Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz revealed that he will return to the ring at the end of June or the beginning of July, and given the difficulty of unifying titles at 126-pounds, it is very likely that this fight will be the first one to held at super featherweight.
Former two division world champion Carl Frampton is still itching for a trilogy fight with Leo Santa Cruz, who holds the WBA featherweight crown. But Frampton complains that Santa Cruz refuses to meet him for a third time. Frampton handed Santa Cruz the first loss of his career with a close majority twelve round decision back in 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Unbeaten world champion Rey Vargas was a special guest at the traditional "Tuesday Coffee" with media in Mexico, to discuss his future plans as the current super bantamweight world champion by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Vargas wants to move up to featherweight to face WBA world champion Leo Santa Cruz. If can't get that fight, he'll face mandatory challenger Tomoki Kameda.
World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas has launched a spirited challenge to world champion Leo Santa Cruz, to offer boxing fans one of the best fights of 2019, since two Mexicans going to war in the ring is a guaranteed spectacle.
Leo Santa Cruz’s latest televised win saw a significant ratings drop from the last two Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox telecasts, but only a slight dip from his previous network appearance. The reigning two-time featherweight titlist successfully turned away the challenge of a determined Rafael Rivera atop Saturday night’s Fox-televised tripleheader, which averaged 1.376 million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research.
Leo Santa Cruz, Rafael Rivera Fight Photos Gallery - Leo Santa Cruz defended his World Boxing Association featherweight title on Saturday, dominating compatriot Rafael Rivera to win by unanimous 12-round decision. (photos by Andy Samuelson, Sean Ham)
Leo Santa Cruz (36-1-1, 19 KOs) retained his title in front of his hometown crowd by winning a unanimous decision over Rafael Rivera (26-3-2, 17 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday night from Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles - WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (36-1-1, 19 KOs) secured a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over a game Rafael Rivera (26-3-2, 17 KOs). Santa Cruz was originally scheduled to fight Miguel Flores, who withdrew from the contest with injury. Rivera accepted th...
Leo Santa Cruz, Rafael Rivera Scorecard BoxingScene Live - The fighters competing on Saturday's Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes exchanged words and went face-to-face at the official weigh-in before their respective showdowns this Saturday night at Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live. (photos by Sean Ham).
Three prominent online sports books list Leo Santa Cruz as a 100-1 favorite over Rafael Rivera. That’s how little of a chance most handicappers have given Rivera of pulling off an upset Saturday night in their 12-round featherweight title fight. Santa Cruz, 30, hasn’t paid much mind to those unusually long odds.