Comments Thread For: Carl Frampton Beats Leo Santa Cruz, Wins WBA Belt in a War

[SteveM]

For a guy that wasn't engaged, Postol sure was on the floor and rubber leg'n around the ring a lot.

IMO Crawford would be above Frampton on ability - as the eyes see it and not necessarily on results as I think a win over LSC trumps a win over Postol. But, as good as Frampton was tonight, I feel Bud has more upside.

But if you polled NSB I reckon 90% are more looking forward to Frampton's next fight than Crawford's but Crawford would 'n could have changed that perception if he'd have gone for the knockout against Postol.

[Zaroku]

Better man??? Ok! You really think if they fought 10 times Frampton would win all 10??? Your dumb.

Better man tonight. Re read my post. Tonight was the key word.

[throughtheropes]

Great to see someone who can actually see the fight instead of falling into the hype. You described it exactly how it went for me too Leo took the fight after the early rounds and definitely dominated the rest of the fight with his range, lateral movement and just volume punching. I particularly loved how he ducked under the right hand and came back with left hooks over the top but with Leo he throws so any punches and does so many little things in there to throw off his opponents that you need to watch his fights a few times to really appreciate his work. Thanks again for an honest and fair comment.

[SteveM]

Most of the people who are saying that Frampton won are either white, conning or bed wenches. There is no way Frampton took it, I was watching it on Box Nation and the commentators were only commenting on the punches landed by Frampton ignoring completely the stuff coming from Santa Cruz. Leo won clearly he was the one going forward most of the fight and landed the more volume. Frampton was good early but got overwhelmed by the sheer amount of punches Santa Cruz throws and lateral movement and just the pace. Leo had it by four to five round margin considering some rounds were very close. I felt bad for the kid really. Fuerza Leo

So was I - and that's not true at all. Furthermore the same commentators .. the first thing they said at the end was the judges had it too wide.

Compubox
Leo 255 total landed out of 1002 ... 64 jabs 191 power shots
Carl 242 total landed out of 662 ... 31 jabs 211 power shots

Harder more accurate power shots won the day

[throughtheropes]

I really hate ****** casual boxing fans like you, you ain't ****. Go learn what boxing is first your hype fan boy.

[throughtheropes]

What those numbers don't show are the break downs of head vs body shots. Frampton was throwing measly stuff to the body that counted as power shots but the most telling blows to the head that were actually stopping Frampton in his tracks were landed by Leo, please go and rewatch the fight and you will see what I am talking about. Again to beat a champion you need to take the title from him, but it was Leo pushing the fight and overhwelming Frampton who after the early stages of the fight was back tracking. Anyone with any boxing sense should see that the better and the fresher fighter tonight was Leo

[Shadoww702]

Better man tonight. Re read my post. Tonight was the key word.

My bad! I did catch that right when I hit post.

[Shadoww702]

Who looked more tired and roughed up in the end. Reason why Frampton looked almost done and Leo could go another 12.

[throughtheropes]

Spoken like a real ignorant and racist boxing fan. Congratulations!

[throughtheropes]

Por favor vaya a la concha de su madre. Frampton won my ass...Leo is the champion and Frampton didn't take it from him one bit. who was pushing the fight, who was forcing Frampton to fight, you are right Frampton was on his back leg most of the fight but the problem was he only fought in little tiny spurts of off it all the while why Leo was bouncing shots off him.