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Naoya Inoue vs Ramon Cardenas — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇯🇵SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT

Naoya Inoue

Cross-division

FEATHERWEIGHT

Ramon Cardenas

Naoya Inoue (33-0) and Ramon Cardenas (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Inoue

33

Wins27 KO · 82%

0

Losses

0

Draws33 tracked bouts

Cardenas

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Inoue leads 1–0

Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas have met 1 time; Inoue leads 1–0.

Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas have met 1 time; Inoue leads 1–0.
Met2025May 4Series
Naoya InoueFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ramon CardenasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Inoue 6 · Cardenas 1 of 7 measurable rows
InoueCardenas
Record†
33-0 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
81.82%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
82%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 15
15 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
2.4 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 33
33
3

† 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
Naoya Inoue: 5′5″
Ramon Cardenas: No height on file
Reachnot held
Naoya Inoue: 67″
Ramon Cardenas: No reach on file
Agenot held
Naoya Inoue: 33
Ramon Cardenas: No date of birth
Stance
Naoya Inoue: Orthodox
Ramon Cardenas: Not recorded

Naoya Inoue left, Ramon Cardenas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Super Bantamweight against Featherweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Naoya Inoue33 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

Naoya Inoue: 33 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (82%) and 6 on the cards (18%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 82%6 on the cards 18%

Ramon Cardenas1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Ramon Cardenas: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 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 — Naoya Inoue 33, Ramon Cardenas 3 — 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

Naoya Inoue has won 33 straight, the most recent against Junto Nakatani. Inoue last boxed on May 2, 2026 — 178 days ago.WWWWW

Ye-joon Jan 2025Cardenas May 2025Akhmadaliev Sep 2025Picasso Dec 2025Nakatani May 20262.4 tracked bouts per year

Ramon Cardenas has won once since losses to Genaro Léon and Naoya Inoue. Cardenas last boxed on Dec 18, 2025 — 313 days ago.LLW

Léon Jun 1988Inoue May 2025Ayala Dec 20250.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas ever fought each other?
Yes. Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas met once on May 4, 2025, and Naoya Inoue won by TKO.
The meeting

WMay 4, 2025 · Inoue · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Inoue or Cardenas?
Naoya Inoue is 33-0 and Ramon Cardenas is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Naoya Inoue has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Inoue33–0100%

Cardenas1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Inoue or Cardenas?
Naoya Inoue has 27 knockout wins and Ramon Cardenas has 1. Naoya Inoue has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Inoue2781.8%

Cardenas1

The Numbers ↓
Do Inoue and Cardenas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Inoue and Cardenas?
This comparison is drawn from 33 bouts tracked for Naoya Inoue and 3 bouts tracked for Ramon Cardenas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Inoue33bouts

Cardenas3bouts

How They Win ↓

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