Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
New York - As WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KO's) was greeted by fans and welcomed by the Mexican Consulate in New York, he looked on to his father and trainer Jose Santa Cruz.
Leo Santa Cruz has heard through boxing’s proverbial grapevine that Carl Frampton has no intention of engaging in a slugfest Saturday night. The Rosemead, California, native hopes that turns out to be an erroneous rumor.
The 86th Floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building, home to one of the most iconic views in the world, played host to the very first faceoff between Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz and Carl "The Jackal" Frampton as the undefeated fighters and their teams met for the first time Tuesday to formally kick off the joint fight week festivities.
Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) will defend his title against Irish superstar Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) on Saturday, July 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Former lineal world featherweight champion and British fighting legend Prince Naseem Hamed has backed Carl Frampton to beat Leo Santa Cruz at the Barclays Center in New York City this Saturday.
BROOKLYN – The featherweight world championship clash between defending titlist Leo Santa Cruz and undefeated former unified super bantamweight champ Carl Frampton features an unpredictable and potentially explosive mix of styles between two of the world’s top fighters.
LONDON (July 21) - One of this year’s most eagerly anticipated matchups has landed exclusively live on BoxNation with undefeated Irish sensation Carl Frampton taking on unbeaten featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz next Saturday night (July 30).
Chris Sanigar, the Bristol based manager and trainer, is enjoying a run of success which has taken two of his fighters, Lee Selby (featherweight) and Lee Haskins (bantamweight), to IBF world championships. Sanigar sat down with Boxingscene.com to discuss plans for both champions and provide his perspective on the upcoming U.K. visit of middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
By Thomas Gerbasi - There’s nothing like a European Superfight. An arena or stadium packed to the hilt with fans from each fighter’s city or country cheering them on, and the stakes as high as they’ve ever been. Carl Frampton has been there. In fact, he was just there in February, fighting fellow unbeaten...
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby is waiting in the wings to face the winner of the upcoming battle between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton. Santa Cruz will defend his WBA featherweight belt against Frampton next Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.