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Adonis Cruz vs Johnny Tapia — record, stats and common opponents compared

Adonis Cruz

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Johnny Tapia

Adonis Cruz (3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) and Johnny Tapia (59-5-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Cruz

Tracked record

3–2

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tapia

59

Wins30 KO · 51%

5

Losses

2

Draws66 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Tapia leads 1–0

Adonis Cruz and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.

Adonis Cruz and Johnny Tapia have met 1 time; Tapia leads 1–0.
Met1996Nov 30Series
Adonis CruzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny TapiaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 1 · Tapia 6 of 7 measurable rows
CruzTapia
Record†
3-259-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
60%
90.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
51% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
1.6
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
5
66

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Adonis Cruz: No height on file
Johnny Tapia: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Adonis Cruz: No reach on file
Johnny Tapia: 63″
Agenot held
Adonis Cruz: No date of birth
Johnny Tapia: Died aged 45
Stance
Adonis Cruz: Not recorded
Johnny Tapia: Orthodox

Adonis Cruz left, Johnny Tapia right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Adonis Cruz3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Adonis Cruz: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

Johnny Tapia59 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Tapia: 59 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (51%), 28 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 51%28 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Adonis Cruz 5, Johnny Tapia 66 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Adonis Cruz last boxed on Feb 27, 1999 — 10,097 days ago. Cruz had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Machado Dec 1995Cardenas Feb 1996Guzmán Mar 1996Tapia Nov 1996Carbajal Feb 19991.6 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Tapia has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Sandro Marcos. Tapia last boxed on Jun 4, 2011.LWWWW

Marcos Sep 2005Primero Feb 2007Reyes Mar 2010Alonso Sep 2010Pastrana Jun 20112.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Adonis Cruz and Johnny Tapia ever fought each other?
Yes. Adonis Cruz and Johnny Tapia met once on November 30, 1996, and Johnny Tapia won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 30, 1996 · Tapia · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Tapia?
Adonis Cruz is 3-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Tapia is 59-5-2. Johnny Tapia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cruz3–260%

Tapia59–5–290.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Tapia?
Adonis Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Tapia has 30. Johnny Tapia has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz0

Tapia3050.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and Tapia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Adonis Cruz and Johnny Tapia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Tapia?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Adonis Cruz and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Tapia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz5bouts

Tapia66bouts

How They Win ↓

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