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Jose Angel Cota vs Leo Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jose Angel Cota

🇲🇽MEXICO

Leo Santa Cruz

Jose Angel Cota (0-5 across 5 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.

Cota

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Jose Angel Cota and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Jose Angel Cota and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2010Jun 3Series
Jose Angel CotaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leo Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Cota 0 · Cruz 6 of 6 measurable rows
CotaCruz
Record†
0-538-2-1 (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‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
1.3
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
5
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
Jose Angel Cota: No height on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jose Angel Cota: No reach on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 69″
Agenot held
Jose Angel Cota: No date of birth
Leo Santa Cruz: 38
Stance
Jose Angel Cota: Not recorded
Leo Santa Cruz: Orthodox

Jose Angel Cota 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
Jose Angel Cota0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jose Angel Cota: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cota 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 — Jose Angel Cota 5, 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

Jose Angel Cota last boxed on Mar 15, 2014 — 4,614 days ago. Cota had lost five straight.LLLLL

Cruz Jun 2010Sarnoi Jan 2012Prescott Jul 2012Ávila Oct 2013Roman Mar 20141.3 tracked bouts per year

Leo Santa Cruz last boxed on Feb 5, 2022 — 1,729 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 Jose Angel Cota and Leo Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Angel Cota and Leo Santa Cruz met once on June 3, 2010, and Leo Santa Cruz won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LJun 3, 2010 · Cruz · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cota or Cruz?
Jose Angel Cota is 0-5 across the 5 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 %

Cota0–50%

Cruz38–2–193.9%

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

Cota0

Cruz1950%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cota and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Angel Cota and Leo Santa Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cota and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jose Angel Cota and 41 bouts tracked for Leo Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cota5bouts

Cruz41bouts

How They Win ↓

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