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Christopher Avalos vs Leo Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Christopher Avalos

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Leo Santa Cruz

Christopher Avalos (27-8) and Leo Santa Cruz (38-2-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Avalos

27

Wins20 KO · 74%

8

Losses

0

Draws9 tracked bouts

Cruz

38

Wins19 KO · 50%

2

Losses

1

Draw41 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Cruz leads 1–0

Christopher Avalos and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Christopher Avalos and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2017Oct 14Series
Christopher AvalosFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leo Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Avalos 2 · Cruz 6 of 8 measurable rows
AvalosCruz
Record
27-838-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
77.1%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
19
KO rate0–100%
74.07% (edge)
50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
33%
50% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.7
1
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
9
41

† 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

HeightLevel
Christopher Avalos: 5′7″
Leo Santa Cruz: 5′7″
Reach+1″
Christopher Avalos: 68″
Leo Santa Cruz: 69″ (edge)
Age2 yrs apart
Christopher Avalos: 36
Leo Santa Cruz: 38
Stance
Christopher Avalos: Orthodox
Leo Santa Cruz: Orthodox

Christopher Avalos left, Leo Santa 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
Christopher Avalos3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Christopher Avalos: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

Leo Santa Cruz38 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Leo Santa Cruz: 38 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (50%) and 19 on the cards (50%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 50%19 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Christopher Avalos 9, Leo Santa Cruz 41 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Cruz better on 1 · even on 1

Avalos

Opponent

Cruz

  • Christopher Avalos

    Win, RTD 5

    2017

    FloresEven

    Leo Santa Cruz

    Win, UD

    2019

  • Christopher Avalos

    Loss, TKO 5

    2015

    FramptonCruz better

    Leo Santa Cruz

    1–1 against

    Win, MD

    2017

    Loss, MD

    2016

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Christopher Avalos last boxed on Jul 21, 2020 — 2,285 days ago. Avalos had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Valdez Sep 2015Magsayo Apr 2016Flores Jul 2017Cruz Oct 2017Dogboe Jul 20201 tracked bouts per year

Leo Santa Cruz last boxed on Feb 5, 2022 — 1,721 days ago. Cruz had won once since losing by stoppage to Gervonta Davis.WWWLW

Mares Jun 2018Rivera Feb 2019Flores Nov 2019Davis Oct 2020Carbajal Feb 20222.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Christopher Avalos and Leo Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Christopher Avalos and Leo Santa Cruz met once on October 14, 2017, and Leo Santa Cruz won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

LOct 14, 2017 · Cruz · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Avalos or Cruz?
Christopher Avalos is 27-8 and Leo Santa Cruz is 38-2-1. Leo Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Avalos27–877.1%

Cruz38–2–193.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Avalos or Cruz?
Christopher Avalos has 20 knockout wins and Leo Santa Cruz has 19. Christopher Avalos has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Avalos2074.1%

Cruz1950%

The Numbers ↓
Do Avalos and Cruz have any common opponents?
Christopher Avalos and Leo Santa Cruz share 2 common opponents: Miguel Flores and Carl Frampton. Leo Santa Cruz fared better against 1 of them.
Who is bigger, Avalos or Cruz?
Leo Santa Cruz is the taller fighter at 171 cm, 1 cm above the other. Leo Santa Cruz also has the longer reach, by 2 cm.
Height · reach

Avalos170 cm173 cm reach

Cruz171 cm175 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Avalos and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Christopher Avalos and 41 bouts tracked for Leo Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Avalos9bouts

Cruz41bouts

How They Win ↓

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