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Gaby Canizales vs Jorge Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gaby Canizales

Jorge Cruz

Gaby Canizales (48-8-1) and Jorge Cruz (0-8 across 8 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.

Canizales

48

Wins36 KO · 75%

8

Losses

1

Draw57 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

0–8

counted from 8 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

Canizales leads 1–0

Gaby Canizales and Jorge Cruz have met 1 time; Canizales leads 1–0.

Gaby Canizales and Jorge Cruz have met 1 time; Canizales leads 1–0.
Met1981Jul 27Series
Gaby CanizalesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jorge CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Canizales 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
CanizalesCruz
Record†
48-8-1 (edge)0-8
Win %0–100%
85.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 36
36 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
75%—
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.7
4.7 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
8

† 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
Gaby Canizales: 65″
Jorge Cruz: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gaby Canizales: 66
Jorge Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Gaby Canizales: Orthodox
Jorge Cruz: Not recorded

Gaby Canizales left, Jorge 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
Gaby Canizales48 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Gaby Canizales: 48 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (75%) and 12 on the cards (25%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 75%12 on the cards 25%

Jorge Cruz0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Jorge Cruz: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gaby Canizales 57, Jorge Cruz 8 — 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

Gaby Canizales last boxed on Jun 30, 1991 — 12,902 days ago. Canizales had won three in a row before losing a decision to Duke McKenzie.DWWWL

Valdez Jul 1990Soto Sep 1990Torres Nov 1990Lora Mar 1991McKenzie Jun 19914.7 tracked bouts per year

Jorge Cruz last boxed on Jun 12, 2009 — 6,345 days ago. Cruz had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Márquez May 2007Mora Jul 2007Velarde Nov 2008Rodríguez Dec 2008Sánchez Jun 20090.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gaby Canizales and Jorge Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Gaby Canizales and Jorge Cruz met once on July 27, 1981, and Gaby Canizales won by KO.
The meeting

WJul 27, 1981 · Canizales · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Canizales or Cruz?
Gaby Canizales is 48-8-1 and Jorge Cruz is 0-8 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gaby Canizales has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Canizales48–8–185.1%

Cruz0–80%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Canizales or Cruz?
Gaby Canizales has 36 knockout wins and Jorge Cruz has 0. Gaby Canizales has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Canizales3675%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Canizales and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gaby Canizales and Jorge Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Canizales and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Gaby Canizales and 8 bouts tracked for Jorge Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Canizales57bouts

Cruz8bouts

How They Win ↓

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