockout wins and Takefumi Sakata has 17. Takefumi Sakata has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kawabata0

Sakata1747.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kawabata and Sakata have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Masaki Kawabata and Takefumi Sakata have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kawabata and Sakata?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Masaki Kawabata and 44 bouts tracked for Takefumi Sakata. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kawabata2bouts

Sakata44bouts

How They Win ↓

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