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Ken Buchanan vs Mike Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Ken Buchanan

Mike Cruz

Ken Buchanan (61-8) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Buchanan

61

Wins27 KO · 44%

8

Losses

0

Draws69 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

Buchanan leads 1–0

Ken Buchanan and Mike Cruz have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.

Ken Buchanan and Mike Cruz have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.
Met1969Feb 17Series
Ken BuchananFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Buchanan 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
BuchananCruz
Record†
61-8 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
88.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
44.26%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
43%—
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.2
4.2 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
69
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

Agenot held
Ken Buchanan: Died aged 77
Mike Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Ken Buchanan: Orthodox
Mike Cruz: Not recorded

Ken Buchanan 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
Ken Buchanan61 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Ken Buchanan: 61 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (43%) and 35 on the cards (57%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 43%35 on the cards 57%

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 — Ken Buchanan 69, Mike Cruz 6 — 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

Ken Buchanan has lost four straight, after one straight win. Buchanan last boxed on Jan 25, 1982.WLLLL

Gwilliam Oct 1980Early Jan 1981Tinago Apr 1981Williams Nov 1981Feeney Jan 19824.2 tracked bouts per year

Mike Cruz last boxed on Apr 10, 1990 — 13,342 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 Ken Buchanan and Mike Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Buchanan and Mike Cruz met once on February 17, 1969, and Ken Buchanan won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WFeb 17, 1969 · Buchanan · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Buchanan or Cruz?
Ken Buchanan is 61-8 and Mike Cruz is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ken Buchanan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Buchanan61–888.4%

Cruz0–60%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Buchanan or Cruz?
Ken Buchanan has 27 knockout wins and Mike Cruz has 0. Ken Buchanan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Buchanan2744.3%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Buchanan and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ken Buchanan and Mike Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Buchanan and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 69 bouts tracked for Ken Buchanan and 6 bouts tracked for Mike Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Buchanan69bouts

Cruz6bouts

How They Win ↓

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