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.
Leo Santa Cruz (38-2-1) and Rafael Rivera (1-5 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.
Leo Santa Cruz vs Rafael Rivera — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Leo Santa Cruz leads 1–0- Leo Santa Cruz wonCruz vs RiveraFeb 16, 2019 · UD
The Numbers
- 38-2-1 (edge)
- Record
- 1-5
- 93.9% (edge)
- Win %
- 16.7%
- 19 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 50%
- KO rate
- —
- 50% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 1
- 5 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.1
- 41
- Bouts tracked
- 6
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′7″ (171 cm)
- Height
- —
- 69″ (175 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 38
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Mexico
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyLeo Santa Cruz · 38 wins
KO/TKO
19
Decision
19
Other
0
Rafael Rivera · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (41 and 6 respectively), 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
Leo Santa Cruz
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Feb 5, 2022
Rafael Rivera
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Aug 17, 2019
Common Questions
- Have Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera ever fought each other?
- Yes. Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera met once on February 16, 2019, and Leo Santa Cruz won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Leo Santa Cruz or Rafael Rivera?
- Leo Santa Cruz is 38-2-1 and Rafael Rivera is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Leo Santa Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Leo Santa Cruz or Rafael Rivera?
- Leo Santa Cruz has 19 knockout wins and Rafael Rivera has 0. Leo Santa Cruz has more.
- Do Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera?
- This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Leo Santa Cruz and 6 bouts tracked for Rafael Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.