Comments Thread For: Leo Santa Cruz: My Father Said No Belfast, Says I'll Get Robbed

[hammyholdup]

Fair is the fight in Brooklyn for Framp and Leo.

Leo as champion is smart no going to Belfast for the fight. Belfast is not a place but ********* graveyard. Not even sure if Arenas In Belfast have electricity or running water. Leo would lose in Belfast among those maniac Irish dweebs.

[Sparked_26]

Poor show really.

But in a way he is right. These two will always have close fights. LSC is not able to stop Frampton and vice versa and the rounds are always going to be nip and tuck. A crowd will sway impressionable judges in tight rounds. Frampton wasn't great in the last fight but it was still tight.

LSC obviously doesn't have the appetite for that kind of fight again but to be honest there are more dangerous fights out there for him - what would either do against Gary Russell Jr for example. I'd imagine he beats them both and does that bring in much money for them? I doubt the networks have got the appetite to watch him go 12 rounds with overmatched opponents on undercards.

Frampton has more options as he is now in his own right a fighter who has headlined a UK PPV with a domestic rival with a world title belt in Selby, and Scott Quigg on the horizon, even Josh Warrington ffs - which we know potentially could be built into Sky Box Office PPV's - maybe even ITV box office PPV's. And then he can fight the Mexicans if he wants. Frampton can make some real money you would imagine and I'd say he wont be around that long to make it.

If you were advising Frampton you'd probably tell him not to bother with LSC unless it's in Belfast. To be honest I didn't really enjoy the rematch anyway there was a no real drama in it.

[jas]

leos father is 100% right.

the judges favoured frampton, perhaps because of the crowd influence, in both their previous fights. i had the first fight 7-5 frampton and the 2nd fight i had it 8-3 leo going into the 12th so either 8-4 or 9-3 leo

if leo beat frampton in belfast, he would get robbed.

[daggum]

Poor show really.

But in a way he is right. These two will always have close fights. LSC is not able to stop Frampton and vice versa and the rounds are always going to be nip and tuck. A crowd will sway impressionable judges in tight rounds. Frampton wasn't great in the last fight but it was still tight.

LSC obviously doesn't have the appetite for that kind of fight again but to be honest there are more dangerous fights out there for him - what would either do against Gary Russell Jr for example. I'd imagine he beats them both and does that bring in much money for them? I doubt the networks have got the appetite to watch him go 12 rounds with overmatched opponents on undercards.

Frampton has more options as he is now in his own right a fighter who has headlined a UK PPV with a domestic rival with a world title belt in Selby, and Scott Quigg on the horizon, even Josh Warrington ffs - which we know potentially could be built into Sky Box Office PPV's - maybe even ITV box office PPV's. And then he can fight the Mexicans if he wants. Frampton can make some real money you would imagine and I'd say he wont be around that long to make it.

If you were advising Frampton you'd probably tell him not to bother with LSC unless it's in Belfast. To be honest I didn't really enjoy the rematch anyway there was a no real drama in it.

2nd fight wasn't that close. 8-4 9-3 leo. judges for some reason like to make fights closer than they appear.

[Sparked_26]

leos father is 100% right.

the judges favoured frampton, perhaps because of the crowd influence, in both their previous fights. i had the first fight 7-5 frampton and the 2nd fight i had it 8-3 leo going into the 12th so either 8-4 or 9-3 leo

if leo beat frampton in belfast, he would get robbed.

Am I the only one who didn't really enjoy that rematch?

It never caught fire. I actually didn't even bother scoring the rounds to be fair but your scorecard seems a fairly common consensus. In which case I guess we'd could all do without it because as margin of victory that is comfortable.

I just remember Frampton loading up a lot and throwing single shots. Frampton couldn't knock LSC out with a cricket bat.

[Mequetrefe]

Mexicans don't f**k around, they just straight up lie to your face and go back on their words. Except my boy Julio, he's ok in my book, but Leo and Canelo doe....

[Sparked_26]

2nd fight wasn't that close. 8-4 9-3 leo. judges for some reason like to make fights closer than they appear.

yeah seems like the opinion in here.

I am happy to go with it to be honest. I spent that whole fight waiting for something to start. It wasn't exactly Barrera and Morales out there. I am never going to watch that fight again either to form my own scorecard.

For me they are both fairly fortunate that there seems to be a genuine clamour for the rematch.

[P.K Dionysus]

This can't be a massive surprise, as swerving is in both their histories.

They both swerved Rigo about as hard as humanly possible, so Leo laying the foundation for the another duck isn't a surprise at all.

[Fabes88]

Haha guess I can add him to the list of Americans who are all talk and to the list of Mexicans who do **** around

[mlac]

i called it straight after the 2nd fight, there won't be a 3rd fight and leo will refuse to fight in Ireland...