'Pitbull' Cruz vs Salcido

Who won ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido?

Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz beat Omar Salcido Gamez by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, July 19th, 2025, at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 100-88, 99-89, 99-89 in favor of winner Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 kg).

This contest was for the WBC super lightweight championship of the world.

Cruz was defending his his WBC Interim World Super Lightweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Omar Salcido Gamez in July 2025. He had held this belt for 3 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Mario Barrios beating Manny Pacquiao for the WBC World Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Sebastian Fundora beat Tim Tszyu, Brandon Figueroa defeated Joet Gonzalez, David Picasso was victorious over Kyonosuke Kameda, Mark Magsayo beat Jorge Mata Cuellar, and Gary Russell Jr defeated Hugo Alberto Castaneda Marroquin.

‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido stats

Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.

Omar Salcido Gamez made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz was the older man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Salcido had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cruz.

Both Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz and Omar Salcido Gamez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Cruz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years earlier than Salcido, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 67 more professional rounds, totaling 180 compared to Salcido's 113.

Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBC, and 2 by the WBO at super lightweight.

‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido form

Cruz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Angel Fierro on February 1, 2025, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Jose Valenzuela on August 3, 2024, by split decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at BMO Stadium, Los Angeles.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero on March 30, 2024, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Giovanni Cabrera on July 29, 2023, by split decision in their 12 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Eduardo Ramirez on September 4, 2022, by knockout in the 2nd round at Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles.

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Cruz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 15 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

Salcido's last 2 fights had come over a period of 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.5 rounds on average.

What time did ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido?

‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido was broadcast on Amazon Prime PPV both in the UK and US.

What were the odds on ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Salcido?

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