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Jose Luis Cruz vs Norberto Bravo — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jose Luis Cruz

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Norberto Bravo

Jose Luis Cruz (0-14-2 across 16 tracked bouts) and Norberto Bravo (27-18-2) 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

0–14–2

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bravo

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

18

Losses

2

Draws48 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

Bravo leads 1–0

Jose Luis Cruz and Norberto Bravo have met 1 time; Bravo leads 1–0.

Jose Luis Cruz and Norberto Bravo have met 1 time; Bravo leads 1–0.
Met2008Nov 7Series
Jose Luis CruzFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Norberto BravoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cruz 0 · Bravo 5 of 5 measurable rows
CruzBravo
Record†
0-14-227-18-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
6.3%
59.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.56%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—52%
Times stopped‡max 10
10
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.3
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
16
48

† 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

Agenot held
Jose Luis Cruz: No date of birth
Norberto Bravo: 55
Stance
Jose Luis Cruz: Not recorded
Norberto Bravo: Orthodox

Jose Luis Cruz left, Norberto Bravo 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 Luis Cruz0 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Jose Luis Cruz: no tracked wins in the 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

Norberto Bravo27 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Norberto Bravo: 27 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (52%), 12 on the cards (44%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 52%12 on the cards 44%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jose Luis Cruz 16, Norberto Bravo 48 — 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 Luis Cruz last boxed on Nov 7, 2008 — 6,560 days ago. Cruz had lost four straight.DLLLL

Baldomir Mar 2002Mosley Sep 2005Mitchell May 2006Clottey Apr 2008Bravo Nov 20080.3 tracked bouts per year

Norberto Bravo last boxed on Feb 21, 2009 — 6,454 days ago. Bravo had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Paweł Wolak.LLWWL

Ornelas Feb 2008Hernández Apr 2008Jr. Jul 2008Cruz Nov 2008Wolak Feb 20092.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jose Luis Cruz and Norberto Bravo ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Luis Cruz and Norberto Bravo met once on November 7, 2008, and Norberto Bravo won by MD.
The meeting

LNov 7, 2008 · Bravo · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cruz or Bravo?
Jose Luis Cruz is 0-14-2 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Norberto Bravo is 27-18-2. Norberto Bravo has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cruz0–14–26.3%

Bravo27–18–259.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cruz or Bravo?
Jose Luis Cruz has 0 knockout wins and Norberto Bravo has 15. Norberto Bravo has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cruz0

Bravo1555.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cruz and Bravo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Luis Cruz and Norberto Bravo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cruz and Bravo?
This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Jose Luis Cruz and 48 bouts tracked for Norberto Bravo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cruz16bouts

Bravo48bouts

How They Win ↓

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