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Jerome Brooks vs Steve Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jerome Brooks

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Steve Cruz

Jerome Brooks (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Steve Cruz (37-8) 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.

Brooks

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

37

Wins19 KO · 51%

8

Losses

0

Draws45 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

Jerome Brooks and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Jerome Brooks and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met1985May 28Series
Jerome BrooksFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Steve CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Brooks 1 · Cruz 4 of 5 measurable rows
BrooksCruz
Record†
0-137-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—51.35%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—51%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
1
45

† 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
Jerome Brooks: No height on file
Steve Cruz: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Jerome Brooks: No reach on file
Steve Cruz: 68″
Agenot held
Jerome Brooks: No date of birth
Steve Cruz: 62
Stance
Jerome Brooks: Not recorded
Steve Cruz: Orthodox

Jerome Brooks left, Steve 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
Jerome Brooks0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jerome Brooks: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Brooks yet.

Steve Cruz37 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Steve Cruz: 37 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (51%) and 18 on the cards (49%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 51%18 on the cards 49%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jerome Brooks 1, Steve Cruz 45 — 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

Jerome Brooks last boxed on May 28, 1985 — 15,119 days ago. Brooks had lost the most recent, to Steve Cruz.L

Cruz May 1985

Steve Cruz last boxed on Dec 18, 1993 — 11,993 days ago. Cruz had won two straight since three straight losses.LLLWW

Ruelas Mar 1991Hodkinson Apr 1992Watanabe Aug 1992Castillo Jun 1993Chala Dec 19933.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jerome Brooks and Steve Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Jerome Brooks and Steve Cruz met once on May 28, 1985, and Steve Cruz won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LMay 28, 1985 · Cruz · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Brooks or Cruz?
Jerome Brooks is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Steve Cruz is 37-8. Steve Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Brooks0–10%

Cruz37–882.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Brooks or Cruz?
Jerome Brooks has 0 knockout wins and Steve Cruz has 19. Steve Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Brooks0

Cruz1951.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Brooks and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jerome Brooks and Steve Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brooks and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jerome Brooks and 45 bouts tracked for Steve Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Brooks1bout

Cruz45bouts

How They Win ↓

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