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Joseph Rios vs Leo Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Joseph Rios

🇲🇽MEXICO

Leo Santa Cruz

Joseph Rios (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Rios

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

38

Wins19 KO · 50%

2

Losses

1

Draw41 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

Cruz leads 1–0

Joseph Rios and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Joseph Rios and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2007Oct 5Series
Joseph RiosFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leo Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Rios 0 · Cruz 5 of 5 measurable rows
RiosCruz
Record†
0-238-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41
2
41

† 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
Joseph Rios: No height on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Joseph Rios: No reach on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 69″
Agenot held
Joseph Rios: No date of birth
Leo Santa Cruz: 38
Stance
Joseph Rios: Not recorded
Leo Santa Cruz: Orthodox

Joseph Rios 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
Joseph Rios0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Joseph Rios: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rios yet.

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 — Joseph Rios 2, Leo Santa Cruz 41 — 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

Joseph Rios last boxed on Mar 23, 2013 — 4,967 days ago. Rios had lost two straight.LL

Cruz Oct 2007González Mar 20130.4 tracked bouts per year

Leo Santa Cruz last boxed on Feb 5, 2022 — 1,726 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 Joseph Rios and Leo Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Joseph Rios and Leo Santa Cruz met once on October 5, 2007, and Leo Santa Cruz won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 5, 2007 · Cruz · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rios or Cruz?
Joseph Rios is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Leo Santa Cruz is 38-2-1. Leo Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rios0–20%

Cruz38–2–193.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rios or Cruz?
Joseph Rios has 0 knockout wins and Leo Santa Cruz has 19. Leo Santa Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rios0

Cruz1950%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rios and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joseph Rios and Leo Santa Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rios and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Joseph Rios and 41 bouts tracked for Leo Santa Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rios2bouts

Cruz41bouts

How They Win ↓

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