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José Nápoles vs Mike Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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José Nápoles

Mike Cruz

José Nápoles (81-7) and Mike Cruz (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Nápoles

81

Wins54 KO · 67%

7

Losses

0

Draws89 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Nápoles leads 1–0

José Nápoles and Mike Cruz have met 1 time; Nápoles leads 1–0.

José Nápoles and Mike Cruz have met 1 time; Nápoles leads 1–0.
Met1968Feb 18Series
José NápolesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Nápoles 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
NápolesCruz
Record†
81-7 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
92% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 54
54 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
66.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
66%—
Times stopped‡max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.1
5.1 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 89
89
6

† 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
José Nápoles: 5′7″
Mike Cruz: No height on file
Reachnot held
José Nápoles: 72″
Mike Cruz: No reach on file
Agenot held
José Nápoles: Died aged 79
Mike Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
José Nápoles: Orthodox
Mike Cruz: Not recorded

José Nápoles left, Mike 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 Nápoles82 wins · from 89 tracked bouts

José Nápoles: 82 tracked wins — 54 by KO/TKO (66%), 25 on the cards (30%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 89 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

54 by KO/TKO 66%25 on the cards 30%3 by another method or unrecorded 4%

Mike Cruz0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Mike Cruz: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cruz yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Nápoles 89, Mike Cruz 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Nápoles better on 1

Nápoles

Opponent

Cruz

  • José Nápoles

    2–0 against

    Win, RTD 10

    1969

    Win, RTD 13

    1969

    CokesNápoles better

    Mike Cruz

    Loss, KO 3

    1967

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 Nápoles had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to John H. Stracey. Nápoles last boxed on Dec 6, 1975.WWWWL

Saldano Dec 1974Muñíz Mar 1975Muñíz Mar 1975Muñíz Jul 1975Stracey Dec 19755.1 tracked bouts per year

Mike Cruz last boxed on Apr 10, 1990 — 13,346 days ago. Cruz had lost six straight.LLLLL

Medel Jun 1956Cokes Feb 1967Nápoles Feb 1968Buchanan Feb 1969Solís Apr 19900.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Nápoles and Mike Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. José Nápoles and Mike Cruz met once on February 18, 1968, and José Nápoles won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WFeb 18, 1968 · Nápoles · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nápoles or Cruz?
José Nápoles is 81-7 and Mike Cruz is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. José Nápoles has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nápoles81–792%

Cruz0–60%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nápoles or Cruz?
José Nápoles has 54 knockout wins and Mike Cruz has 0. José Nápoles has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nápoles5466.7%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nápoles and Cruz have any common opponents?
José Nápoles and Mike Cruz share 1 common opponent: Curtis Cokes. José Nápoles fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Curtis CokesWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nápoles and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 89 bouts tracked for José Nápoles and 6 bouts tracked for Mike Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nápoles89bouts

Cruz6bouts

How They Win ↓

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