Isaac Cruz was born in Mexico City, Mexico on May 23, 1998. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 years on March 14, 2015 against Luis Yan Revilla. Cruz defeated Revilla via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Cruz got his first shot at a world title at the age of 23 after 24 professional fights. On December 5, 2021 Cruz challenged Gervonta Davis' WBA (Regular) lightweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on March 30, 2024 at the age of 25 years, after by defeating Rolando Romero, the then-reining WBA super-lightweight champion, via 8th round TKO. This was his 29th fight as a professional.
Cruz' latest fight was a split decision loss to Jose Valenzuela at age 26, on August 3, 2024, in which he lost his WBA super-lightweight title.
Some of Isaac Cruz' best fights so far have been against Rolando Romero, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Eduardo Ramirez, José Matias Romero, Giovanni Cabrera, José Félix Jr., and Francisco Vargas. For a complete list of Cruz' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Isaac Cruz".
Cruz has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Isaac Cruz Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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30 | Aug 03, 2024 | 26 |
Jose Valenzuela 25 13-2 | loss | SD 12 |
29 | Mar 30, 2024 | 25 |
Rolando Romero 28 15-1 | win | TKO 8 |
28 | Jul 29, 2023 | 25 |
Giovanni Cabrera 29 21-0 | win | SD 12 |
27 | Sep 04, 2022 | 24 |
Eduardo Ramirez 29 27-2-3 | win | KO 2 |
26 | Apr 16, 2022 | 23 |
Yuriorkis Gamboa 40 30-4 | win | TKO 5 |
25 | Dec 05, 2021 | 23 |
Gervonta Davis 27 25-0 | loss | UD 12 |
24 | Jun 19, 2021 | 23 |
Francisco Vargas 36 26-2-2 | win | UD 10 |
23 | Mar 13, 2021 | 22 |
Jose Matias Romero 24 24-0 | win | UD 12 |
22 | Oct 31, 2020 | 22 | Diego Magdaleno | win | KO 1 |
21 | Feb 14, 2020 | 21 | Thomas Mattice | win | MD 10 |
20 | Dec 07, 2019 | 21 | Miguel Angel Perez Aispuro | win | UD 8 |
19 | Feb 16, 2019 | 20 | Eleazar Valenzuela | win | KO 1 |
18 | Nov 10, 2018 | 20 |
Jose Felix 26 37-3-1 | win | TKO 3 |
17 | Oct 06, 2018 | 20 | Jose Angel Flores Chan | win | KO 1 |
16 | Jun 16, 2018 | 20 | Heberto Persico | win | UD 8 |
15 | Feb 17, 2018 | 19 | Juan Jose Martinez Alvarez | win | RTD 5 |
14 | Nov 11, 2017 | 19 | Ricardo Juan Saenz | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Sep 30, 2017 | 19 | Jose Calyecac | draw | PTS 6 |
12 | Jul 01, 2017 | 19 | Dunis Liñán | win | TKO 7 |
11 | Apr 22, 2017 | 18 | Ivan Basurto Monroy | win | TKO 3 |
10 | Dec 03, 2016 | 18 | Raul Hinojosa | win | TKO 6 |
9 | Oct 22, 2016 | 18 | Daniel Evangelista Jr | win | TKO 3 |
8 | Aug 27, 2016 | 18 | Carlos Marcelino Santiago | win | KO 1 |
7 | Apr 02, 2016 | 17 | Italo Ortiz | win | TKO 1 |
6 | Feb 06, 2016 | 17 | Luis Miguel Montaño | loss | UD 8 |
5 | Sep 05, 2015 | 17 | Francisco Valadez | win | MD 6 |
4 | Aug 08, 2015 | 17 | Rafael Lopez Garcia | win | KO 1 |
3 | Jun 27, 2015 | 17 | Jose Eduardo Zamudio | win | TKO 3 |
2 | May 23, 2015 | 17 | Brandon Gonzalez | win | SD 4 |
1 | Mar 14, 2015 | 16 | Luis Yan Revilla | win | KO 1 |