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.
Jose Cruz (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Julio César Chávez Jr. (56-7-1) 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.
Jose Cruz vs Julio César Chávez Jr. — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Julio César Chávez Jr. leads 1–0- Julio César Chávez Jr. wonChávez Jr. vs CruzJan 21, 2005 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 56-7-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 88.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 36 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 64.29%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 64%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 2.9
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 64
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
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- Height
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 73″ (185 cm)
- —
- Age
- 41
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Mexico
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJose Cruz · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Julio César Chávez Jr. · 55 wins
KO/TKO
35
Decision
20
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 64 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
Jose Cruz
L
L1 streak · last fought Jan 21, 2005
Julio César Chávez Jr.
WLWWL
W1 streak · last fought Jan 24, 2026
Common Questions
- Have Jose Cruz and Julio César Chávez Jr. ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jose Cruz and Julio César Chávez Jr. met once on January 21, 2005, and Julio César Chávez Jr. won by TKO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Jose Cruz or Julio César Chávez Jr.?
- Jose Cruz is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Julio César Chávez Jr. is 56-7-1. Julio César Chávez Jr. has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Jose Cruz or Julio César Chávez Jr.?
- Jose Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Julio César Chávez Jr. has 36. Julio César Chávez Jr. has more.
- Do Jose Cruz and Julio César Chávez Jr. have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Cruz and Julio César Chávez Jr. have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jose Cruz and Julio César Chávez Jr.?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jose Cruz and 64 bouts tracked for Julio César Chávez Jr.. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.