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José Armando Santa Cruz vs Zab Judah — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Armando Santa Cruz

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Zab Judah

José Armando Santa Cruz (28-5) and Zab Judah (44-10) 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

28

Wins17 KO · 61%

5

Losses

0

Draws33 tracked bouts

Judah

44

Wins30 KO · 68%

10

Losses

0

Draws56 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Judah leads 1–0

José Armando Santa Cruz and Zab Judah have met 1 time; Judah leads 1–0.

José Armando Santa Cruz and Zab Judah have met 1 time; Judah leads 1–0.
Met2010Jul 16Series
José Armando Santa CruzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Zab JudahFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 3 · Judah 4 of 7 measurable rows
CruzJudah
Record
28-5 (edge)44-10
Win %0–100%
84.8% (edge)
81.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
17
30 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
60.71%
68.18% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
61%
68% (edge)
Times stopped†levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 8
1
8 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 56
33
56

† 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

Height+3″
José Armando Santa Cruz: 5′10″ (edge)
Zab Judah: 5′7″
Reach+2″
José Armando Santa Cruz: 74″ (edge)
Zab Judah: 72″
Age3 yrs apart
José Armando Santa Cruz: 46
Zab Judah: 49
Stance
José Armando Santa Cruz: Orthodox
Zab Judah: Southpaw

José Armando Santa Cruz left, Zab Judah 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 Armando Santa Cruz28 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

José Armando Santa Cruz: 28 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (61%) and 11 on the cards (39%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 61%11 on the cards 39%

Zab Judah44 wins · from 56 tracked bouts

Zab Judah: 44 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (68%) and 14 on the cards (32%). Counted from 56 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 68%14 on the cards 32%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Armando Santa Cruz 33, Zab Judah 56 — 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 Armando Santa Cruz last boxed on Jul 16, 2010 — 5,951 days ago. Cruz had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Zab Judah.WLWWL

Munguia Jul 2008Pitalúa Sep 2008Macias Oct 2009Mora Dec 2009Judah Jul 20103.3 tracked bouts per year

Zab Judah last boxed on Jun 7, 2019 — 2,703 days ago. Judah had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Cletus Seldin.LLWWL

García Apr 2013Malignaggi Dec 2013Munguia Jan 2017Rincon Jan 2018Seldin Jun 20192.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Armando Santa Cruz and Zab Judah ever fought each other?
Yes. José Armando Santa Cruz and Zab Judah met once on July 16, 2010, and Zab Judah won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LJul 16, 2010 · Judah · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Judah?
José Armando Santa Cruz is 28-5 and Zab Judah is 44-10. José Armando Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Cruz28–584.8%

Judah44–1081.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Judah?
José Armando Santa Cruz has 17 knockout wins and Zab Judah has 30. Zab Judah has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz1760.7%

Judah3068.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and Judah have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Armando Santa Cruz and Zab Judah have faced.
Who is bigger, Cruz or Judah?
José Armando Santa Cruz is the taller fighter at 178 cm, 8 cm above the other. José Armando Santa Cruz also has the longer reach, by 5 cm.
Height · reach

Cruz178 cm188 cm reach

Judah170 cm183 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Judah?
This comparison is drawn from 33 bouts tracked for José Armando Santa Cruz and 56 bouts tracked for Zab Judah. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz33bouts

Judah56bouts

How They Win ↓

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