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Artur Beterbiev vs Christian Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Artur Beterbiev

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Christian Cruz

Artur Beterbiev (21-1) and Christian Cruz (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) 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.

Beterbiev

21

Wins20 KO · 95%

1

Loss

0

Draws22 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts 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

Beterbiev leads 1–0

Artur Beterbiev and Christian Cruz have met 1 time; Beterbiev leads 1–0.

Artur Beterbiev and Christian Cruz have met 1 time; Beterbiev leads 1–0.
Met2013Jun 8Series
Artur BeterbievFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Christian CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
How it endedTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Beterbiev 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
BeterbievCruz
Record†
21-1 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
95.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
95.24%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
95%—
Times stopped‡max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 1.9
1.9 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 22
22
5

† 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
Artur Beterbiev: 6′0″
Christian Cruz: No height on file
Reachnot held
Artur Beterbiev: 73″
Christian Cruz: No reach on file
Agenot held
Artur Beterbiev: 41
Christian Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Artur Beterbiev: Orthodox
Christian Cruz: Not recorded

Artur Beterbiev left, Christian 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
Artur Beterbiev21 wins · from 22 tracked bouts

Artur Beterbiev: 21 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (95%) and 1 on the cards (5%). Counted from 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 95%1 on the cards 5%

Christian Cruz0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Christian Cruz: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts 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 — Artur Beterbiev 22, Christian Cruz 5 — 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

Artur Beterbiev had won four in a row before losing a decision to Dmitry Bivol. Beterbiev last boxed on Feb 22, 2025 — 575 days ago.WWWWL

Jr. Jun 2022Yarde Jan 2023Smith Jan 2024Bivol Oct 2024Bivol Feb 20251.9 tracked bouts per year

Christian Cruz last boxed on Jun 8, 2013 — 4,852 days ago. Cruz had lost five straight.LLLLL

Bute Mar 2005Mack Nov 2005Pascal Jun 2007Murat Feb 2011Beterbiev Jun 20130.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Artur Beterbiev and Christian Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Artur Beterbiev and Christian Cruz met once on June 8, 2013, and Artur Beterbiev won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WJun 8, 2013 · Beterbiev · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Beterbiev or Cruz?
Artur Beterbiev is 21-1 and Christian Cruz is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Artur Beterbiev has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Beterbiev21–195.5%

Cruz0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Beterbiev or Cruz?
Artur Beterbiev has 20 knockout wins and Christian Cruz has 0. Artur Beterbiev has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Beterbiev2095.2%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Beterbiev and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Artur Beterbiev and Christian Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Beterbiev and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Artur Beterbiev and 5 bouts tracked for Christian Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Beterbiev22bouts

Cruz5bouts

How They Win ↓

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