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Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) and Santos Cardona (3-7 across 10 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.

Pernell Whitaker vs Santos Cardona — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Pernell Whitaker

40–4–1

46 tracked bouts

Santos Cardona

Tracked record

3–7

10 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

Pernell Whitaker leads 1–0

The Numbers

40-4-1 (edge)
Record
3-7

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

90% (edge)
Win %
30%
17 (edge)
Wins by knockout
2
42.5%
KO rate
43%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
67% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

1 (edge)
Times stopped
2

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

7 (edge)
Title reigns
0
2.8 (edge)
Bouts per year
0.8

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

46
Bouts tracked
10

Tale of the Tape

5′6″ (168 cm)
Height
69″ (175 cm)
Reach
62
Age
Southpaw
Stance
United States
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Pernell Whitaker · 40 wins

KO/TKO
17
Decision
23
Other
0

Santos Cardona · 3 wins

KO/TKO
2
Decision
1
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (46 and 10 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

Pernell Whitaker

LLNCLW

L2 streak · last fought Apr 27, 2001

Santos Cardona

LLWLL

L2 streak · last fought Jul 31, 2001

Common Questions

Have Pernell Whitaker and Santos Cardona ever fought each other?
Yes. Pernell Whitaker and Santos Cardona met once on April 9, 1994, and Pernell Whitaker won by UD.
Who has the better record, Pernell Whitaker or Santos Cardona?
Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1 and Santos Cardona is 3-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Pernell Whitaker or Santos Cardona?
Pernell Whitaker has 17 knockout wins and Santos Cardona has 2. Pernell Whitaker has more.
Do Pernell Whitaker and Santos Cardona have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Pernell Whitaker and Santos Cardona have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pernell Whitaker and Santos Cardona?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker and 10 bouts tracked for Santos Cardona. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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