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José Ruíz Matos vs Víctor Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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José Ruíz Matos

Víctor Cruz

José Ruíz Matos (22-4) and Víctor Cruz (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Matos

22

Wins9 KO · 41%

4

Losses

0

Draws26 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Matos leads 1–0

José Ruíz Matos and Víctor Cruz have met 1 time; Matos leads 1–0.

José Ruíz Matos and Víctor Cruz have met 1 time; Matos leads 1–0.
Met1986Jun 22Series
José Ruíz MatosFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Víctor CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Matos 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
MatosCruz
Record†
22-4 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
84.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 9
9 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40.91%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
41%—
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.3
3.3 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 26
26
2

† 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
José Ruíz Matos: Died aged 25
Víctor Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
José Ruíz Matos: Orthodox
Víctor Cruz: Not recorded

José Ruíz Matos left, Víctor 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 Ruíz Matos22 wins · from 26 tracked bouts

José Ruíz Matos: 22 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (41%), 12 on the cards (55%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 26 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 41%12 on the cards 55%1 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Víctor Cruz0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Víctor Cruz: no tracked wins in the 2 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 Ruíz Matos 26, Víctor Cruz 2 — 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

José Ruíz Matos has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Matos last boxed on Jul 11, 1992.WWWLL

Gomez May 1991Vargas Jun 1991Monzote Sep 1991Quirino Feb 1992Quiroga Jul 19923.3 tracked bouts per year

Víctor Cruz last boxed on Dec 9, 1992 — 12,376 days ago. Cruz had lost two straight.LL

Matos Jun 1986López Dec 19920.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Ruíz Matos and Víctor Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. José Ruíz Matos and Víctor Cruz met once on June 22, 1986, and José Ruíz Matos won by PTS.
The meeting

WJun 22, 1986 · Matos · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Matos or Cruz?
José Ruíz Matos is 22-4 and Víctor Cruz is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. José Ruíz Matos has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Matos22–484.6%

Cruz0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Matos or Cruz?
José Ruíz Matos has 9 knockout wins and Víctor Cruz has 0. José Ruíz Matos has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Matos940.9%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Matos and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Ruíz Matos and Víctor Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Matos and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 26 bouts tracked for José Ruíz Matos and 2 bouts tracked for Víctor Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Matos26bouts

Cruz2bouts

How They Win ↓

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