Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby is hoping to land a big fight in the near future. He feels the weight division is wide open after Vasyl Lomachenko's moved up to super featherweight last weekend and knocked out Roman Martinez to capture the WBO world championship.
BROOKLYN – Undefeated featherweight world champion Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) and fellow unbeaten Irish star Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) will meet with a world title and two perfect records at stake on Saturday, July 30 in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast begins live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Josh Taylor and Conrad Cummings will box Stateside next month. The Cyclone Promotions-promoted duo, who campaign at super-lightweight and middleweight respectively, will return to the ring on July 30.
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby has vowed never to fight Josh Warrington. The Welshman had hoped to defend his title against his domestic rival before the end of July, but remains frustrated at Warrington's unwillingness to do so so close to his August wedding.
Jesús Cuellar versus Abner Mares is an attractive fight in its own right. A fine support act to the main event of Keith Thurman versus Shawn Porter on June 25 at New York’s Barclays Center, but there is added spice with the fact that Mares is now working with Robert García, former trainer of Cuellar. Nevertheless, the Argentine played down the significance of that fact when discussing the bout with BoxingScene.com after lunch this week.
Bury’s former WBA World Super bantamweight holder Scott Quigg (31-1-2 23 KOs) feels refreshed and ready for another title run after taking his first real break from the sport following February's split decision defeat to IBF counterpart Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 early).
McGuigan talks Frampton-Santa Cruz - UKTV’s leading free-to-air entertainment channel Dave has secured the exclusive UK rights for former two-weight world champion David Haye’s latest fight as he continues his comeback to the ring. ‘Haye Day’ will once again air on Dave, live from The O2 on Saturday 21 May.
On July 30th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, former WBA/IBF bantamweight world champion Carl Frampton (22-0, 14KOs) will move up in weight to challenge WBA world featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18KOs).
Belfast’s Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) meets Mexico’s Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 early) for the WBA featherweight title at New York’s Barclays Centre on July 30. The former IBF and WBA Super bantamweight holder is taking a step up in weight and boxing on the road, but a former star of what will be his new division has pegged him for the win.
Lou DiBella had a big day in store on Tuesday in formally announcing the June 25 welterweight showdown between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter, which will air live in primetime on CBS from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.