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Ernesto Zavala vs José Armando Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Ernesto Zavala

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Armando Santa Cruz

Ernesto Zavala (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and José Armando Santa Cruz (28-5) 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.

Zavala

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

28

Wins17 KO · 61%

5

Losses

0

Draws33 tracked bouts

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

Ernesto Zavala and José Armando Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Ernesto Zavala and José Armando Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2005Jun 10Series
Ernesto ZavalaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
José Armando Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Zavala 1 · Cruz 5 of 6 measurable rows
ZavalaCruz
Record†
0-228-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—61%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.3
0.4
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 33
2
33

† 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
Ernesto Zavala: No height on file
José Armando Santa Cruz: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Ernesto Zavala: No reach on file
José Armando Santa Cruz: 74″
Age7 yrs apart
Ernesto Zavala: 53
José Armando Santa Cruz: 46
Stance
Ernesto Zavala: Not recorded
José Armando Santa Cruz: Orthodox

Ernesto Zavala left, José Armando 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
Ernesto Zavala0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Ernesto Zavala: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Zavala yet.

José Armando Santa Cruz28 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

José Armando Santa Cruz: 28 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (61%) and 11 on the cards (39%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 61%11 on the cards 39%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernesto Zavala 2, José Armando Santa Cruz 33 — 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

Ernesto Zavala last boxed on Jun 24, 2010 — 5,976 days ago. Zavala had lost two straight.LL

Cruz Jun 2005Vargas Jun 20100.4 tracked bouts per year

José Armando Santa Cruz last boxed on Jul 16, 2010 — 5,954 days ago. Cruz had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Zab Judah.WLWWL

Munguia Jul 2008Pitalúa Sep 2008Macias Oct 2009Mora Dec 2009Judah Jul 20103.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ernesto Zavala and José Armando Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernesto Zavala and José Armando Santa Cruz met once on June 10, 2005, and José Armando Santa Cruz won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LJun 10, 2005 · Cruz · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Zavala or Cruz?
Ernesto Zavala is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and José Armando Santa Cruz is 28-5. José Armando Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Zavala0–20%

Cruz28–584.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Zavala or Cruz?
Ernesto Zavala has 0 knockout wins and José Armando Santa Cruz has 17. José Armando Santa Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Zavala0

Cruz1760.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Zavala and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ernesto Zavala and José Armando Santa Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Zavala and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Ernesto Zavala and 33 bouts tracked for José Armando Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Zavala2bouts

Cruz33bouts

How They Win ↓

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