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Lionel Rose vs Raul Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lionel Rose

Raul Cruz

Lionel Rose (42-11) and Raul Cruz (4-5 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Rose

42

Wins12 KO · 29%

11

Losses

0

Draws53 tracked bouts

Cruz

Tracked record

4–5

counted from 9 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

Cruz leads 1–0

Lionel Rose and Raul Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Lionel Rose and Raul Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met1970May 16Series
Lionel RoseFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Raul CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Rose 6 · Cruz 0 of 6 measurable rows
RoseCruz
Record†
42-11 (edge)4-5
Win %0–100%
79.2% (edge)
44.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
12 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
28.57%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
29% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.3
4.3 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
53
9

† 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
Lionel Rose: 5′5″
Raul Cruz: No height on file
Agenot held
Lionel Rose: Died aged 62
Raul Cruz: No date of birth
Stance
Lionel Rose: Orthodox
Raul Cruz: Not recorded

Lionel Rose left, Raul 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
Lionel Rose42 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Lionel Rose: 42 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (29%) and 30 on the cards (71%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 29%30 on the cards 71%

Raul Cruz4 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Raul Cruz: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lionel Rose 53, Raul Cruz 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Rose better on 1

Rose

Opponent

Cruz

  • Lionel Rose

    Win, SD

    1968

    CastilloRose better

    Raul Cruz

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1969

    Win, MD

    1969

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Lionel Rose has lost two straight, after one straight win. Rose last boxed on Dec 18, 1976.LLWLL

Matthews Aug 1975Moeller Oct 1975Agate Nov 1975Limón Aug 1976Apeang Dec 19764.3 tracked bouts per year

Raul Cruz last boxed on Jul 26, 1975 — 18,718 days ago. Cruz had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Rose May 1970Sánchez Jun 1970Shibata Jun 1971Villaflor Nov 1971Lopez Jul 19751.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lionel Rose and Raul Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Lionel Rose and Raul Cruz met once on May 16, 1970, and Raul Cruz won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 16, 1970 · Cruz · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rose or Cruz?
Lionel Rose is 42-11 and Raul Cruz is 4-5 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lionel Rose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rose42–1179.2%

Cruz4–544.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rose or Cruz?
Lionel Rose has 12 knockout wins and Raul Cruz has 0. Lionel Rose has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rose1228.6%

Cruz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Rose and Cruz have any common opponents?
Lionel Rose and Raul Cruz share 1 common opponent: Chucho Castillo. Lionel Rose fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Chucho CastilloW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rose and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for Lionel Rose and 9 bouts tracked for Raul Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rose53bouts

Cruz9bouts

How They Win ↓

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