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By Doug Fischer - It’s a good time to be a lightweight contender.
With two high-profile ‘Fight of the Year’ candidates having took place this month – Nate Campbell’s thrilling decision victory over Juan Diaz and Joel Casamayor’s dramatic 10th-round stoppage of Michael Katsidis – along with Manny Pacquiao’s lightweight debut scheduled to take place this summer, Juan Manuel Marquez’s imminent jump to 135 pounds, and with rapidly rising young talents like Amir Khan and Anthony Peterson, the lightweight division is quickly emerging as one of the sport’s glamour weight classes.
So why isn’t Rudy Hernandez – trainer and manager of top-10 lightweight contender Jose Armando Santa Cruz – happy?
Santa Cruz, who beat-up Casamayor for 12 rounds last November in a bout that everyone but two official judges thought he won easily, is 27 years old, at the peak of his physical powers, and is part of the Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters, which includes recognized lightweight champ Casamayor, Marquez and Diaz. The L.A.-based company also has a working relationship with Katsidis. [details]
With two high-profile ‘Fight of the Year’ candidates having took place this month – Nate Campbell’s thrilling decision victory over Juan Diaz and Joel Casamayor’s dramatic 10th-round stoppage of Michael Katsidis – along with Manny Pacquiao’s lightweight debut scheduled to take place this summer, Juan Manuel Marquez’s imminent jump to 135 pounds, and with rapidly rising young talents like Amir Khan and Anthony Peterson, the lightweight division is quickly emerging as one of the sport’s glamour weight classes.
So why isn’t Rudy Hernandez – trainer and manager of top-10 lightweight contender Jose Armando Santa Cruz – happy?
Santa Cruz, who beat-up Casamayor for 12 rounds last November in a bout that everyone but two official judges thought he won easily, is 27 years old, at the peak of his physical powers, and is part of the Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters, which includes recognized lightweight champ Casamayor, Marquez and Diaz. The L.A.-based company also has a working relationship with Katsidis. [details]
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