On July 5, 1975, the 28-year-old WBC super-featherweight world champion, Kuniaki Shibata (44-5-3, 25 KOs), faced Alfredo Escalera, in a title defense fight.
Shibata came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days.
Kuniaki Shibata was defending his super-featherweight WBC titles against Alfredo Escalera and lost via KO in the 2nd round, and adds an loss to his record at 44-6-3.
On October 17, 1973, Kuniaki Shibata and Ben Villaflor met again in a rematch.
Shibata came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 14 days.
Kuniaki Shibata was defending his super-featherweight WBA and The Ring titles against Ben Villaflor and lost via KO in the 1st round, and adds an loss to his record at 40-5-3.
On October 7, 1972, a 25-year-old Kuniaki Shibata (36-3-3, 22 KOs) and Andries Steyn met in the ring.
Shibata came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 26 days.
Kuniaki Shibata lost to Andries Steyn via points decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 36-4-3.
On May 19, 1972, the 25-year-old WBC and The Ring featherweight world champion, Kuniaki Shibata (35-2-3, 22 KOs), faced Clemente Sánchez, in a title defense fight.
Shibata came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 8 days.
Kuniaki Shibata was defending his featherweight WBC and The Ring titles against Clemente Sánchez and lost via KO in the 3rd round, and adds an loss to his record at 35-3-3.
On January 15, 1969, a 21-year-old Kuniaki Shibata (23-1-1, 15 KOs) and Hubert Kang met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Shibata came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Kuniaki Shibata lost to Hubert Kang via KO in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 23-2-1.
On March 27, 1968, a 20-year-old Kuniaki Shibata (21-0, 15 KOs) and Dwight Hawkins met in the ring.
Shibata came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 26 days.
Kuniaki Shibata lost to Dwight Hawkins via KO in the 7th round, and adds an loss to his record at 21-1.