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Total Fights | 41 |
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Wins | 38 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 11 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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15 years and three months into his professional boxing career, Léo Santa Cruz has fought 41 times with 38 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.
Cruz' boxing record is currently 38-2-1, which includes five world-title wins and 11 successful title defense fights at three weight classes — bantamweight, super-bantamweight, and featherweight. He has a 46.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 41 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Cruz' career is a 6th round KO loss to Gervonta Davis in a super-featherweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Keenan Carbajal on February 5, 2022.
Some of Cruz' best fights and notable victories include wins over Carl Frampton, Manuel Roman, Kiko Martínez, Victor Terrazas, Abner Mares, Chris Avalos, and Eric Morel.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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41 | Feb 5, 2022 | 33 | Keenan Carbajal | Win | UD |
40 | Oct 31, 2020 | 32 | Gervonta Davis | Loss * | KO6 |
39 | Nov 23, 2019 | 31 | Miguel Flores | Win * | UD |
38 | Feb 16, 2019 | 30 | Rafael Rivera | Win * | UD |
37 | Jun 9, 2018 | 29 | Abner Mares | Win * | UD |
36 | Oct 14, 2017 | 29 | Chris Avalos | Win * | KO8 |
35 | Jan 28, 2017 | 28 | Carl Frampton | Win * | MD |
34 | Jul 30, 2016 | 27 | Carl Frampton | Loss * | MD |
33 | Feb 27, 2016 | 27 | Kiko Martínez | Win * | TKO5 |
32 | Aug 29, 2015 | 27 | Abner Mares | Win * | MD |
31 | May 2, 2015 | 26 | Jose Cayetano | Win | UD |
30 | Jan 17, 2015 | 26 | Jesus Ruiz | Win * | TKO8 |
29 | Sep 13, 2014 | 26 | Manuel Roman | Win * | KO2 |
28 | Mar 8, 2014 | 25 | Cristian Mijares | Win * | UD |
27 | Dec 14, 2013 | 25 | César Seda | Win * | UD |
26 | Aug 24, 2013 | 25 | Victor Terrazas | Win * | TKO3 |
25 | May 4, 2013 | 24 | Alexander Muñoz | Win | TKO5 |
24 | Dec 15, 2012 | 24 | Alberto Guevara | Win * | UD |
23 | Nov 10, 2012 | 24 | Victor Zaleta | Win * | TKO9 |
22 | Sep 15, 2012 | 24 | Eric Morel | Win * | RTD5 |
21 | Jun 2, 2012 | 23 | Vusi Malinga | Win * | UD |
20 | Jan 21, 2012 | 23 | Alejandro Hernández | Win | RTD4 |
19 | Nov 26, 2011 | 23 | Jorge Romero | Win | TKO3 |
18 | Jul 30, 2011 | 22 | Everth Briceno | Win | TKO11 |
17 | Jun 3, 2011 | 22 | Jose Lopez | Win | KO5 |
16 | Mar 26, 2011 | 22 | Stephane Jamoye | Win | KO6 |
15 | Oct 21, 2010 | 22 | James Owens | Win | TKO1 |
14 | Jun 3, 2010 | 21 | Jose Angel Cota | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Dec 17, 2009 | 21 | Juan Jose Beltran | Win | TKO3 |
12 | Nov 3, 2009 | 21 | Julio Valadez | Win | KO1 |
11 | Aug 22, 2009 | 21 | Robert DaLuz | Win | UD |
10 | Jul 10, 2009 | 20 | Jonathan Velardez | Win | UD |
9 | Mar 7, 2009 | 20 | Jose Garcia Bernal | Win | UD |
8 | Sep 19, 2008 | 20 | Adrian Aleman | Win | UD |
7 | Jul 25, 2008 | 19 | Gino Escamilla | Win | UD |
6 | Mar 28, 2008 | 19 | Daniel Quevedo | Win | UD |
5 | Jan 4, 2008 | 19 | Jose Pacheco | Win | KO2 |
4 | Nov 23, 2007 | 19 | Elton Dharry | Win | UD |
3 | Oct 5, 2007 | 19 | Joseph Rios | Win | UD |
2 | Jan 5, 2007 | 18 | Rodrigo Hernandez | Draw | MD |
1 | Oct 13, 2006 | 18 | Pedro Silva | Win | KO2 |
* World-title fight
Léo Santa Cruz (El Terremoto) is a 35-year old Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Huetamo, Michoacán, Mexico on August 10, 1988. He is a four-weight-class world champion.
Cruz made his professional boxing debut against Pedro Silva at the age of 18 on October 13, 2006, defeating Silva via 2nd round KO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on June 2, 2012 after 20 professional fights, against Vusi Malinga for the bantamweight IBF (vacant) title. He defeated Malinga via 12 round unanimous decision to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Cruz has won five world titles at four weight classes. For all the details about Cruz' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Cruz has had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Keenan Carbajal on February 5, 2022. Cruz won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 2 years, 2 months, and 19 days since this fight.
Cruz has had a total of 18 world-title fights till today, which includes winning five world titles and 11 successful title defenses. He won 16 of these fights and lost two.
Léo Santa Cruz has fought for world titles in six fights and won five of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. Till today, he has won five belts across four weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 23, 2019 | Miguel Flores | Super-featherweight | WBA (Super)* | UD |
Jan 28, 2017 | Carl Frampton | Featherweight | WBA (Super) | MD |
Aug 29, 2015 | Abner Mares | Featherweight | WBA (Super)* | MD |
Aug 24, 2013 | Victor Terrazas | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Jun 2, 2012 | Vusi Malinga | Bantamweight | IBF* | UD |
Léo Santa Cruz has had 13 world-title defense fights across four weight classes — bantamweight (x3), super-bantamweight (x4), featherweight (x5), and super-featherweight. He won 11 of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 16, 2019 | Rafael Rivera | Featherweight | WBA (Super) | UD |
Jun 9, 2018 | Abner Mares | Featherweight | WBA (Super) | UD |
Oct 14, 2017 | Chris Avalos | Featherweight | WBA (Super) | KO |
Feb 27, 2016 | Kiko Martínez | Featherweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Jan 17, 2015 | Jesus Ruiz | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Sep 13, 2014 | Manuel Roman | Super-bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Mar 8, 2014 | Cristian Mijares | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Dec 14, 2013 | César Seda | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Dec 15, 2012 | Alberto Guevara | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Nov 10, 2012 | Victor Zaleta | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Sep 15, 2012 | Eric Morel | Bantamweight | IBF | RTD |
Léo Santa Cruz has lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Oct 31, 2020 | Gervonta Davis | Super-featherweight | WBA (Super) | KO |
Jul 30, 2016 | Carl Frampton | Featherweight | WBA (Super) | MD |
Cruz has fought a total of 41 times till today, which includes 18 world-title fights at four weight divisions. He has put on some great performances in these fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
June 2, 2012: Cruz wins his first world title by defeating Vusi Malinga via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the IBF bantamweight world champion.
September 15, 2012: Cruz successfully defends the IBF bantamweight title against Eric Morel, winning the fight via 5th round RTD.
August 24, 2013: Cruz wins the WBC super-bantamweight title from Victor Terrazas, by beating Terrazas via 3rd round TKO.
September 13, 2014: Cruz successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Manuel Roman, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
August 29, 2015: Cruz wins the WBA (Super) featherweight title from Abner Mares, by beating Mares via 12 round majority decision.
February 27, 2016: Cruz successfully defends the WBA (Super) featherweight title against Kiko Martínez, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
January 28, 2017: Cruz wins the WBA (Super) featherweight title from Carl Frampton, by beating Frampton via 12 round majority decision.
June 9, 2018: Cruz successfully defends the WBA (Super) featherweight title against Abner Mares, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
Cruz has knocked out 19 of his 41 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 46.3%. Of his total 38 wins, 19 of them have been via KO (50%).
Cruz' first world-title win was the IBF (vacant) belt at bantamweight. He defeated Vusi Malinga via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
As of April 2024, Cruz has won five world titles at four weight classes.
Cruz has had a total of 13 title defense fights so far. He was successful 11 times and lost two times.