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James Owens vs Leo Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Owens

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Leo Santa Cruz

James Owens (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Leo Santa Cruz (38-2-1) 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.

Owens

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

38

Wins19 KO · 50%

2

Losses

1

Draw41 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 Owens and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

James Owens and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2010Oct 21Series
James OwensFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leo Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Owens 0 · Cruz 4 of 4 measurable rows
OwensCruz
Record†
0-238-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
2
41

† 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 Owens: No height on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 5′7″
Reachnot held
James Owens: No reach on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 69″
Agenot held
James Owens: No date of birth
Leo Santa Cruz: 38
Stance
James Owens: Not recorded
Leo Santa Cruz: Orthodox

James Owens left, Leo 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 Owens0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

James Owens: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Owens yet.

Leo Santa Cruz38 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Leo Santa Cruz: 38 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (50%) and 19 on the cards (50%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 50%19 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Owens 2, Leo Santa Cruz 41 — 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 Owens last boxed on Oct 21, 2010 — 5,849 days ago. Owens had lost two straight.LL

Barthelemy May 2010Cruz Oct 2010

Leo Santa Cruz last boxed on Feb 5, 2022 — 1,724 days ago. Cruz had won once since losing by stoppage to Gervonta Davis.WWWLW

Mares Jun 2018Rivera Feb 2019Flores Nov 2019Davis Oct 2020Carbajal Feb 20222.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Owens and Leo Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. James Owens and Leo Santa Cruz met once on October 21, 2010, and Leo Santa Cruz won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 21, 2010 · Cruz · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Owens or Cruz?
James Owens is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Leo Santa Cruz is 38-2-1. Leo Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Owens0–20%

Cruz38–2–193.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Owens or Cruz?
James Owens has 0 knockout wins and Leo Santa Cruz has 19. Leo Santa Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Owens0

Cruz1950%

The Numbers ↓
Do Owens and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Owens and Leo Santa Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Owens and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for James Owens and 41 bouts tracked for Leo Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Owens2bouts

Cruz41bouts

How They Win ↓

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