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José Aníbal Cruz vs Román Martínez — record, stats and common opponents compared

José Aníbal Cruz

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Román Martínez

José Aníbal Cruz (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Román Martínez (30-4-3) 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.

Cruz

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Martínez

30

Wins18 KO · 60%

4

Losses

3

Draws37 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

Martínez leads 1–0

José Aníbal Cruz and Román Martínez have met 1 time; Martínez leads 1–0.

José Aníbal Cruz and Román Martínez have met 1 time; Martínez leads 1–0.
Met2008Feb 23Series
José Aníbal CruzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Román MartínezFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 1 · Martínez 4 of 5 measurable rows
CruzMartínez
Record†
0-130-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
1
37

† 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
José Aníbal Cruz: No height on file
Román Martínez: 5′8″
Reachnot held
José Aníbal Cruz: No reach on file
Román Martínez: 67″
Agenot held
José Aníbal Cruz: No date of birth
Román Martínez: 43
Stance
José Aníbal Cruz: Not recorded
Román Martínez: Orthodox

José Aníbal Cruz left, Román Martínez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
José Aníbal Cruz0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

José Aníbal Cruz: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

Román Martínez30 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Román Martínez: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%), 11 on the cards (37%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%11 on the cards 37%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Aníbal Cruz 1, Román Martínez 37 — 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

José Aníbal Cruz last boxed on Feb 23, 2008 — 6,822 days ago. Cruz had lost the most recent, to Román Martínez.L

Martínez Feb 2008

Román Martínez last boxed on Jul 27, 2019 — 2,650 days ago. Martínez had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Yuriorkis Gamboa.WDLWL

Salido Apr 2015Salido Sep 2015Lomachenko Jun 2016Gonzalez Mar 2019Gamboa Jul 20192.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Aníbal Cruz and Román Martínez ever fought each other?
Yes. José Aníbal Cruz and Román Martínez met once on February 23, 2008, and Román Martínez won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LFeb 23, 2008 · Martínez · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Martínez?
José Aníbal Cruz is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Román Martínez is 30-4-3. Román Martínez has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cruz0–10%

Martínez30–4–385.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Martínez?
José Aníbal Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Román Martínez has 18. Román Martínez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz0

Martínez1860%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and Martínez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Aníbal Cruz and Román Martínez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Martínez?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for José Aníbal Cruz and 37 bouts tracked for Román Martínez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz1bout

Martínez37bouts

How They Win ↓

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