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

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Michael Franco

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Orlando Cruz

Michael Franco (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Franco

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts 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 Franco and Orlando Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Michael Franco and Orlando Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met2011Oct 14Series
Michael FrancoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Orlando CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Franco 2 · Cruz 4 of 6 measurable rows
FrancoCruz
Record†
1-125-7-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
76.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 13
1
13 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
52%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2
1.1
2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
2
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

Age6 yrs apart
Michael Franco: 39
Orlando Cruz: 45
Stance
Michael Franco: Not recorded
Orlando Cruz: Southpaw

Michael Franco 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 Franco1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Michael Franco: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 Franco 2, 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 Franco last boxed on Oct 14, 2011 — 5,493 days ago. Franco had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Orlando Cruz.WL

Guardia Nov 2009Cruz Oct 20111.1 tracked bouts per year

Orlando Cruz last boxed on Sep 22, 2018 — 2,958 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 Franco and Orlando Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Michael Franco and Orlando Cruz met once on October 14, 2011, and Orlando Cruz won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 14, 2011 · Cruz · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Franco or Cruz?
Michael Franco is 1-1 across the 2 bouts 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 %

Franco1–150%

Cruz25–7–276.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Franco or Cruz?
Michael Franco has 1 knockout win and Orlando Cruz has 13. Orlando Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Franco1

Cruz1352%

The Numbers ↓
Do Franco and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Michael Franco and Orlando Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Franco and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Michael Franco and 35 bouts tracked for Orlando Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Franco2bouts

Cruz35bouts

How They Win ↓

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