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James Crayton vs José Armando Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

James Crayton

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Armando Santa Cruz

James Crayton (0-13 across 13 tracked bouts) and José Armando Santa Cruz (28-5) 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.

Crayton

Tracked record

0–13

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

28

Wins17 KO · 61%

5

Losses

0

Draws33 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

Cruz leads 1–0

James Crayton and José Armando Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

James Crayton and José Armando Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2004May 13Series
James CraytonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
José Armando Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Crayton 1 · Cruz 5 of 6 measurable rows
CraytonCruz
Record†
0-1328-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—61%
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.3
1.1
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 33
13
33

† 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
James Crayton: No height on file
José Armando Santa Cruz: 5′10″
Reachnot held
James Crayton: No reach on file
José Armando Santa Cruz: 74″
Age10 yrs apart
James Crayton: 56
José Armando Santa Cruz: 46
Stance
James Crayton: Not recorded
José Armando Santa Cruz: Orthodox

James Crayton left, José Armando Santa 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
James Crayton0 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

James Crayton: no tracked wins in the 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Crayton yet.

José Armando Santa Cruz28 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

José Armando Santa Cruz: 28 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (61%) and 11 on the cards (39%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 61%11 on the cards 39%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Crayton 13, José Armando Santa Cruz 33 — 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

James Crayton last boxed on May 17, 2008 — 6,738 days ago. Crayton had lost 13 straight.LLLLL

Cruz May 2004Jauregui Jul 2004Johnston Oct 2005Berto Oct 2006Truax May 20081.1 tracked bouts per year

José Armando Santa Cruz last boxed on Jul 16, 2010 — 5,948 days ago. Cruz had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Zab Judah.WLWWL

Munguia Jul 2008Pitalúa Sep 2008Macias Oct 2009Mora Dec 2009Judah Jul 20103.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Crayton and José Armando Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. James Crayton and José Armando Santa Cruz met once on May 13, 2004, and José Armando Santa Cruz won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 13, 2004 · Cruz · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Crayton or Cruz?
James Crayton is 0-13 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and José Armando Santa Cruz is 28-5. José Armando Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Crayton0–130%

Cruz28–584.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Crayton or Cruz?
James Crayton has 0 knockout wins and José Armando Santa Cruz has 17. José Armando Santa Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Crayton0

Cruz1760.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Crayton and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Crayton and José Armando Santa Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Crayton and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for James Crayton and 33 bouts tracked for José Armando Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Crayton13bouts

Cruz33bouts

How They Win ↓

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