Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
Leigh Wood appears to have a list of options to consider for his next fight. The 126-pound WBA “world” titlist Wood (26-2, 12KOs) is coming off an incredible come-from-behind knockout win in a fight of the year contender against Michael Conlan in March.
A next step has finally come of the title consolidation fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood. The long-ago ordered title fight is once again the subject of a purse bid hearing. The WBA has assigned a date of August 12 via Zoom conference call, alerting all registered promoters via official document, a copy of which was obtained by BoxingScene.com.
As previously reported, the World Boxing Association (WBA) applied a lot of pressure on their featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz, to make a mandatory defense of his title against Leigh Wood. Santa Cruz is the WBA "super" champion at the weight, while Wood has the "regular" title.
Newly crowned WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas is still hoping to secure a showdown with WBA champion Leo Santa Cruz. Earlier this month, Vargas captured the WBC title with a twelve round decision win over Mark Magsayo.
The World Boxing Association has applied a lot of pressure on their WBA 'super' champion at featherweight, Leo Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has not made a mandatory defense of the featherweight belt since June of 2018. The Mexican boxer had to make a mandatory defense by June of 2020. The last time Santa Cruz defended that title was back in February of 2019.
Thomas Patrick Ward has told Leo Santa Cruz to stop ‘holding up the division’ after he reinforced his status as the leading featherweight contender.
SAN ANTONIO – Rey Vargas’ goal now that he has won the WBC featherweight title is to add another 126-pound championship to his collection.
SAN ANTONIO – Mark Magsayo is fully confident defeating mandatory challenger Rey Vargas on Saturday night will lead to a featherweight title unification fight.
Thomas Patrick Ward wants to finally shake off his contender status and fight for a world title this year. The featherweight returns to action on July 17, at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, headlining a Phil Jeffries promotion, looking to preserve his status at the WBA’s No1 ranked fighter.
Olympian Michael Conlan (16-1, 8 KOs) is still hoping to secure a rematch with WBA "regular" featherweight champion Leigh Wood. Back in March, Conlan nearly knocked Wood out in the first round. Wood was forced to rally in the championship rounds - dropping Conlan in the eleventh and knocking him out in the twelfth and final round.