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Léo Santa Cruz Record

38-2-1
Total Fights41
Wins38
Losses2
Draws1
No-Contests0
Title Wins5
Title Defenses11
Title-Fight KOs7
KO Wins19
KO Losses1
Léo Santa Cruz Record & Stats
Léo Santa Cruz' Record
Léo Santa Cruz' boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Léo Santa Cruz' boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      41Feb 5, 202233Keenan CarbajalWinUD
      40Oct 31, 202032Gervonta DavisLoss *KO6
      39Nov 23, 201931Miguel FloresWin *UD
      38Feb 16, 201930Rafael RiveraWin *UD
      37Jun 9, 201829Abner MaresWin *UD
      36Oct 14, 201729Chris AvalosWin *KO8
      35Jan 28, 201728Carl FramptonWin *MD
      34Jul 30, 201627Carl FramptonLoss *MD
      33Feb 27, 201627Kiko MartínezWin *TKO5
      32Aug 29, 201527Abner MaresWin *MD
      31May 2, 201526Jose CayetanoWinUD
      30Jan 17, 201526Jesus RuizWin *TKO8
      29Sep 13, 201426Manuel RomanWin *KO2
      28Mar 8, 201425Cristian MijaresWin *UD
      27Dec 14, 201325César SedaWin *UD
      26Aug 24, 201325Victor TerrazasWin *TKO3
      25May 4, 201324Alexander MuñozWinTKO5
      24Dec 15, 201224Alberto GuevaraWin *UD
      23Nov 10, 201224Victor ZaletaWin *TKO9
      22Sep 15, 201224Eric MorelWin *RTD5
      21Jun 2, 201223Vusi MalingaWin *UD
      20Jan 21, 201223Alejandro HernándezWinRTD4
      19Nov 26, 201123Jorge RomeroWinTKO3
      18Jul 30, 201122Everth BricenoWinTKO11
      17Jun 3, 201122Jose LopezWinKO5
      16Mar 26, 201122Stephane JamoyeWinKO6
      15Oct 21, 201022James OwensWinTKO1
      14Jun 3, 201021Jose Angel CotaWinTKO3
      13Dec 17, 200921Juan Jose BeltranWinTKO3
      12Nov 3, 200921Julio ValadezWinKO1
      11Aug 22, 200921Robert DaLuzWinUD
      10Jul 10, 200920Jonathan VelardezWinUD
      9Mar 7, 200920Jose Garcia BernalWinUD
      8Sep 19, 200820Adrian AlemanWinUD
      7Jul 25, 200819Gino EscamillaWinUD
      6Mar 28, 200819Daniel QuevedoWinUD
      5Jan 4, 200819Jose PachecoWinKO2
      4Nov 23, 200719Elton DharryWinUD
      3Oct 5, 200719Joseph RiosWinUD
      2Jan 5, 200718Rodrigo HernandezDrawMD
      1Oct 13, 200618Pedro SilvaWinKO2

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Nov 23, 2019Miguel FloresSuper-featherweightWBA (Super)*UD
      Jan 28, 2017Carl FramptonFeatherweightWBA (Super)MD
      Aug 29, 2015Abner MaresFeatherweightWBA (Super)*MD
      Aug 24, 2013Victor TerrazasSuper-bantamweightWBCTKO
      Jun 2, 2012Vusi MalingaBantamweightIBF*UD
      * Vacant title

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Feb 16, 2019Rafael RiveraFeatherweightWBA (Super)UD
      Jun 9, 2018Abner MaresFeatherweightWBA (Super)UD
      Oct 14, 2017Chris AvalosFeatherweightWBA (Super)KO
      Feb 27, 2016Kiko MartínezFeatherweightWBA (Super)TKO
      Jan 17, 2015Jesus RuizSuper-bantamweightWBCTKO
      Sep 13, 2014Manuel RomanSuper-bantamweightWBCKO
      Mar 8, 2014Cristian MijaresSuper-bantamweightWBCUD
      Dec 14, 2013César SedaSuper-bantamweightWBCUD
      Dec 15, 2012Alberto GuevaraBantamweightIBFUD
      Nov 10, 2012Victor ZaletaBantamweightIBFTKO
      Sep 15, 2012Eric MorelBantamweightIBFRTD

      Title Losses

      Léo Santa Cruz has lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Oct 31, 2020Gervonta DavisSuper-featherweightWBA (Super)KO
      Jul 30, 2016Carl FramptonFeatherweightWBA (Super)MD

      Highlights

      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.

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