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Ricky Cortez vs Steve Cruz — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ricky Cortez

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Steve Cruz

Ricky Cortez (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Steve Cruz (37-8) 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.

Cortez

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Cruz

37

Wins19 KO · 51%

8

Losses

0

Draws45 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

Ricky Cortez and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.

Ricky Cortez and Steve Cruz have met 1 time; Cruz leads 1–0.
Met1981Dec 15Series
Ricky CortezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Steve CruzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Cortez 1 · Cruz 4 of 5 measurable rows
CortezCruz
Record†
0-137-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—51.35%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—51%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
1
45

† 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
Ricky Cortez: No height on file
Steve Cruz: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Ricky Cortez: No reach on file
Steve Cruz: 68″
Agenot held
Ricky Cortez: No date of birth
Steve Cruz: 62
Stance
Ricky Cortez: Not recorded
Steve Cruz: Orthodox

Ricky Cortez left, Steve 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
Ricky Cortez0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ricky Cortez: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cortez yet.

Steve Cruz37 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Steve Cruz: 37 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (51%) and 18 on the cards (49%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 51%18 on the cards 49%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ricky Cortez 1, Steve Cruz 45 — 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

Ricky Cortez last boxed on Dec 15, 1981 — 16,383 days ago. Cortez had lost the most recent, to Steve Cruz.L

Cruz Dec 1981

Steve Cruz last boxed on Dec 18, 1993 — 11,997 days ago. Cruz had won two straight since three straight losses.LLLWW

Ruelas Mar 1991Hodkinson Apr 1992Watanabe Aug 1992Castillo Jun 1993Chala Dec 19933.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ricky Cortez and Steve Cruz ever fought each other?
Yes. Ricky Cortez and Steve Cruz met once on December 15, 1981, and Steve Cruz won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LDec 15, 1981 · Cruz · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cortez or Cruz?
Ricky Cortez is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Steve Cruz is 37-8. Steve Cruz has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cortez0–10%

Cruz37–882.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cortez or Cruz?
Ricky Cortez has 0 knockout wins and Steve Cruz has 19. Steve Cruz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cortez0

Cruz1951.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cortez and Cruz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ricky Cortez and Steve Cruz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cortez and Cruz?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Ricky Cortez and 45 bouts tracked for Steve Cruz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cortez1bout

Cruz45bouts

How They Win ↓

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