CompuBox Stats: Leo Santa Cruz Brutal in TKO Win
Leo Santa Cruz landed 57 body shots- nearly 25% of his punches landed. Santa Cruz had a 135-26 edge in power shots landed over the last three rounds.
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Leo Santa Cruz Beats Down Munoz For TKO Victory
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Leo Santa Cruz (24-0-1, 14KOs) made his super bantamweight debut and beat down two-time super flyweight champion Alexander Munoz (36-5, 28KOs) for a fifth round TKO win. Santa Cruz wins the vacant NABF super bantamweight championship.
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CompuBox Historical Review: Leo Santa Cruz vs. Munoz
Leo Santa Cruz avg'd nearly 100 punches thrown per round in his last 5 fights (all in 2012). He landed 35 per round-twice the wgt. class avg. He also landed 46% of his power shots- bolstered by a nasty body attack. Munoz is super busy as well- but lands only one of every five punches thrown. Munoz opponents landed 42% of their power shots. Santa Cruz has a +15 plus/minus rating- #3 among active fighters.
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CompuBox Fight Analysis: Leo Santa Cruz vs. Munoz
It's fitting that the prolific punching Leo Santa Cruz's 2012 campaign was built on volume. In five fights, he stuffed a four round TKO win over Alejandro Hernandez, won the vacant IBF title against Vusi Malinga and squeezed in three title defenses -- two of which were held just 35 days apart -- before vacating at year's end. For some fighters that represents a three-year stretch but Santa Cruz wasn't the worse for wear. On Saturday Santa Cruz begins a more sedate 2013 season by making his 122-pound debut against former two-time 115-pound titlist Alexander Munoz, a 34-year-old veteran who created a splash by scoring 23 straight KOs to start his career, then switched to a volume-punching approach to navigate the sport's top levels.
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Video: Mares vs. Ponce, Love-Rosado Final Presser
Ryan Burton catches the final press conference to the Showtime Pay-Per-View undercard to Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero. Abner Mares moves up to the featherweight division to challenge WBC champion Daniel Ponce De Leon. J'Leon Love battles Gabe Rosado in a middleweight clash, and former champion Leo Santa Cruz moves up the super bantamweight division to face veteran Alexander Munoz.
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Video: Alexander Munoz Ready To Shock Leo Santa Cruz
Fyan Burton catches up with Super bantamweight Alexander Munoz, who says he is ready to shock Leo Santa Cruz.
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Video: Leon Santa Cruz Open Workout For Munoz
Ryan Burton catches the open workout for former champion Leo Santa Cruz, who makes his super bantamweight debut on the Mayweather-Guerrero undercard.
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Mayweather-Guerrero: Santa Cruz, Love Ready To Go
LAS VEGAS - The Saturday, May 4 "MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero" SHOWTIME PPV telecast fight line-up is complete with the addition of former IBF Bantamweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz facing veteran Alexander Munoz in a 10-round junior featherweight fight and rising middleweight star J'Leon Love squaring off against recent world title challenger Gabriel Rosado in a 10-round battle. These bouts, in addition to the already announced Daniel Ponce de Leon vs. Abner Mares 12-round title fight for Ponce de Leon's WBC Featherweight World Championship, will set the stage for the world title clash between Eight-Time and Five Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather and Six-Time and Four-Division World Champion Robert Guerrero at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
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News: Broner-Malignaggi, Thurman, Santa Cruz, More
Things are coming together for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero Showtime Pay-Per-View, scheduled for May 4th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The co-feature was finalized two weeks ago, with Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13KOs) moving up to the featherweight division to face Daniel Ponce De Leon (44-4, 35KOs) for the WBC championship. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has advised BoxingScene.com that J'Leon Love (15-0, 8KOs) vs. Gabe Rosado (21-6, 13KOs) has been finalized for the show. Former IBF bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (23-0-1, 13KOs) was going to face Rafael Marquez, who got injured. He will now likely make his super bantamweight debut against veteran Alexander Munoz (36-4, 28KOs) of Venezuela.
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