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Lenny Valdez vs Steve Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Lenny Valdez

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Steve Cruz

Lenny Valdez (4-1 across 5 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.

Valdez

Tracked record

4–1

counted from 5 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

Valdez leads 1–0

Lenny Valdez and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Valdez leads 1–0.

Lenny Valdez and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Valdez leads 1–0.
Met1984Mar 29Series
Lenny ValdezFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Steve CruzFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Valdez 1 · Cruz 6 of 7 measurable rows
ValdezCruz
Record†
4-137-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
80%
82.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
2
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—51.35%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
51% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.7
1
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
5
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
Lenny Valdez: No height on file
Steve Cruz: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Lenny Valdez: No reach on file
Steve Cruz: 68″
Agenot held
Lenny Valdez: No date of birth
Steve Cruz: 62
Stance
Lenny Valdez: Not recorded
Steve Cruz: Orthodox

Lenny Valdez 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
Lenny Valdez4 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Lenny Valdez: 4 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (50%) and 2 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 50%2 on the cards 50%

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 — Lenny Valdez 5, 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

Lenny Valdez last boxed on Aug 28, 1987 — 14,304 days ago. Valdez had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Juan Meza.WWWWL

Roach Jul 1982Mitchell Jan 1983Cruz Mar 1984Villasana Jul 1985Meza Aug 19871 tracked bouts per year

Steve Cruz last boxed on Dec 18, 1993 — 12,000 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 Lenny Valdez and Steve Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Lenny Valdez and Steve Cruz met once on March 29, 1984, and Lenny Valdez won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WMar 29, 1984 · Valdez · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Valdez or Cruz?
Lenny Valdez is 4-1 across the 5 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 %

Valdez4–180%

Cruz37–882.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Valdez or Cruz?
Lenny Valdez has 2 knockout wins and Steve Cruz has 19. Steve Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Valdez2

Cruz1951.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Valdez and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lenny Valdez and Steve Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valdez and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Lenny Valdez and 45 bouts tracked for Steve Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Valdez5bouts

Cruz45bouts

How They Win ↓

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