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.
Ernie Cruz (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Lionel Rose (42-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Ernie Cruz vs Lionel Rose — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lionel Rose leads 1–0- Lionel Rose wonRose vs CruzJun 10, 1969 · MD
The Numbers
- 0-4
- Record
- 42-11 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 79.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 12 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 28.57%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 29%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 3.3
- Bouts per year
- 4.3 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 53
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′5″ (166 cm)
- —
- Age
- 78
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Australia
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyErnie Cruz · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Lionel Rose · 42 wins
KO/TKO
12
Decision
30
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 53 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Ernie Cruz
LLLL
L4 streak · last fought Jun 6, 1970
Lionel Rose
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 18, 1976
Common Questions
- Have Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose ever fought each other?
- Yes. Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose met once on June 10, 1969, and Lionel Rose won by MD.
- Who has the better record, Ernie Cruz or Lionel Rose?
- Ernie Cruz is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Rose is 42-11. Lionel Rose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Ernie Cruz or Lionel Rose?
- Ernie Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Lionel Rose has 12. Lionel Rose has more.
- Do Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose have any common opponents?
- Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose share 2 common opponents: Rubén Olivares and Chucho Castillo. Lionel Rose fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ernie Cruz and 53 bouts tracked for Lionel Rose. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.