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Juan Carlos Barbosa vs Steve Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Juan Carlos Barbosa

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Steve Cruz

Juan Carlos Barbosa (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Steve Cruz (37-8) 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.

Barbosa

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

37

Wins19 KO · 51%

8

Losses

0

Draws45 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

Juan Carlos Barbosa and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Juan Carlos Barbosa and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met1982Feb 26Series
Juan Carlos BarbosaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Steve CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Barbosa 1 · Cruz 5 of 6 measurable rows
BarbosaCruz
Record†
0-237-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—51.35%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—51%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.7
0.4
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
2
45

† 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
Juan Carlos Barbosa: No height on file
Steve Cruz: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Juan Carlos Barbosa: No reach on file
Steve Cruz: 68″
Agenot held
Juan Carlos Barbosa: No date of birth
Steve Cruz: 62
Stance
Juan Carlos Barbosa: Not recorded
Steve Cruz: Orthodox

Juan Carlos Barbosa left, Steve 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
Juan Carlos Barbosa0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Juan Carlos Barbosa: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Barbosa yet.

Steve Cruz37 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Steve Cruz: 37 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (51%) and 18 on the cards (49%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 51%18 on the cards 49%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Juan Carlos Barbosa 2, Steve Cruz 45 — 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

Juan Carlos Barbosa last boxed on Feb 26, 1982 — 16,315 days ago. Barbosa had lost two straight.LL

Avelar Dec 1976Cruz Feb 19820.4 tracked bouts per year

Steve Cruz last boxed on Dec 18, 1993 — 12,002 days ago. Cruz had won two straight since three straight losses.LLLWW

Ruelas Mar 1991Hodkinson Apr 1992Watanabe Aug 1992Castillo Jun 1993Chala Dec 19933.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Juan Carlos Barbosa and Steve Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Juan Carlos Barbosa and Steve Cruz met once on February 26, 1982, and Steve Cruz won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LFeb 26, 1982 · Cruz · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barbosa or Cruz?
Juan Carlos Barbosa is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Steve Cruz is 37-8. Steve Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barbosa0–20%

Cruz37–882.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barbosa or Cruz?
Juan Carlos Barbosa has 0 knockout wins and Steve Cruz has 19. Steve Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barbosa0

Cruz1951.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barbosa and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Juan Carlos Barbosa and Steve Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barbosa and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Juan Carlos Barbosa and 45 bouts tracked for Steve Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barbosa2bouts

Cruz45bouts

How They Win ↓

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