Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
Barry McGuigan, manager of WBA featherweight world champion Carl Frampton, expects his fighter to make a clearer statement when he faces Leo Santa Cruz in a rematch. The second contest takes place on January 28th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz will meet for a second time in the new year –– and the fight now has a UK broadcaster. Their return, for the former’s Super WBA featherweight world title which he took from the latter on points on July 30 at the Barclays Center in New York, will be screened exclusively live on Sky Sports on these shores.
Josh Taylor will return to the ring next month. The Commonwealth super-lightweight champion, who took out Dave Ryan inside five rounds back in October to land the vacant belt, exclusively live on Channel 5, has been added to a Stateside card topped by one of his gym-mates.
Cruiserweight: Champion Tony Bellew (Great Britain) - Bellew requested approval from the Board of Governors for a fight in the heavyweight division against David Haye, and the Board supports his request. Bellew will remain cruiserweight champion until he informs the WBC whether he will continue to fight as a heavyweight or return to the cruiserweight division. In the meantime, the WBC has ordered an interim title fight between No. 1 ranked Mairis Breidis of Latvia and No. 2 ranked Marco Huck of Germany. The free negotiation period starts today and if no agreement is reached, a purse offer will be held on January 14 or 15.
Carl Frampton doesn’t think Leo Santa Cruz can improve much in their rematch on his performance from their first fight. The featherweight champion from Northern Ireland won their July 30 bout by majority decision at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Frampton (23-0, 14 KOs) didn’t throw or land more overall punches than the relentless Santa Cruz (32-1-1, 18 KOs), but he won by sizeable margins on two of the three scorecards (117-111, 116-112, 114-114) and took Santa Cruz’s WBA super world featherweight championship.
By Keith Idec - The start of Leo Santa Cruz’s training camp for his rematch with Carl Frampton has been much more peaceful than most of his camp prior to their first fight. His father’s cancer is almost completely in remission. Leo Santa Cruz can’t even begin to express how much of a relief that is for him and their...
Leo Santa Cruz Video Interview - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face in Los Angeles Thursday along with lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin and undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia in advance of their respective showdowns Saturday, January 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME. Video by Showtime.
Carl Frampton Video Interview - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face in Los Angeles Thursday along with lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin and undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia in advance of their respective showdowns Saturday, January 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME. Photos by Showtime.
If you’re wondering just how devoted Carl Frampton’s fans can be, meet Keith Dallas. The former amateur boxer from Belfast needs new front teeth, but he used the money he made recently from selling his wife’s car to pay for a trip to Las Vegas to watch Frampton fight Leo Santa Cruz again. Frampton estimates that about 4,000 fans from the United Kingdom will travel to Las Vegas to support him during his 12-round, 126-pound rematch against Santa Cruz on January 28 at MGM Grand Garden Arena (Showtime).
LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face in Los Angeles Thursday along with lightweight world champion Dejan Zlaticanin and undefeated former two-division world champion Mikey Garcia in advance of their respective showdowns Saturday, January 28 in a Premier Boxing Champions event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME.