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Gary Antonio Russell vs Jose Maria Cardenas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gary Antonio Russell

Jose Maria Cardenas

Gary Antonio Russell (22-1) and Jose Maria Cardenas (1-3 across 4 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.

Russell

22

Wins13 KO · 59%

1

Loss

0

Draws24 tracked bouts

Cardenas

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Russell leads 1–0

Gary Antonio Russell and Jose Maria Cardenas have met 1 time; Russell leads 1–0.

Gary Antonio Russell and Jose Maria Cardenas have met 1 time; Russell leads 1–0.
Met2019Mar 2Series
Gary Antonio RussellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jose Maria CardenasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Russell 5 · Cardenas 1 of 6 measurable rows
RussellCardenas
Record†
22-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
95.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 13
13 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
59.09%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
59%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 24
24
4

† 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
Gary Antonio Russell: 5′6″
Jose Maria Cardenas: No height on file
Agenot held
Gary Antonio Russell: 33
Jose Maria Cardenas: No date of birth
Stance
Gary Antonio Russell: Orthodox
Jose Maria Cardenas: Not recorded

Gary Antonio Russell left, Jose Maria Cardenas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gary Antonio Russell22 wins · from 24 tracked bouts

Gary Antonio Russell: 22 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (59%), 6 on the cards (27%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (14%). Counted from 24 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 59%6 on the cards 27%3 by another method or unrecorded 14%

Jose Maria Cardenas1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Jose Maria Cardenas: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gary Antonio Russell 24, Jose Maria Cardenas 4 — 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

Gary Antonio Russell has won three straight since losing to Emmanuel Rodríguez. Russell last boxed on Aug 22, 2026 — 71 days ago.WLWWW

Santiago Nov 2021Rodríguez Oct 2022Burnias Oct 2024Rodriguez Aug 2025Santillan Aug 20262.1 tracked bouts per year

Jose Maria Cardenas last boxed on Nov 30, 2019 — 2,528 days ago. Cardenas had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Russell Mar 2019Vargas May 2019Cuadras Sep 2019Jr. Nov 2019

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gary Antonio Russell and Jose Maria Cardenas ever fought each other?
Yes. Gary Antonio Russell and Jose Maria Cardenas met once on March 2, 2019, and Gary Antonio Russell won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WMar 2, 2019 · Russell · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Russell or Cardenas?
Gary Antonio Russell is 22-1 and Jose Maria Cardenas is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gary Antonio Russell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Russell22–195.7%

Cardenas1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Russell or Cardenas?
Gary Antonio Russell has 13 knockout wins and Jose Maria Cardenas has 1. Gary Antonio Russell has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Russell1359.1%

Cardenas1

The Numbers ↓
Do Russell and Cardenas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gary Antonio Russell and Jose Maria Cardenas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Russell and Cardenas?
This comparison is drawn from 24 bouts tracked for Gary Antonio Russell and 4 bouts tracked for Jose Maria Cardenas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Russell24bouts

Cardenas4bouts

How They Win ↓

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