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Kuniaki Shibata Record

47-6-3
Total Fights56
Wins47
Losses6
Draws3
No-Contests0
Title Wins5
Title Defenses6
Title-Fight KOs3
KO Wins25
KO Losses5
Kuniaki Shibata Record & Stats
Kuniaki Shibata's Record
Kuniaki Shibata's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Kuniaki Shibata's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and eight months, Kuniaki Shibata fought 56 times with 47 wins, 6 losses, and 3 draws.

      Shibata retired from professional boxing with a record of 47-6-3, which included five world-title wins and six successful title defense fights at two weight classes — featherweight and super-featherweight. He had a 44.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 56 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Shibata suffered five knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.

      His last fight was a 10 round PTS victory over Al Espinosa on November 29, 1977.

      Some of Shibata's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Vicente Saldivar, Raul Cruz, Nam Chul Chung, Ricardo Arredondo, Ramiro Bolanos, Tamio Negishi, and Abdelkader Ould Makhloufi.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      56Nov 29, 197730Al EspinosaWinPTS
      55Oct 12, 197629Susumu OkabeWinUD
      54Mar 22, 197628Tamio NegishiWinUD
      53Jul 5, 197528Alfredo EscaleraLoss *KO2
      52Mar 27, 197527Abdelkader Ould MakhloufiWin *UD
      51Oct 3, 197427Ramiro BolanosWin *KO15
      50Jun 27, 197427Antonio AmayaWin *MD
      49Feb 28, 197426Ricardo ArredondoWin *UD
      48Oct 17, 197326Ben VillaflorLoss *KO1
      47Sep 3, 197326Nam Chul ChungWinKO2
      46Jun 19, 197326Victor Federico EchegarayWin *UD
      45Mar 12, 197325Ben VillaflorWin *UD
      44Feb 3, 197325Kimio ShindoWinKO7
      43Oct 7, 197225Andries SteynLossPTS
      42Jul 11, 197225Bert NabalatanWinUD
      41May 19, 197225Clemente SánchezLoss *KO3
      40Nov 11, 197124Ernesto MarcelDraw *SD
      39Aug 1, 197124Hyun KimWinUD
      38Jun 3, 197124Raul CruzWin *KO1
      37Mar 7, 197123Vicente GarciaWinPTS
      36Dec 11, 197023Vicente SaldivarWin *RTD12
      35Sep 9, 197023Hyun KimWinUD
      34Jul 8, 197023Jose AcostaDrawMD
      33Apr 15, 197023Yasuo SakuraiWinKO10
      32Feb 4, 197022Felipe TorresWinUD
      31Oct 22, 196922Flash BesandeWinKO3
      30Sep 10, 196922Fernando SoteloWinKO9
      29Jun 11, 196922Yoshio AndoWinKO8
      28Apr 28, 196922Kid BarriosWinKO1
      27Mar 24, 196921Koji IkedaWinPTS
      26Jan 15, 196921Hubert KangLossKO6
      25Oct 23, 196821Orlando MedinaWinUD
      24Aug 14, 196821Toshiharu MoriDrawTD
      23Jul 3, 196821Beto MaldonadoWinPTS
      22Mar 27, 196820Dwight HawkinsLossKO7
      21Mar 1, 196820Ramiro NidesWinPTS
      20Jan 31, 196820Tiny PalacioWinKO5
      19Dec 27, 196720Soo Bok KwonWinKO2
      18Dec 5, 196720Chang Bok LeeWinKO2
      17Nov 15, 196720Chang Soo YunWinRTD9
      16Sep 20, 196720Roy AmolongWinUD
      15Aug 9, 196720Roberto AndradeWinKO5
      14Jul 5, 196720Katsutoshi AokiWinKO1
      13Mar 5, 196719Hyun KimWinPTS
      12Feb 12, 196719Hiroshi MiyataWinKO4
      11Jan 15, 196719Alberto ReyesWinPTS
      10Dec 11, 196619Kenji FuseWinKO2
      9Oct 23, 196619Atsushi GunjiWinKO6
      8Jan 31, 196618Masachika TokutomeWinKO5
      7Dec 20, 196518Takao SuzukiWinKO1
      6Nov 1, 196518Toshihiko NojiriWinPTS
      5Sep 27, 196518Yoshinobu YokoyamaWinKO1
      4Sep 2, 196518Masaru MiyazakiWinPTS
      3Jul 28, 196518Norio SugimotoWinKO1
      2Apr 5, 196518Hitoshi YoshinoWinKO1
      1Mar 6, 196517Seiichi IizukaWinKO1

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Kuniaki Shibata is a 77-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Hitachi, Japan on March 29, 1947. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 1965 to 1977.

      Shibata made his professional boxing debut against Seiichi Iizuka at the age of 17 on March 6, 1965, defeating Iizuka via 1st round KO. He went on to win 20 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 14 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on December 11, 1970 after 35 professional fights, against Vicente Saldivar for the featherweight WBC and The Ring titles. He defeated Saldivar via 12th round RTD to become the featherweight champion of the world.

      Shibata has won five world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Shibata's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Shibata had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Al Espinosa on November 29, 1977. Shibata won the fight via 10 round PTS. It's been 46 years, 5 months, and 9 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Shibata had a total of 12 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and six successful title defenses. He won eight of these fights, lost three, and drew in one.

      Title Wins

      Kuniaki Shibata fought for world titles in three fights and won all three of them, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won five belts across two weight classes.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Feb 28, 1974Ricardo ArredondoSuper-featherweightWBCUD
      Mar 12, 1973Ben VillaflorSuper-featherweightWBA, The RingUD
      Dec 11, 1970Vicente SaldivarFeatherweightWBC, The RingRTD

      Title Defenses

      Kuniaki Shibata had nine world-title defense fights across two weight classes — featherweight (x3) and super-featherweight (x6). He won six of them and lost three times.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Mar 27, 1975Abdelkader Ould MakhloufiSuper-featherweightWBCUD
      Oct 3, 1974Ramiro BolanosSuper-featherweightWBCKO
      Jun 27, 1974Antonio AmayaSuper-featherweightWBCMD
      Jun 19, 1973Victor Federico EchegaraySuper-featherweightWBA, The RingUD
      Nov 11, 1971Ernesto MarcelFeatherweightWBC, The RingSD (draw)
      Jun 3, 1971Raul CruzFeatherweightWBC, The RingKO

      Title Losses

      Kuniaki Shibata lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jul 5, 1975Alfredo EscaleraSuper-featherweightWBCKO
      Oct 17, 1973Ben VillaflorSuper-featherweightWBA, The RingKO
      May 19, 1972Clemente SánchezFeatherweightWBC, The RingKO

      Highlights

      Shibata fought a total of 56 times during his professional career, which includes 12 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These two fights are the highlight of his career.

      • December 11, 1970: Shibata wins his first world titles by defeating Vicente Saldivar via 12th round RTD. He is now the WBC and The Ring featherweight world champion.

      • June 3, 1971: Shibata successfully defends the WBC and The Ring featherweight titles against Raul Cruz, winning the fight via 1st round KO.

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