Christina Cruz | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | [1] | 12 December 1982 |||||||||||||||||
Other names | The Hells Kitchen Kid [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Flyweight, Bantamweight | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
Boxing record [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christina Cruz (born 12 December 1982) is an American professional boxer who has challenged for the IBF female flyweight title. As an amateur she won two World Championship bronze medals.
A seven-time national amateur champion and record-setting 10-time New York Golden Gloves winner, [3] [4] Cruz won bronze medals in the 54kg category at the 2012 [5] and 2016 Women's World Boxing Championships. [6]
Having failed to make the United States team for three Olympics, she was approached to represent Puerto Rico, qualifying through family ties, at the 2020 Tokyo Games and won the trials to secure a spot, only for the event to be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the Olympics were rescheduled for 2021, a new qualification criteria was put in place and Cruz missed out. [3] [7]
She turned professional in 2021, making her debut in the paid ranks at Madison Square Garden Theater on 3 August that year, defeating Indeya Smith via majority decision over four rounds. [3] [4]
With a perfect record of six wins from six pro-fights, Cruz challenged IBF female flyweight champion Gabriela Fundora at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on 27 January 2024. She lost by stoppage in the 10th and final round. [8] [9]
7 fights | 6 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 0 | 1 |
By decision | 6 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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7 | Loss | 6–1 | Gabriela Fundora | TKO | 10 (10), 0:59 | 21 June 2025 | Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S | For the IBF female flyweight title |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Josefina Vega | UD | 6 | 10 October 2023 | Sony Hall, New York, U.S | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Nancy Franco | UD | 8 | 10 August 2023 | Sony Hall, New York, U.S | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Amy Salinas | UD | 8 | 20 January 2023 | Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Maryguenn Vellinga | UD | 4 | 11 June 2022 | Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, U.S | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Maryguenn Vellinga | UD | 6 | 27 November 2021 | Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, U.S | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Indeya Smith | MD | 4 | 3 August 2021 | Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, U.S |