Kuniaki Shibata
Career, Record, Stats
Kuniaki Shibata is a 77-year-old retired Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 12 years, 8 months, and 23 days, Shibata amassed a record of 47-6-3, which includes 25 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Kuniaki Shibata's Boxing Career
Kuniaki Shibata was born in Hitachi, Japan on March 29, 1947. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on March 6, 1965 against Seiichi Iizuka. Shibata defeated Iizuka via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Shibata became a world champion fight at the age of 23 after 35 professional fights. He challenged Vicente Saldivar for the WBC and The Ring featherweight titles and stopped the champion in the 12th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles.
He then went on to successfully win the super-featherweight (WBA, The Ring, WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Shibata's last fight was a points decision victory over Al Espinosa at age 30, on November 29, 1977.
Some of Kuniaki Shibata's best fights have been against Vicente Saldívar. For a complete list of Shibata's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Kuniaki Shibata".
Shibata has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Kuniaki Shibata Losses".
Kuniaki Shibata's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Nov 29, 1977 | 30 |  Al Espinosa | win | PTS 10 |
55 | Oct 12, 1976 | 29 | Susumu Okabe | win | UD 10 |
54 | Mar 22, 1976 | 28 | Tamio Negishi | win | UD 10 |
53 | Jul 05, 1975 | 28 | Alfredo Escalera | loss | KO 2 |
52 | Mar 27, 1975 | 27 | Abdelkader Ould Makhloufi | win | UD 15 |
51 | Oct 03, 1974 | 27 | Ramiro Bolanos | win | KO 15 |
50 | Jun 27, 1974 | 27 | Antonio Amaya | win | MD 15 |
49 | Feb 28, 1974 | 26 | Ricardo Arredondo | win | UD 15 |
48 | Oct 17, 1973 | 26 | Ben Villaflor | loss | KO 1 |
47 | Sep 03, 1973 | 26 | Nam Chul Chung | win | KO 2 |
46 | Jun 19, 1973 | 26 | Victor Federico Echegaray | win | UD 15 |
45 | Mar 12, 1973 | 25 | Ben Villaflor | win | UD 15 |
44 | Feb 03, 1973 | 25 | Kimio Shindo | win | KO 7 |
43 | Oct 07, 1972 | 25 | Andries Steyn | loss | PTS 10 |
42 | Jul 11, 1972 | 25 | Bert Nabalatan | win | UD 10 |
41 | May 19, 1972 | 25 | Clemente Sánchez | loss | KO 3 |
40 | Nov 11, 1971 | 24 | Ernesto Marcel | draw | SD 15 |
39 | Aug 01, 1971 | 24 | Hyun Kim | win | UD 10 |
38 | Jun 03, 1971 | 24 | Raul Cruz | win | KO 1 |
37 | Mar 07, 1971 | 23 | Vicente Garcia | win | PTS 10 |
36 | Dec 11, 1970 | 23 | 
Vicente Saldivar 27 36-1  | win | RTD 12 |
35 | Sep 09, 1970 | 23 | Hyun Kim | win | UD 10 |
34 | Jul 08, 1970 | 23 | Jose Acosta | draw | MD 10 |
33 | Apr 15, 1970 | 23 | Yasuo Sakurai | win | KO 10 |
32 | Feb 04, 1970 | 22 | Felipe Torres | win | UD 10 |
31 | Oct 22, 1969 | 22 | Flash Besande | win | KO 3 |
30 | Sep 10, 1969 | 22 | Fernando Sotelo | win | KO 9 |
29 | Jun 11, 1969 | 22 | Yoshio Ando | win | KO 8 |
28 | Apr 28, 1969 | 22 | Kid Barrios | win | KO 1 |
27 | Mar 24, 1969 | 21 | Koji Ikeda | win | PTS 10 |
26 | Jan 15, 1969 | 21 | Hubert Kang | loss | KO 6 |
25 | Oct 23, 1968 | 21 | Orlando Medina | win | UD 10 |
24 | Aug 14, 1968 | 21 | Toshiharu Mori | draw | TD 3 |
23 | Jul 03, 1968 | 21 | Beto Maldonado | win | PTS 10 |
22 | Mar 27, 1968 | 20 | Dwight Hawkins | loss | KO 7 |
21 | Mar 01, 1968 | 20 | Ramiro Nides | win | PTS 10 |
20 | Jan 31, 1968 | 20 | Tiny Palacio | win | KO 5 |
19 | Dec 27, 1967 | 20 | Soo Bok Kwon | win | KO 2 |
18 | Dec 05, 1967 | 20 | Chang Bok Lee | win | KO 2 |
17 | Nov 15, 1967 | 20 | Chang Soo Yun | win | RTD 9 |
16 | Sep 20, 1967 | 20 | Roy Amolong | win | UD 10 |
15 | Aug 09, 1967 | 20 | Roberto Andrade | win | KO 5 |
14 | Jul 05, 1967 | 20 | Katsutoshi Aoki | win | KO 1 |
13 | Mar 05, 1967 | 19 | Hyun Kim | win | PTS 10 |
12 | Feb 12, 1967 | 19 | Hiroshi Miyata | win | KO 4 |
11 | Jan 15, 1967 | 19 | Alberto Reyes | win | PTS 10 |
10 | Dec 11, 1966 | 19 | Kenji Fuse | win | KO 2 |
9 | Oct 23, 1966 | 19 | Atsushi Gunji | win | KO 6 |
8 | Jan 31, 1966 | 18 | Masachika Tokutome | win | KO 5 |
7 | Dec 20, 1965 | 18 | Takao Suzuki | win | KO 1 |
6 | Nov 01, 1965 | 18 | Toshihiko Nojiri | win | PTS 4 |
5 | Sep 27, 1965 | 18 | Yoshinobu Yokoyama | win | KO 1 |
4 | Sep 02, 1965 | 18 | Masaru Miyazaki | win | PTS 4 |
3 | Jul 28, 1965 | 18 | Norio Sugimoto | win | KO 1 |
2 | Apr 05, 1965 | 18 | Hitoshi Yoshino | win | KO 1 |
1 | Mar 06, 1965 | 17 | Seiichi Iizuka | win | KO 1 |