Comments Thread For: Leo Santa Cruz Will Exercise Immediate Rematch With Frampton

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Bad move.

Take a top ten fight in a deep division and make that thing huge down the road

I agree..

It should be frampton vs Shelby, and Santa cruz vs some ranked guy, maybe on the same card in UK, then the rematch next year in Las Vegas. Frampton would come into vegas with a Hatton type fan following

[Anton Chigurh]

Lol at these ******s claiming the champ calls the shots. If that's the case then why was the fight in New York in the first place?

Based on the scorecards the champ wasn't given any of the close rounds and Frampton faded down the stretch. You're supposed to take the fight from the champ in the championship rounds, right? Not lose the second half of the fight.

[MindGame]

Lol at these ******s claiming the champ calls the shots. If that's the case then why was the fight in New York in the first place?

New York is in America you know, not in Northern Ireland...

So if Santa Cruz can choose the City in Northern Ireland to fight Frampton in, that would somehow remove Frampton's home country advantage ???? INTERESTING !!! Very solid logic...

[Anton Chigurh]

New York is in America you know, not in Northern Ireland...

So if Santa Cruz can choose the City in Northern Ireland to fight Frampton in, that would somehow remove Frampton's home country advantage ???? INTERESTING !!! Very solid logic...

Oh yeah, like New York is somehow Santa Cruz's backyard. There was a ton of Irish-Americans there for Frampton. Let's stop acting like Frampton traveled to hostile territory.

[MindGame]

Oh yeah, like New York is somehow Santa Cruz's backyard. There was a ton of Irish-Americans there for Frampton. Let's stop acting like Frampton traveled to hostile territory.

Well, let's not act like there are no Mexican Americans in New York City...
Are you insinuating Santa Cruz was in hostile territory in New York City ???

Leo suggesting the crowd swayed the judges is an excuse, plain and simple...
I watched the fight, the crowd went both ways...

Leo didn't adapt his game plan to the fight Frampton was fighting.... He didn't use his height and reach advantages properly...

SIMPLE QUESTION,
If Santa Cruz would have stayed on the outside and swarmed when Frampton advanced then pivot out... Does Santa Cruz win fighting outside ???

You better think this through, it's a slippery slope...
If you say Santa Cruz dominates, then say goodbye to the crowd excuse....
If you say that Santa Cruz would have been no better off fighting on the outside, then you lack confidence in Leo's skills...

That's why he lost, not that ****** crowd excuse...

[Shadoww702]

a boxing fan saying dont go get your belt back and make a 126lb ppv lol...jesus Christ

That made ZERO freaking sense to me as well. I still think their fights are 50/50.

[Shadoww702]

Lol at these ******s claiming the champ calls the shots. If that's the case then why was the fight in New York in the first place?

Based on the scorecards the champ wasn't given any of the close rounds and Frampton faded down the stretch. You're supposed to take the fight from the champ in the championship rounds, right? Not lose the second half of the fight.

You got to beat the champ to be the champ. I scored it 114-114 but Leo was the champ so he should keep his belt.

[Shadoww702]

New York is in America you know, not in Northern Ireland...

So if Santa Cruz can choose the City in Northern Ireland to fight Frampton in, that would somehow remove Frampton's home country advantage ???? INTERESTING !!! Very solid logic...

Leo was getting boo'd the entire fight. And the announcers were very BIASED. It was a VERY close fight. No WAY should anyone had a 9-3 card filled out from Friday Night.

[Shadoww702]

Well, let's not act like there are no Mexican Americans in New York City...
Are you insinuating Santa Cruz was in hostile territory in New York City ???

Leo suggesting the crowd swayed the judges is an excuse, plain and simple...
I watched the fight, the crowd went both ways...

Leo didn't adapt his game plan to the fight Frampton was fighting.... He didn't use his height and reach advantages properly...

SIMPLE QUESTION,
If Santa Cruz would have stayed on the outside and swarmed when Frampton advanced then pivot out... Does Santa Cruz win fighting outside ???

You better think this through, it's a slippery slope...
If you say Santa Cruz dominates, then say goodbye to the crowd excuse....
If you say that Santa Cruz would have been no better off fighting on the outside, then you lack confidence in Leo's skills...

That's why he lost, not that ****** crowd excuse...

Your confusing Puerto Ricans for MexiCANS. I know the brown skin can confuse some ppl. NY is too damn COLD for MexiCANS.

[MindGame]

Your confusing Puerto Ricans for MexiCANS. I know the brown skin can confuse some ppl. NY is too damn COLD for MexiCANS.

I live in Chicago, it's colder here than in New York City... A couple of my best friends are Mexican, there are Mexicans everywhere..

The fight was close... It should have been a closer on those two score cards.... But if Leo stays on the outside and fights with his head and not his heart, he wins... Why attack a counter puncher when you have height and reach advantages ???
You pick him apart with the jab and wait for him to attack because he has no other choice... Leo did none of that..

There are well defined strategies for a taller fighter with reach advantages to fight shorter fighters... The dangerous shorter fighters are pressure fighters, Frampton wasn't even that.... Frampton waited for the attack and countered, almost the exact plan Leo needed to enact (minus the jab)...
They didn't capitalize on their advantages and that's why he lost, not the crowd excuse..