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Mihai Leu vs Santiago Samaniego — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇷🇴WELTERWEIGHT

Mihai Leu

🇵🇦PANAMA

Santiago Samaniego

Mihai Leu (28-0) and Santiago Samaniego (37-13-1) 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.

Leu

28

Wins10 KO · 36%

0

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Samaniego

37

Wins30 KO · 81%

13

Losses

1

Draw6 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Leu leads 1–0

Mihai Leu and Santiago Samaniego have met 1 time; Leu leads 1–0.

Mihai Leu and Santiago Samaniego have met 1 time; Leu leads 1–0.
Met1997Feb 22Series
Mihai LeuFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Santiago SamaniegoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Leu 4 · Samaniego 3 of 7 measurable rows
LeuSamaniego
Record
28-0 (edge)37-13-1
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
73.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
10
30 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
35.71%
81.08% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
36%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 1
1
1
Bouts per year‡max 4.7
4.7 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
6

† 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

Height+4″
Mihai Leu: 5′7″
Santiago Samaniego: 5′11″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Mihai Leu: 64″
Santiago Samaniego: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Mihai Leu: Died aged 57
Santiago Samaniego: 52
Stance
Mihai Leu: Orthodox
Santiago Samaniego: Orthodox

Mihai Leu left, Santiago Samaniego right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Mihai Leu28 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Mihai Leu: 28 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (36%) and 18 on the cards (64%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 36%18 on the cards 64%

Santiago Samaniego1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Santiago Samaniego: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Mihai Leu 28, Santiago Samaniego 6 — 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

Mihai Leu has won 28 straight, the most recent against Michael Carruth. Leu last boxed on Sep 20, 1997.WWWWW

Swift Jun 1996Ramirez Oct 1996Jakubowski Nov 1996Samaniego Feb 1997Carruth Sep 19974.7 tracked bouts per year

Santiago Samaniego last boxed on Aug 25, 2005 — 7,736 days ago. Samaniego had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Jantuah Jan 1999Forrest Aug 1999Masoe Mar 2000García Mar 2003Powell Aug 20050.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Mihai Leu and Santiago Samaniego ever fought each other?
Yes. Mihai Leu and Santiago Samaniego met once on February 22, 1997, and Mihai Leu won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 22, 1997 · Leu · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leu or Samaniego?
Mihai Leu is 28-0 and Santiago Samaniego is 37-13-1. Mihai Leu has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Leu28–0100%

Samaniego37–13–173.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Leu or Samaniego?
Mihai Leu has 10 knockout wins and Santiago Samaniego has 30. Santiago Samaniego has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Leu1035.7%

Samaniego3081.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Leu and Samaniego have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mihai Leu and Santiago Samaniego have faced.
Who is bigger, Leu or Samaniego?
Santiago Samaniego is the taller fighter at 180 cm, 9 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Leu171 cm163 cm reach

Samaniego180 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leu and Samaniego?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Mihai Leu and 6 bouts tracked for Santiago Samaniego. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leu28bouts

Samaniego6bouts

How They Win ↓

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