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Nobuyuki Watanabe vs Shigeo Nakajima — record, stats and common opponents compared

Nobuyuki Watanabe

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Shigeo Nakajima

Nobuyuki Watanabe (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Shigeo Nakajima (13-5-1) 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.

Watanabe

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Nakajima

13

Wins7 KO · 54%

5

Losses

1

Draw19 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

Watanabe leads 1–0

Nobuyuki Watanabe and Shigeo Nakajima have met 1 time; Watanabe leads 1–0.

Nobuyuki Watanabe and Shigeo Nakajima have met 1 time; Watanabe leads 1–0.
Met1981May 26Series
Nobuyuki WatanabeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Shigeo NakajimaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Watanabe 2 · Nakajima 5 of 7 measurable rows
WatanabeNakajima
Record†
1-113-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
71.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 7
1
7 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
54%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.9
0.7
3.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 19
2
19

† 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
Nobuyuki Watanabe: No height on file
Shigeo Nakajima: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Nobuyuki Watanabe: No reach on file
Shigeo Nakajima: 61″
Agenot held
Nobuyuki Watanabe: No date of birth
Shigeo Nakajima: 72
Stance
Nobuyuki Watanabe: Not recorded
Shigeo Nakajima: Orthodox

Nobuyuki Watanabe left, Shigeo Nakajima right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Nobuyuki Watanabe1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Nobuyuki Watanabe: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Shigeo Nakajima13 wins · from 19 tracked bouts

Shigeo Nakajima: 13 tracked wins — 7 by KO/TKO (54%) and 6 on the cards (46%). Counted from 19 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

7 by KO/TKO 54%6 on the cards 46%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Nobuyuki Watanabe 2, Shigeo Nakajima 19 — 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

Nobuyuki Watanabe last boxed on May 26, 1981 — 16,588 days ago. Watanabe had won once since losing by stoppage to Kim Tae-shik.LW

Tae-shik Aug 1978Nakajima May 19810.7 tracked bouts per year

Shigeo Nakajima last boxed on May 26, 1981 — 16,588 days ago. Nakajima had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Yang Nov 1979Sung-jun Jan 1980Zapata Mar 1980Zapata Sep 1980Watanabe May 19813.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Nobuyuki Watanabe and Shigeo Nakajima ever fought each other?
Yes. Nobuyuki Watanabe and Shigeo Nakajima met once on May 26, 1981, and Nobuyuki Watanabe won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WMay 26, 1981 · Watanabe · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watanabe or Nakajima?
Nobuyuki Watanabe is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Shigeo Nakajima is 13-5-1. Shigeo Nakajima has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Watanabe1–150%

Nakajima13–5–171.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watanabe or Nakajima?
Nobuyuki Watanabe has 1 knockout win and Shigeo Nakajima has 7. Shigeo Nakajima has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watanabe1

Nakajima753.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Watanabe and Nakajima have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Nobuyuki Watanabe and Shigeo Nakajima have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watanabe and Nakajima?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Nobuyuki Watanabe and 19 bouts tracked for Shigeo Nakajima. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watanabe2bouts

Nakajima19bouts

How They Win ↓

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