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Derrick Gainer vs Jay Cantu — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Derrick Gainer

Jay Cantu

Derrick Gainer (43-7-1) and Jay Cantu (0-2 across 2 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.

Gainer

43

Wins25 KO · 58%

7

Losses

1

Draw51 tracked bouts

Cantu

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Gainer leads 1–0

Derrick Gainer and Jay Cantu have met 1 time; Gainer leads 1–0.

Derrick Gainer and Jay Cantu have met 1 time; Gainer leads 1–0.
Met1999Sep 10Series
Derrick GainerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jay CantuFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Gainer 4 · Cantu 0 of 4 measurable rows
GainerCantu
Record†
43-7-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
85.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.14%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
58%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
51
2

† 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
Derrick Gainer: 5′9″
Jay Cantu: No height on file
Reachnot held
Derrick Gainer: 72″
Jay Cantu: No reach on file
Agenot held
Derrick Gainer: 54
Jay Cantu: No date of birth
Stance
Derrick Gainer: Southpaw
Jay Cantu: Not recorded

Derrick Gainer left, Jay Cantu right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Derrick Gainer43 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Derrick Gainer: 43 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (58%) and 18 on the cards (42%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 58%18 on the cards 42%

Jay Cantu0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Jay Cantu: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cantu yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Derrick Gainer 51, Jay Cantu 2 — 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

Derrick Gainer last boxed on Sep 29, 2012 — 5,132 days ago. Gainer had won four straight since losing a decision to Chris John.LWWWW

John Apr 2005Payne Aug 2006Navarro Jul 2007Hernandez Aug 2010Santos Sep 20122.3 tracked bouts per year

Jay Cantu last boxed on Sep 10, 1999 — 9,900 days ago. Cantu had lost two straight.LL

Casamayor Apr 1999Gainer Sep 1999

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Derrick Gainer and Jay Cantu ever fought each other?
Yes. Derrick Gainer and Jay Cantu met once on September 10, 1999, and Derrick Gainer won by TKO.
The meeting

WSep 10, 1999 · Gainer · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gainer or Cantu?
Derrick Gainer is 43-7-1 and Jay Cantu is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Derrick Gainer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gainer43–7–185.3%

Cantu0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gainer or Cantu?
Derrick Gainer has 25 knockout wins and Jay Cantu has 0. Derrick Gainer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gainer2558.1%

Cantu0

The Numbers ↓
Do Gainer and Cantu have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Derrick Gainer and Jay Cantu have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gainer and Cantu?
This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Derrick Gainer and 2 bouts tracked for Jay Cantu. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gainer51bouts

Cantu2bouts

How They Win ↓

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