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Ángel Espada vs Julio Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ángel Espada

Julio Cruz

Ángel Espada (44-11-4) and Julio Cruz (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Espada

44

Wins27 KO · 61%

11

Losses

4

Draws59 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Espada leads 1–0

Ángel Espada and Julio Cruz have met 1 time; Espada leads 1–0.

Ángel Espada and Julio Cruz have met 1 time; Espada leads 1–0.
Met1970Aug 5Series
Ángel EspadaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Julio CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Espada 4 · Cruz 1 of 5 measurable rows
EspadaCruz
Record†
44-11-4 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
78% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
61.36%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
61%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
59
1

† 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
Ángel Espada: 5′9″
Julio Cruz: No height on file
Agenot held
Ángel Espada: 78
Julio Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Ángel Espada: Orthodox
Julio Cruz: Not recorded

Ángel Espada left, Julio Cruz right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ángel Espada44 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Ángel Espada: 44 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (61%), 16 on the cards (36%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 61%16 on the cards 36%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Julio Cruz0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Julio Cruz: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ángel Espada 59, Julio Cruz 1 — 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

Ángel Espada last boxed on Dec 10, 1981 — 16,387 days ago. Espada had won once since losses to José Cuevas and Thomas Hearns.WWLLW

Hailstock Feb 1979Edward Jun 1979Cuevas Dec 1979Hearns Mar 1980Alfonso Dec 19813.9 tracked bouts per year

Julio Cruz last boxed on Aug 5, 1970 — 20,532 days ago. Cruz had lost the most recent, to Ángel Espada.L

Espada Aug 1970

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ángel Espada and Julio Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Ángel Espada and Julio Cruz met once on August 5, 1970, and Ángel Espada won by KO.
The meeting

WAug 5, 1970 · Espada · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Espada or Cruz?
Ángel Espada is 44-11-4 and Julio Cruz is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Ángel Espada has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Espada44–11–478%

Cruz0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Espada or Cruz?
Ángel Espada has 27 knockout wins and Julio Cruz has 0. Ángel Espada has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Espada2761.4%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Espada and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ángel Espada and Julio Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Espada and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for Ángel Espada and 1 bout tracked for Julio Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Espada59bouts

Cruz1bout

How They Win ↓

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