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Miguel Santana vs Pernell Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Miguel Santana

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Pernell Whitaker

Miguel Santana (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Santana

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Whitaker

40

Wins17 KO · 43%

4

Losses

1

Draw46 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

Whitaker leads 1–0

Miguel Santana and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.

Miguel Santana and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.
Met1987Jul 25Series
Miguel SantanaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pernell WhitakerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Santana 0 · Whitaker 6 of 6 measurable rows
SantanaWhitaker
Record†
0-440-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
90% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
1
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
4
46

† 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
Miguel Santana: No height on file
Pernell Whitaker: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Miguel Santana: No reach on file
Pernell Whitaker: 69″
Agenot comparable
Miguel Santana: 61
Pernell Whitaker: Died aged 55
Stance
Miguel Santana: Not recorded
Pernell Whitaker: Southpaw

Miguel Santana left, Pernell Whitaker right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Miguel Santana0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Miguel Santana: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Santana yet.

Pernell Whitaker40 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Pernell Whitaker: 40 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (43%) and 23 on the cards (57%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 43%23 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Miguel Santana 4, Pernell Whitaker 46 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Whitaker better on 2

Santana

Opponent

Whitaker

  • Miguel Santana

    Loss, TKO 2

    1990

    McGirtWhitaker better

    Pernell Whitaker

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1994

    Win, UD

    1993

  • Miguel Santana

    Loss, TD 11

    1988

    HaugenWhitaker better

    Pernell Whitaker

    Win, UD

    1989

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

Miguel Santana last boxed on Jul 23, 1991 — 12,875 days ago. Santana had lost four straight.LLLL

Whitaker Jul 1987Haugen Apr 1988McGirt Jan 1990Mitchell Jul 19911 tracked bouts per year

Pernell Whitaker has lost two straight. Whitaker last boxed on Apr 27, 2001.WLNCLL

Hurtado Jan 1997Hoya Apr 1997Pestryayev Oct 1997Trinidad Feb 1999Bojorquez Apr 20012.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Miguel Santana and Pernell Whitaker ever fought each other?
Yes. Miguel Santana and Pernell Whitaker met once on July 25, 1987, and Pernell Whitaker won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LJul 25, 1987 · Whitaker · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Santana or Whitaker?
Miguel Santana is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Santana0–40%

Whitaker40–4–190%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Santana or Whitaker?
Miguel Santana has 0 knockout wins and Pernell Whitaker has 17. Pernell Whitaker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Santana0

Whitaker1742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Santana and Whitaker have any common opponents?
Miguel Santana and Pernell Whitaker share 2 common opponents: Buddy McGirt and Greg Haugen. Pernell Whitaker fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Buddy McGirtLW

Greg HaugenLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Santana and Whitaker?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Miguel Santana and 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Santana4bouts

Whitaker46bouts

How They Win ↓

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