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As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, undefeated Irish boxer and two-division world champion Carl Frampton says he wants to make history by becoming the first Irish fighter in boxing to hold world titles in three different weight divisions.
Kenny Porter, father and trainer of former welterweight world champion Shawn Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs), is picking WBA champion Keith Thurman to win his upcoming unification with WBC champ Danny Garcia.
WBA featherweight champion Carl Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) is hoping to eventually move up in weight to pursue a third divisional title. Frampton moved up to featherweight last year and captured the WBA belt with a close, hard-fought twelve round decision over Leo Santa Cruz at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Carl Frampton felt a dramatic difference in his body during his first featherweight fight in more than five years. Frampton was less energetic and weaker when he had to struggle to make the 122-pound limit, but he felt fresh and strong during his 12-round, majority-decision victory over Leo Santa Cruz five months ago. The unbeaten WBA world featherweight champion, who’s training for their January 28 rematch, doesn’t think he would’ve been able to fend off the relentless Santa Cruz if the weight limit for their July 30 fight was 122 pounds, rather than the featherweight maximum of 126.
Leo Santa Cruz took his first professional defeat hard. The proud Mexican-American boxer felt as though he let down his fans and family by losing a majority decision to Carl Frampton on July 30 in Brooklyn, New York. The Southern California fighter didn’t even want to see people in the immediate aftermath of the fight that cost him the WBA world featherweight title.
On July 30th, Carl Frampton (23-0) and Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1) traded punches in of the year's most entertaining fights. The fight took place in Brooklyn, NY at Barclays Center with Frampton pulling out a majority decision victory. With the win Frampton took Santa Cruz's WBA featherweight title and became a two division champion.
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"Super" WBA featherweight champion Carl Frampton (23-0) and former champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-1) will renew acquaintances on January 28th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will be Frampton's third fight in the United States and his first fight in Vegas.
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8KOs) is hoping that Carl Frampton will overcome Leo Santa Cruz in their scheduled rematch on at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Back in July at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Frampton decisioned Santa Cruz to capture the WBA featherweight championship.
Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18KOs) admits that he wasn't fully focused when he entered the ring with Carl Frampton (23-0, 14KOs) back in July at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.