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Stevie Cruz
("Super Kid")

BORN   November 2 1963; Forth Worth, Texas
HEIGHT 5-6
WEIGHT 126-132 lbs

Cruz was a capable boxer who punched well but was not a power hitter; During his career, he won the WBA Featherweight Championship of the World and the WBC Continental Americas Featherweight Championship

Stevie defeated such men as Barry McGuigan, Nicky Perez, Roger Arevalo, Tracy Harris Patterson, Fred Adams, Tommy Cordova and Jorge Garcia

*** SOME AMATEUR BOUTS ***

1979
          -Cruz won the National Junior Olympic 112-lb Gold Medal

1981
          -Cruz won the National Golden Gloves 119-lb Championship

Undated
          -Cruz won his Fort Worth (Tx) Golden Gloves competition three times

          -Cruz won the Star-Telegram Texas Golden Gloves Championship 


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***

1981
Oct 29 Pascual Aranda             Fort Worth, Tx                    TK  1
Dec  2 Homero Gonzalez            Laredo, Tx                        TK  1
Dec 15 Ricky Cortez               Lubbock, Tx                       KO  1

1982
Jan 15 Jesse Sierra               Fort Worth, Tx                    TK  5
Feb 13 Ali Akbar                  Beaumont, Tx                      KO  2
Feb 26 Juan Carlos Barbosa        San Antonio, Tx                   TK  1
Mar 10 Richard Fowler             Lake Charles, La                  TK  2
Apr  9 Carlos Flores              Fort Worth, Tx                     W  8
Jun 26 Andrew Rodriguez           Fort Worth, Tx                    TK  2
Jul 14 Eddie Richardson           Fort Worth, Tx                    KO  1
Aug 10 Javier Barajas             San Antonio, Tx                    W  8
Oct 22 Nicky Perez                Fort Worth, Tx                     W 10

1983
Jul 15 Rey Garza                  Fort Worth, Tx                     W  8
Jul 28 Jose Resendez              Las Vegas, Nv                      W  8
Aug 25 Salvador Ugalde            Las Vegas, Nv                      W  8
Oct 13 Angel Hernandez            Dallas, Tx                        TK  1
Nov  9 Nicky Perez                Las Vegas, Nv                      W 10
          -Some sources report 11/19/83

1984
Jan 20 Dana Roston                Las Vegas, Nv                      W 10
Feb 21 Victor Acosta              Dallas, Tx                         W 10
Mar 29 Lenny Valdez               Las Vegas, Nv                     LT  1
Jun 16 Salvador Ugalde            Fort Worth, Tx                     W 10
Dec 15 Jesus Lopez                Fort Worth, Tx                    TK 10

1985
May 28 Jerome Brooks              Fort Worth, Tx                    TK  3
Jun 22 Juan Veloz                 Atlantic City, NJ                  W 10
Dec  3 Tommy Cordova              Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  9

1986
Feb  7 Jorge Garcia               Las Vegas, Nv                      W 10
Jun 23 Barry McGuigan             Las Vegas, Nv                      W 15
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 21 Roger Arevalo              Fort Worth, Tx                     W 10

1987
Mar  6 Antonio Esparragoza        Fort Worth, Tx                    LT 10
          -WBA Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug 16 Rogelio Lopez              Fort Worth, Tx                    TK  7
Dec 18 Jeff Franklin              Las Vegas, Nv                      L 10

1988
Jun 14 Alfredo Rangel             New Orleans, La                   TK  5
          -WBC Continental Americas Featherweight Championship
Aug 12 Fred Adams                 Pasadena, Tx                      KO  4
          -WBC Continental Americas Featherweight Championship
Sep 30 Amos Cowart                Winter Haven, Fl                  TK  1
Dec  9 Martin Galvan              El Paso, Tx                       TK  7

1989
May 14 Tracy Harris Patterson     Atlantic City, NJ                  W 10
Aug  6 Jorge Paez                 El Paso, Tx                        L 12
          -IBF Featherweight Championship of the World

1990
Jan  8 Ricky Alvarez              Fort Worth, Tx                    TK 10
Jul  8 Manuel Medina              Las Vegas, Nv                      L 10
Sep 25 Benito Rodriguez           San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
          -Some sources report "Alex Bear"

1991
Mar 31 Rafael Ruelas              Las Vegas, Nv                     LK  3
          -NABF Featherweight Championship

1992
Apr 25 Paul Hodkinson             Belfast, Ireland                  LT  3
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug 10 Yuji Watanabe              Tokyo, Japan                      LK  2

1993
Jun 26 Vicente Castillo           Fort Worth, Tx                     W  6
Dec 18 Roberto Chala              Fort Worth, Tx                     W 10


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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