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.
Jesus De la Cruz (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) 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.
Jesus De la Cruz vs Pernell Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Pernell Whitaker leads 1–0- Pernell Whitaker wonWhitaker vs CruzNov 12, 1985 · TKO · R1
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 40-4-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 90% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 17 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 42.5%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 43%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 7 (edge)
- —
- Bouts per year
- 2.8
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 46
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′6″ (168 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 69″ (175 cm)
- —
- Age
- 62
- —
- Stance
- Southpaw
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJesus De la Cruz · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Pernell Whitaker · 40 wins
KO/TKO
17
Decision
23
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 46 respectively), 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
Jesus De la Cruz
L
L1 streak · last fought Nov 12, 1985
Pernell Whitaker
LLNCLW
L2 streak · last fought Apr 27, 2001
Common Questions
- Have Jesus De la Cruz and Pernell Whitaker ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jesus De la Cruz and Pernell Whitaker met once on November 12, 1985, and Pernell Whitaker won by TKO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Jesus De la Cruz or Pernell Whitaker?
- Jesus De la Cruz is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Jesus De la Cruz or Pernell Whitaker?
- Jesus De la Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Pernell Whitaker has 17. Pernell Whitaker has more.
- Do Jesus De la Cruz and Pernell Whitaker have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jesus De la Cruz and Pernell Whitaker have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jesus De la Cruz and Pernell Whitaker?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jesus De la Cruz and 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.