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 a 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 a 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 a 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 a 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 a 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 a loss to his record at 21-1.