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Total Fights | 45 |
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Wins | 37 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and one month, Steve Cruz fought 45 times with 37 wins and 8 losses.
Cruz retired from professional boxing with a record of 37-8, which included two featherweight world-title wins. He had a 42.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 45 fights being knockout wins. Cruz suffered five knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Roberto Chala on December 18, 1993.
Some of Cruz' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Barry McGuigan, Roger Arevalo, Rogelio Lopez, Alfred Rangel, Tracy Harris Patterson, Amos Cowart, and Martin Galvan.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Dec 18, 1993 | 30 | Roberto Chala | Win | UD |
44 | Jun 26, 1993 | 29 | Vicente Castillo | Win | PTS |
43 | Aug 10, 1992 | 28 | Yuji Watanabe | Loss | KO2 |
42 | Apr 25, 1992 | 28 | Paul Hodkinson | Loss * | TKO3 |
41 | Mar 31, 1991 | 27 | Rafael Ruelas | Loss | KO3 |
40 | Sep 25, 1990 | 26 | Benito Rodriguez | Win | PTS |
39 | Jul 8, 1990 | 26 | Manuel Medina | Loss | UD |
38 | Jan 8, 1990 | 26 | Ricky Alvarez | Win | TKO10 |
37 | Aug 6, 1989 | 25 | Jorge Páez | Loss * | UD |
36 | May 14, 1989 | 25 | Tracy Harris Patterson | Win | SD |
35 | Dec 9, 1988 | 25 | Martin Galvan | Win | TKO7 |
34 | Sep 30, 1988 | 24 | Amos Cowart | Win | TKO1 |
33 | Aug 12, 1988 | 24 | Fred Adams | Win | KO4 |
32 | Jun 14, 1988 | 24 | Alfred Rangel | Win | TKO5 |
31 | Dec 18, 1987 | 24 | Jeff Franklin | Loss | UD |
30 | Aug 16, 1987 | 23 | Rogelio Lopez | Win | TKO7 |
29 | Mar 6, 1987 | 23 | Antonio Esparragoza | Loss * | TKO12 |
28 | Nov 21, 1986 | 23 | Roger Arevalo | Win | SD |
27 | Jun 23, 1986 | 22 | Barry McGuigan | Win * | UD |
26 | Feb 7, 1986 | 22 | Rocky Garcia | Win | MD |
25 | Dec 3, 1985 | 22 | Tommy Cordova | Win | TKO9 |
24 | Jun 22, 1985 | 21 | Juan Veloz | Win | UD |
23 | May 28, 1985 | 21 | Jerome Brooks | Win | TKO3 |
22 | Dec 15, 1984 | 21 | Jesus Lopez | Win | TKO10 |
21 | Jun 16, 1984 | 20 | Salvador Ugalde | Win | UD |
20 | Mar 29, 1984 | 20 | Lenny Valdez | Loss | TKO1 |
19 | Feb 21, 1984 | 20 | Victor Acosta | Win | MD |
18 | Jan 20, 1984 | 20 | Dana Roston | Win | UD |
17 | Nov 9, 1983 | 20 | Nicky Perez | Win | UD |
16 | Oct 13, 1983 | 19 | Angel Hernandez | Win | TKO1 |
15 | Aug 25, 1983 | 19 | Salvador Ugalde | Win | UD |
14 | Jul 28, 1983 | 19 | Jose Resendez | Win | PTS |
13 | Jul 15, 1983 | 19 | Ray Garza | Win | UD |
12 | Oct 22, 1982 | 18 | Nicky Perez | Win | UD |
11 | Aug 1, 1982 | 18 | Javier Barajas | Win | UD |
10 | Jul 14, 1982 | 18 | Eddie Richardson | Win | KO1 |
9 | Jun 26, 1982 | 18 | Andrew Rodriguez | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Apr 9, 1982 | 18 | Carlos Flores | Win | PTS |
7 | Mar 10, 1982 | 18 | Richard Fowler | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Feb 26, 1982 | 18 | Juan Carlos Barbosa | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Feb 13, 1982 | 18 | Ali Akar | Win | KO2 |
4 | Jan 15, 1982 | 18 | Jesse Sierra | Win | TKO5 |
3 | Dec 15, 1981 | 18 | Ricky Cortez | Win | KO1 |
2 | Dec 2, 1981 | 18 | Homero Gonzalez | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Oct 29, 1981 | 17 | Pascual Aranda | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Steve Cruz (Super Kid) is a 60-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, US on November 2, 1963. He is a former featherweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 1981 to 1993.
Cruz made his professional boxing debut against Pascual Aranda at the age of 17 on October 29, 1981, defeating Aranda via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 18 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on June 23, 1986 after 26 professional fights, against Barry McGuigan for the featherweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated McGuigan via 15 round unanimous decision to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Cruz has won two world titles at featherweight. For all the details about Cruz' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Cruz had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Roberto Chala on December 18, 1993. Cruz won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 30 years, 4 months, and 5 days since this fight.
Cruz had a total of four world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost three.
Steve Cruz fought for featherweight world titles in three fights and won once. In total, he won two featherweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jun 23, 1986 | Barry McGuigan | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Steve Cruz lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 6, 1987 | Antonio Esparragoza | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Although Cruz had a total of 45 fights, this fight against Barry McGuigan is the sole highlight of his career.
June 23, 1986: Cruz wins his first world titles by defeating Barry McGuigan via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA and The Ring featherweight world champion.
Cruz knocked out 19 of his 45 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 42.2%. Of his total 37 wins, 19 of them were via KO (51.4%).
Cruz' first world-title win were the WBA and The Ring belts at featherweight. He defeated Barry McGuigan via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
Cruz won two world titles at featherweight.
Cruz had one title defense fight, which he lost.