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Julio Valadez vs Leo Santa Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Julio Valadez

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Leo Santa Cruz

Julio Valadez (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.

Valadez

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

Julio Valadez and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Julio Valadez and Leo Santa Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2009Nov 3Series
Julio ValadezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leo Santa CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Valadez 0 · Cruz 5 of 5 measurable rows
ValadezCruz
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‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
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
Julio Valadez: No height on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Julio Valadez: No reach on file
Leo Santa Cruz: 69″
Agenot held
Julio Valadez: No date of birth
Leo Santa Cruz: 38
Stance
Julio Valadez: Not recorded
Leo Santa Cruz: Orthodox

Julio Valadez 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
Julio Valadez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Julio Valadez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Valadez 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 — Julio Valadez 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

Julio Valadez last boxed on Nov 3, 2009 — 6,202 days ago. Valadez had lost two straight.LL

Marroquin May 2009Cruz Nov 2009

Leo Santa Cruz last boxed on Feb 5, 2022 — 1,725 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 Julio Valadez and Leo Santa Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Julio Valadez and Leo Santa Cruz met once on November 3, 2009, and Leo Santa Cruz won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LNov 3, 2009 · Cruz · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Valadez or Cruz?
Julio Valadez 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 %

Valadez0–20%

Cruz38–2–193.9%

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

Valadez0

Cruz1950%

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

Valadez2bouts

Cruz41bouts

How They Win ↓

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