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Royal Kobayashi vs Takao Maruki — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Royal Kobayashi

Takao Maruki

Royal Kobayashi (35-8) and Takao Maruki (0-3 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.

Kobayashi

35

Wins27 KO · 77%

8

Losses

0

Draws43 tracked bouts

Maruki

Tracked record

0–3

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

Kobayashi leads 1–0

Royal Kobayashi and Takao Maruki have met 1 time; Kobayashi leads 1–0.

Royal Kobayashi and Takao Maruki have met 1 time; Kobayashi leads 1–0.
Met1980Jun 9Series
Royal KobayashiFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Takao MarukiFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Kobayashi 5 · Maruki 1 of 6 measurable rows
KobayashiMaruki
Record†
35-8 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
81.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
77.14%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
77%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5
5 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 43
43
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
Royal Kobayashi: 5′5″
Takao Maruki: No height on file
Agenot held
Royal Kobayashi: Died aged 71
Takao Maruki: No date of birth
Stance
Royal Kobayashi: Orthodox
Takao Maruki: Not recorded

Royal Kobayashi left, Takao Maruki right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Royal Kobayashi35 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Royal Kobayashi: 35 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (77%) and 8 on the cards (23%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 77%8 on the cards 23%

Takao Maruki0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Takao Maruki: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Maruki yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Royal Kobayashi 43, Takao Maruki 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

Royal Kobayashi has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Kobayashi last boxed on Oct 18, 1981.WWWLL

Lee Aug 1980Matsushima Jan 1981Lee May 1981Oh Sep 1981Jung-Han Oct 19815 tracked bouts per year

Takao Maruki last boxed on Jun 9, 1980 — 16,938 days ago. Maruki had lost three straight.LLL

Villaflor Jul 1974Serrano Nov 1978Kobayashi Jun 19800.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Royal Kobayashi and Takao Maruki ever fought each other?
Yes. Royal Kobayashi and Takao Maruki met once on June 9, 1980, and Royal Kobayashi won by KO in round 6.
The meeting

WJun 9, 1980 · Kobayashi · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kobayashi or Maruki?
Royal Kobayashi is 35-8 and Takao Maruki is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Royal Kobayashi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kobayashi35–881.4%

Maruki0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kobayashi or Maruki?
Royal Kobayashi has 27 knockout wins and Takao Maruki has 0. Royal Kobayashi has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kobayashi2777.1%

Maruki0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kobayashi and Maruki have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Royal Kobayashi and Takao Maruki have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kobayashi and Maruki?
This comparison is drawn from 43 bouts tracked for Royal Kobayashi and 3 bouts tracked for Takao Maruki. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kobayashi43bouts

Maruki3bouts

How They Win ↓

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