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Gary Antuanne Russell vs Kent Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT

Gary Antuanne Russell

Cross-division

WELTERWEIGHT

Kent Cruz

Gary Antuanne Russell (19-1) and Kent Cruz (0-2 across 2 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

19

Wins17 KO · 89%

1

Loss

0

Draws20 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Antuanne Russell and Kent Cruz have met 1 time; Russell leads 1–0.

Gary Antuanne Russell and Kent Cruz have met 1 time; Russell leads 1–0.
Met2023Aug 12Series
Gary Antuanne RussellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kent CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Russell 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
RussellCruz
Record†
19-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
95% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
89.47%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
89%—
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.3
2.3 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 20
20
2

† 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 Antuanne Russell: 5′10″
Kent Cruz: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gary Antuanne Russell: 69″
Kent Cruz: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gary Antuanne Russell: 30
Kent Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Gary Antuanne Russell: Southpaw
Kent Cruz: Not recorded

Gary Antuanne Russell left, Kent Cruz right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Super Lightweight against Welterweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Gary Antuanne Russell19 wins · from 20 tracked bouts

Gary Antuanne Russell: 19 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (89%) and 2 on the cards (11%). Counted from 20 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 89%2 on the cards 11%

Kent Cruz0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Kent Cruz: no tracked wins in the 2 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 — Gary Antuanne Russell 20, Kent Cruz 2 — 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 Antuanne Russell has won two straight since losing a decision to Alberto Puello. Russell last boxed on Feb 21, 2026 — 250 days ago.WWLWW

Barthelemy Jul 2022Cruz Aug 2023Puello Jun 2024Valenzuela Mar 2025Hiraoka Feb 20262.3 tracked bouts per year

Kent Cruz has lost two straight. Cruz last boxed on Apr 5, 2025 — 572 days ago.LL

Russell Aug 2023Rodriguez Apr 20251.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gary Antuanne Russell and Kent Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Gary Antuanne Russell and Kent Cruz met once on August 12, 2023, and Gary Antuanne Russell won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WAug 12, 2023 · Russell · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Russell or Cruz?
Gary Antuanne Russell is 19-1 and Kent Cruz is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gary Antuanne Russell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Russell19–195%

Cruz0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Russell or Cruz?
Gary Antuanne Russell has 17 knockout wins and Kent Cruz has 0. Gary Antuanne Russell has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Russell1789.5%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Russell and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gary Antuanne Russell and Kent Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Russell and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 20 bouts tracked for Gary Antuanne Russell and 2 bouts tracked for Kent Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Russell20bouts

Cruz2bouts

How They Win ↓

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