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Carlos Cruz vs Frankie Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇩🇴LIGHTWEIGHT

Carlos Cruz

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Frankie Taylor

Carlos Cruz (42-13-2) and Frankie Taylor (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.

Cruz

42

Wins14 KO · 33%

13

Losses

2

Draws58 tracked bouts

Taylor

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

Cruz leads 1–0

Carlos Cruz and Frankie Taylor have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Carlos Cruz and Frankie Taylor have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met1965Jul 6Series
Carlos CruzFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Frankie TaylorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 4 · Taylor 1 of 5 measurable rows
CruzTaylor
Record†
42-13-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
75.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
33.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
33%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
5.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 58
58
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
Carlos Cruz: 5′7″
Frankie Taylor: No height on file
Reachnot held
Carlos Cruz: 68″
Frankie Taylor: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Carlos Cruz: Died aged 32
Frankie Taylor: 84
Stance
Carlos Cruz: Orthodox
Frankie Taylor: Not recorded

Carlos Cruz left, Frankie Taylor right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carlos Cruz42 wins · from 58 tracked bouts

Carlos Cruz: 42 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (33%) and 28 on the cards (67%). Counted from 58 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 33%28 on the cards 67%

Frankie Taylor0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Frankie Taylor: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Taylor yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carlos Cruz 58, Frankie Taylor 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

Carlos Cruz has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Mando Ramos. Cruz last boxed on Jan 17, 1970.LWWWW

Ramos Feb 1969Ponder Aug 1969Kesey Oct 1969Melendez Oct 1969Juarez Jan 19705.7 tracked bouts per year

Frankie Taylor last boxed on Jul 6, 1965 — 22,391 days ago. Taylor had lost the most recent, to Carlos Cruz.L

Cruz Jul 1965

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carlos Cruz and Frankie Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Carlos Cruz and Frankie Taylor met once on July 6, 1965, and Carlos Cruz won by PTS.
The meeting

WJul 6, 1965 · Cruz · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Taylor?
Carlos Cruz is 42-13-2 and Frankie Taylor is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Carlos Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cruz42–13–275.4%

Taylor0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Taylor?
Carlos Cruz has 14 knockout wins and Frankie Taylor has 0. Carlos Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz1433.3%

Taylor0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carlos Cruz and Frankie Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 58 bouts tracked for Carlos Cruz and 1 bout tracked for Frankie Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz58bouts

Taylor1bout

How They Win ↓

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