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José López vs Leo Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

José López

🇲🇽MEXICO

Leo Santa Cruz

José López (39-11-2) 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 1 common opponent.

López

39

Wins32 KO · 82%

11

Losses

2

Draws53 tracked bouts

Cruz

38

Wins19 KO · 50%

2

Losses

1

Draw41 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Cruz leads 1–0

José López and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

José López and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2011Jun 3Series
José LópezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leo Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

López 3 · Cruz 5 of 8 measurable rows
LópezCruz
Record
39-11-238-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
76.9%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
19
KO rate0–100%
82.05% (edge)
50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
80% (edge)
50%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
1
5 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 2.7
2.1
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
53
41

† 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+2″
José López: 5′5″
Leo Santa Cruz: 5′7″ (edge)
Reachnot held
José López: No reach on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 69″
Age16 yrs apart
José López: 54
Leo Santa Cruz: 38
Stance
José López: Orthodox
Leo Santa Cruz: Orthodox

José López 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
José López40 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

José López: 40 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (80%) and 8 on the cards (20%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 80%8 on the cards 20%

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 — José López 53, Leo Santa Cruz 41 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Cruz better on 1

López

Opponent

Cruz

  • José López

    Loss, UD

    2010

    SedaCruz better

    Leo Santa Cruz

    Win, UD

    2013

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

José López last boxed on Jun 11, 2017 — 3,423 days ago. López had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Sonsona Sep 2009Seda Aug 2010Cruz Jun 2011Arroyo Sep 2012Cruz Jun 20172.1 tracked bouts per year

Leo Santa Cruz last boxed on Feb 5, 2022 — 1,723 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 José López and Leo Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. José López and Leo Santa Cruz met once on June 3, 2011, and Leo Santa Cruz won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LJun 3, 2011 · Cruz · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, López or Cruz?
José López is 39-11-2 and Leo Santa Cruz is 38-2-1. Leo Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

López39–11–276.9%

Cruz38–2–193.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, López or Cruz?
José López has 32 knockout wins and Leo Santa Cruz has 19. José López has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

López3282.1%

Cruz1950%

The Numbers ↓
Do López and Cruz have any common opponents?
José López and Leo Santa Cruz share 1 common opponent: César Seda. Leo Santa Cruz fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

César SedaLW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, López or Cruz?
Leo Santa Cruz is the taller fighter at 171 cm, 6 cm above the other.
Height · reach

López165 cm

Cruz171 cm175 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on López and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for José López and 41 bouts tracked for Leo Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

López53bouts

Cruz41bouts

How They Win ↓

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