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Michael Connolly vs Orlando Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Michael Connolly

🇵🇷LIGHTWEIGHT

Orlando Cruz

Michael Connolly (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Orlando Cruz (25-7-2) 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.

Connolly

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

25

Wins13 KO · 52%

7

Losses

2

Draws35 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

Michael Connolly and Orlando Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Michael Connolly and Orlando Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2005Aug 26Series
Michael ConnollyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Orlando CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Connolly 1 · Cruz 3 of 4 measurable rows
ConnollyCruz
Record†
0-125-7-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
76.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 13
0
13 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—52%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
1
35

† 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
Michael Connolly: No date of birth
Orlando Cruz: 45
Stance
Michael Connolly: Not recorded
Orlando Cruz: Southpaw

Michael Connolly left, Orlando 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
Michael Connolly0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Michael Connolly: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Connolly yet.

Orlando Cruz25 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Orlando Cruz: 25 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (52%), 11 on the cards (44%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 52%11 on the cards 44%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Michael Connolly 1, Orlando Cruz 35 — 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

Michael Connolly last boxed on Aug 26, 2005 — 7,728 days ago. Connolly had lost the most recent, to Orlando Cruz.L

Cruz Aug 2005

Orlando Cruz last boxed on Sep 22, 2018 — 2,953 days ago. Cruz had lost the most recent, to Jayson Velez.LLDDL

Flanagan Nov 2016López Jun 2017Jr. Apr 2018Jr. Apr 2018Velez Sep 20182 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Michael Connolly and Orlando Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Michael Connolly and Orlando Cruz met once on August 26, 2005, and Orlando Cruz won by UD.
The meeting

LAug 26, 2005 · Cruz · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Connolly or Cruz?
Michael Connolly is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Orlando Cruz is 25-7-2. Orlando Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Connolly0–10%

Cruz25–7–276.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Connolly or Cruz?
Michael Connolly has 0 knockout wins and Orlando Cruz has 13. Orlando Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Connolly0

Cruz1352%

The Numbers ↓
Do Connolly and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Michael Connolly and Orlando Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Connolly and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Michael Connolly and 35 bouts tracked for Orlando Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Connolly1bout

Cruz35bouts

How They Win ↓

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