Jose Santa Cruz, the father and trainer of the retired world champion Leo Santa Cruz and of Leo’s fellow professionals Jose Armando, Antonio and Roberto, has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer
Leigh Wood is free to pursue any fight he wants as a recognized full titlist. The year-long ordeal in waiting out the status of an ordered WBA featherweight title consolidation bout ended with Leo Santa Cruz relinquishing his ‘Super’ title. The decision was revealed Monday during the WBA Centennial Convention in Orlando, Florida, coming hours before a now-canceled purse bid that was scheduled to have determined promotional rights for the overdue fight.
GLENDALE, Arizona – Leigh Wood is set to return to the ring—with or without Leo Santa Cruz. The latter could also determine whether the Brit moves forward with or without his secondary WBA featherweight title. Matchroom Boxing chairman Eddie Hearn confirmed to BoxingScene.com that Wood will next fight on January 28, likely
Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood have been granted another two weeks to manipulate the sanctioning body whose featherweight titles they each hold.
Leigh Wood still needs to convince the WBA that he is cleared for combat to retain his secondary title status. A reminder letter was sent to Nottingham’s Wood seeking medical proof of a biceps injury that forced him out of a September 24 voluntary WBA ‘World’ (Regular) featherweight title defense against Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara. The WBA
The respective teams of Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood have run out of ways to avoid one another. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that plans are in place to reorder the long overdue WBA featherweight title consolidation clash. The two were prepared to enter separate fights but are now once again forced to sit back down at the negotiating table.
Both Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia continue to fulminate in the public eye. Garcia, in particular, has screamed to the mountaintops that despite the Baltimore native possessing devastating power, he’s more than capable of rendering the 27-year-old motionless on the mat.
Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood are set to fight this fall. Just not against each other. The two claimants to the WBA featherweight title were instead granted permission to enter separate fights, with each of their belts at stake. As announced by Matchroom Boxing, Wood will defend his secondary WBA featherweight title against streaking contender Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara on September 24 in his hometown of Nottingham, England.
Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood have found a way to move forward with their title consolidation fight. A purse bid hearing scheduled for Friday morning was 'suspended' by the WBA after being informed that deal was reached by both parties. The development comes four months after the fight was first amount, with negotiations previously going nowhere but suddenly finding resolution at the eleventh hour.
Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood will finally learn their fate on Friday. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a purse bid hearing scheduled for August 12 will proceed as planned, despite prior concern that one side would ultimately pull out of their long-ago ordered WBA featherweight title consolidation fight. A letter was sent to all WBA-registered promoters—a copy of which was obtained by BoxingScene.com—with final instructions for those who plan to participate.