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

Jose Cruz

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Román Martínez

Jose Cruz (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Martínez

30

Wins18 KO · 60%

4

Losses

3

Draws38 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Jose Cruz and Román Martínez have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Jose Cruz and Román Martínez have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met2003Oct 24Series
Jose CruzFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Román MartínezFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
How it endedSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 1 · Martínez 4 of 5 measurable rows
CruzMartínez
Record†
0-1-130-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
85.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
1.6
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
2
38

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

Jose 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
Jose Cruz0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Jose Cruz: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

Román Martínez30 wins · from 38 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 38 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 — Jose Cruz 2, Román Martínez 38 — 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 Cruz last boxed on Jan 21, 2005 — 7,912 days ago. Cruz had lost the most recent, to Julio César Chávez Jr..DL

Martínez Oct 2003Jr. Jan 20051.6 tracked bouts per year

Román Martínez last boxed on Jul 27, 2019 — 2,612 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 20192.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jose Cruz and Román Martínez ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Cruz and Román Martínez met once on October 24, 2003, and the bout was a draw by SD.
The meeting

DOct 24, 2003 · Draw · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Martínez?
Jose Cruz is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts 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 %

Cruz0–1–125%

Martínez30–4–385.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Martínez?
Jose 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 Jose Cruz and Román Martínez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Martínez?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Jose Cruz and 38 bouts tracked for Román Martínez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz2bouts

Martínez38bouts

How They Win ↓

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