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Denny Moyer vs Rudy Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Denny Moyer

Rudy Cruz

Denny Moyer (98-38-4) and Rudy Cruz (1-6 across 7 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.

Moyer

98

Wins25 KO · 26%

38

Losses

4

Draws141 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 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

Moyer leads 1–0

Denny Moyer and Rudy Cruz have met 1 time; Moyer leads 1–0.

Denny Moyer and Rudy Cruz have met 1 time; Moyer leads 1–0.
Met1974Aug 16Series
Denny MoyerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rudy CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Moyer 6 · Cruz 1 of 7 measurable rows
MoyerCruz
Record†
98-38-4 (edge)1-6
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
14.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
25.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
26% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8
8 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 141
141
7

† 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

Reachnot held
Denny Moyer: 72″
Rudy Cruz: No reach on file
Agenot held
Denny Moyer: Died aged 70
Rudy Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Denny Moyer: Orthodox
Rudy Cruz: Not recorded

Denny Moyer left, Rudy 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
Denny Moyer98 wins · from 141 tracked bouts

Denny Moyer: 98 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (26%) and 73 on the cards (74%). Counted from 141 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 26%73 on the cards 74%

Rudy Cruz1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Rudy Cruz: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Denny Moyer 141, Rudy Cruz 7 — 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

Denny Moyer has lost two straight, after one straight win. Moyer last boxed on Mar 18, 1975.WLWLL

Medina Oct 1974Knudsen Nov 1974DiFazio Dec 1974Rodriguez Feb 1975Csandl Mar 19758 tracked bouts per year

Rudy Cruz last boxed on Apr 17, 2004 — 8,227 days ago. Cruz had lost five straight.LLLLL

Williams Dec 1950Moyer Aug 1974Seales May 1975Lazcano Aug 1993Alvarado Apr 20040.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Denny Moyer and Rudy Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Denny Moyer and Rudy Cruz met once on August 16, 1974, and Denny Moyer won by MD.
The meeting

WAug 16, 1974 · Moyer · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moyer or Cruz?
Denny Moyer is 98-38-4 and Rudy Cruz is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Denny Moyer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Moyer98–38–471.4%

Cruz1–614.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Moyer or Cruz?
Denny Moyer has 25 knockout wins and Rudy Cruz has 0. Denny Moyer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Moyer2525.5%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Moyer and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Denny Moyer and Rudy Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Moyer and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 141 bouts tracked for Denny Moyer and 7 bouts tracked for Rudy Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Moyer141bouts

Cruz7bouts

How They Win ↓

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