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Ernie Cruz vs Lionel Rose — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ernie Cruz

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA

Lionel Rose

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.

Cruz

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Rose

42

Wins12 KO · 29%

11

Losses

0

Draws53 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

Rose leads 1–0

Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose have met 1 time; Rose leads 1–0.

Ernie Cruz and Lionel Rose have met 1 time; Rose leads 1–0.
Met1969Jun 10Series
Ernie CruzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lionel RoseFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 1 · Rose 5 of 6 measurable rows
CruzRose
Record†
0-442-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
79.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—29%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.3
3.3
4.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
4
53

† 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
Ernie Cruz: No height on file
Lionel Rose: 5′5″
Agenot held
Ernie Cruz: No date of birth
Lionel Rose: Died aged 62
Stance
Ernie Cruz: Not recorded
Lionel Rose: Orthodox

Ernie Cruz left, Lionel Rose right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ernie Cruz0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ernie Cruz: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

Lionel Rose42 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Lionel Rose: 42 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (29%) and 30 on the cards (71%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 29%30 on the cards 71%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernie Cruz 4, Lionel Rose 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Rose better on 1 · even on 1

Cruz

Opponent

Rose

  • Ernie Cruz

    Loss, TKO 9

    1969

    OlivaresEven

    Lionel Rose

    Loss, KO 5

    1969

  • Ernie Cruz

    Loss, KO 5

    1969

    CastilloRose better

    Lionel Rose

    Win, SD

    1968

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

Ernie Cruz last boxed on Jun 6, 1970 — 20,596 days ago. Cruz had lost four straight.LLLL

Olivares Mar 1969Rose Jun 1969Castillo Jun 1969Villaflor Jun 19703.3 tracked bouts per year

Lionel Rose has lost two straight, after one straight win. Rose last boxed on Dec 18, 1976.LLWLL

Matthews Aug 1975Moeller Oct 1975Agate Nov 1975Limón Aug 1976Apeang Dec 19764.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LJun 10, 1969 · Rose · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or 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.
Records · win %

Cruz0–40%

Rose42–1179.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Rose?
Ernie Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Lionel Rose has 12. Lionel Rose has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz0

Rose1228.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and 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.
2 shared opponents

Rubén OlivaresLL

Chucho CastilloLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz4bouts

Rose53bouts

How They Win ↓

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