Kuniaki Shibata (47-6-3, 25) was born in Hitachi, Japan on March 29, 1947. At the age of 17 years on March 6, 1965, he made his professional boxing debut against Seiichi Iizuka, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On his 36th career fight at 23 years old, Shibata became a featherweight world champion on December 11, 1970 after defeating Vicente Saldivar via 12th-round retirement to win the WBC and The Ring titles.
He then went on to become world champion at the super-featherweight weight class as well, winning the WBA, The Ring and WBC titles against Ben Villaflor via 15-round unanimous decision on March 12, 1973.
Shibata's last fight was a 10-round points decision win against Al Espinosa at age 30 on November 29, 1977. He retired with a 3-fight winning streak.
Some of Kuniaki Shibata's best fights were against Vicente Saldivar and Raul Cruz. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Kuniaki Shibata".
Shibata has 6 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Kuniaki Shibata Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Nov 29, 1977 30 years, 8 months 47-6-3 (25) | Al Espinosa | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
55 | Oct 12, 1976 29 years, 6 months 46-6-3 (25) | Susumu Okabe | 10 | UD | WIN | |
54 | Mar 22, 1976 28 years, 11 months 45-6-3 (25) | Tamio Negishi | 10 | UD | WIN | |
53 | Jul 5, 1975 28 years, 3 months 44-6-3 (25) | Alfredo Escalera | SFT | 2 | KO | LOSS Lost WBC |
52 | Mar 27, 1975 27 years, 11 months 44-5-3 (25) | Abdelkader Ould Makhloufi | SFT | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
51 | Oct 3, 1974 27 years, 6 months 43-5-3 (25) | Ramiro Bolanos | SFT | 15 | KO | WIN Defended WBC |
50 | Jun 27, 1974 27 years, 2 months 42-5-3 (24) | Antonio Amaya | SFT | 15 | MD | WIN Defended WBC |
49 | Feb 28, 1974 26 years, 11 months 41-5-3 (24) | Ricardo Arredondo | SFT | 15 | UD | WIN Won WBC |
48 | Oct 17, 1973 26 years, 6 months 40-5-3 (24) | Ben Villaflor | SFT | 1 | KO | LOSS Lost WBA, The Ring |
47 | Sep 3, 1973 26 years, 5 months 40-4-3 (24) | Nam Chul Chung | 2 | KO | WIN | |
46 | Jun 19, 1973 26 years, 2 months 39-4-3 (23) | Victor Federico Echegaray | SFT | 15 | UD | WIN Defended WBA, The Ring |
45 | Mar 12, 1973 25 years, 11 months 38-4-3 (23) | Ben Villaflor | SFT | 15 | UD | WIN Won WBA, The Ring |
44 | Feb 3, 1973 25 years, 10 months 37-4-3 (23) | Kimio Shindo | 7 | KO | WIN | |
43 | Oct 7, 1972 25 years, 6 months 36-4-3 (22) | Andries Steyn | 10 | PTS | LOSS | |
42 | Jul 11, 1972 25 years, 3 months 36-3-3 (22) | Bert Nabalatan | 10 | UD | WIN | |
41 | May 19, 1972 25 years, 1 months 35-3-3 (22) | Clemente Sánchez | FT | 3 | KO | LOSS Lost WBC, The Ring |
40 | Nov 11, 1971 24 years, 7 months 35-2-3 (22) | Ernesto Marcel | FT | 15 | SD | DRAW Defended WBC, The Ring |
39 | Aug 1, 1971 24 years, 4 months 35-2-2 (22) | Hyun Kim | 10 | UD | WIN | |
38 | Jun 3, 1971 24 years, 2 months 34-2-2 (22) | Raul Cruz | FT | 1 | KO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
37 | Mar 7, 1971 23 years, 11 months 33-2-2 (21) | Vicente Garcia | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
36  | Dec 11, 1970 23 years, 8 months 32-2-2 (21) | 27 years, 9 months 36-1 (26) | FT | 12 | RTD | WIN Won WBC, The Ring |
35 | Sep 9, 1970 23 years, 5 months 31-2-2 (20) | Hyun Kim | 10 | UD | WIN | |
34 | Jul 8, 1970 23 years, 3 months 30-2-2 (20) | Jose Acosta | 10 | MD | DRAW | |
33 | Apr 15, 1970 23 years 30-2-1 (20) | Yasuo Sakurai | FT | 10 | KO | WIN |
32 | Feb 4, 1970 22 years, 10 months 29-2-1 (19) | Felipe Torres | 10 | UD | WIN | |
31 | Oct 22, 1969 22 years, 6 months 28-2-1 (19) | Flash Besande | 3 | KO | WIN | |
30 | Sep 10, 1969 22 years, 5 months 27-2-1 (18) | Fernando Sotelo | 9 | KO | WIN | |
29 | Jun 11, 1969 22 years, 2 months 26-2-1 (17) | Yoshio Ando | 8 | KO | WIN | |
28 | Apr 28, 1969 22 years 25-2-1 (16) | Kid Barrios | 1 | KO | WIN | |
27 | Mar 24, 1969 21 years, 11 months 24-2-1 (15) | Koji Ikeda | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
26 | Jan 15, 1969 21 years, 9 months 23-2-1 (15) | Hubert Kang | FT | 6 | KO | LOSS |
25 | Oct 23, 1968 21 years, 6 months 23-1-1 (15) | Orlando Medina | 10 | UD | WIN | |
24 | Aug 14, 1968 21 years, 4 months 22-1-1 (15) | Toshiharu Mori | 3 | TD | DRAW | |
23 | Jul 3, 1968 21 years, 3 months 22-1 (15) | Beto Maldonado | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
22 | Mar 27, 1968 20 years, 11 months 21-1 (15) | Dwight Hawkins | 7 | KO | LOSS | |
21 | Mar 1, 1968 20 years, 11 months 21-0 (15) | Ramiro Nides | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
20 | Jan 31, 1968 20 years, 10 months 20-0 (15) | Tiny Palacio | 5 | KO | WIN | |
19 | Dec 27, 1967 20 years, 8 months 19-0 (14) | Soo Bok Kwon | 2 | KO | WIN | |
18 | Dec 5, 1967 20 years, 8 months 18-0 (13) | Chang Bok Lee | 2 | KO | WIN | |
17 | Nov 15, 1967 20 years, 7 months 17-0 (12) | Chang Soo Yun | 9 | RTD | WIN | |
16 | Sep 20, 1967 20 years, 5 months 16-0 (11) | Roy Amolong | 10 | UD | WIN | |
15 | Aug 9, 1967 20 years, 4 months 15-0 (11) | Roberto Andrade | 5 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Jul 5, 1967 20 years, 3 months 14-0 (10) | Katsutoshi Aoki | 1 | KO | WIN | |
13 | Mar 5, 1967 19 years, 11 months 13-0 (9) | Hyun Kim | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
12 | Feb 12, 1967 19 years, 10 months 12-0 (9) | Hiroshi Miyata | 4 | KO | WIN | |
11 | Jan 15, 1967 19 years, 9 months 11-0 (8) | Alberto Reyes | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
10 | Dec 11, 1966 19 years, 8 months 10-0 (8) | Kenji Fuse | 2 | KO | WIN | |
9 | Oct 23, 1966 19 years, 6 months 9-0 (7) | Atsushi Gunji | 6 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Jan 31, 1966 18 years, 10 months 8-0 (6) | Masachika Tokutome | 5 | KO | WIN | |
7 | Dec 20, 1965 18 years, 8 months 7-0 (5) | Takao Suzuki | 1 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Nov 1, 1965 18 years, 7 months 6-0 (4) | Toshihiko Nojiri | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
5 | Sep 27, 1965 18 years, 5 months 5-0 (4) | Yoshinobu Yokoyama | 1 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 2, 1965 18 years, 5 months 4-0 (3) | Masaru Miyazaki | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
3 | Jul 28, 1965 18 years, 3 months 3-0 (3) | Norio Sugimoto | 1 | KO | WIN | |
2 | Apr 5, 1965 18 years 2-0 (2) | Hitoshi Yoshino | 1 | KO | WIN | |
1 | Mar 6, 1965 17 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Seiichi Iizuka | 1 | KO | WIN |
