Leo Santa Cruz: record, next fight and profile →
By Cliff Rold - Hardcore fight fans in the States have one destination this weekend. Sho Extreme, 5:30 PM EST. In a year full of stay busy time sucks so far, this is a main event worthy of everyone's time. WBA 122 lb. titlist Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KO) meets IBF 122 lb. titlist Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KO). Nothing else on the dial this week looks as good on paper. If one can find it, the fourth fight between cruiserweights...
LOS ANGELES - Former world champion Kiko "Sensacion" Martinez (35-6-0, 26 KOs) participated in a media workout Wednesday at the City of Angels Boxing Club in Los Angeles as he prepares to face undefeated WBA Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday, Feb. 27 live on SHOWTIME(R) (7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET) from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Kiko Martínez will enter Saturday's WBA featherweight world title fight against Leo Santa Cruz without the aid of his usual trainer Gabriel Sarmiento. The pair, who had based the majority of their training camp in the Canary Islands were prepared for this eventuality given Sarmiento's previous legal issues.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - As long as we’re here, let's go ahead and blame it on Manny Pacquiao. Though, unlike other stories these days in which the Filipino politician plays the protagonist, this one touches neither on bald-faced homophobia nor maddeningly inconsistent damage control. This one, instead, has only to do with Pac Man’s penchant...
Even while preparing for his own fight later Saturday, Leo Santa Cruz will pay close attention to the Carl Frampton-Scott Quigg clash Saturday.
Kiko Martinez is well aware of the public perception that he's in way over his head for this weekend’s challenge versus featherweight titlist Leo Santa Cruz. It’s not the first time he’s heard such claims, in fact making a career out of fights he wasn’t meant to win.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. - Undefeated featherweight world champion Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz held an open media workout Thursday at Who's Next Boxing Academy in La Puente, Calif., as he prepares for his first title defense against Kiko "Sensación" Martinez Saturday, February 27 live on SHOWTIME from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Spain's Kiko "Sensación" Martinez is a soft-spoken, hard-hitting former IBF Super Bantamweight World Champion and a three-time European champion at 122 pounds. He's a come-forward, comes-to-win, aggressive-minded slugger who makes for exciting fights and has been in with excellent opposition.
Even at just 22 years of age, Andres Gutierrez is old and wise enough to not look past the task at hand even while mapping out his potential future. The opportunities that lie ahead drive him to succeed in the present, which in part explains the unbeaten record he carries into Saturday’s 12-round bout with Argentina’s Manuel Dionisio Echenique in his birthtown of Queretaro, Mexico.
Leo "Terremoto" Santa Cruz has already accumulated a prestigious personal collection of three world titles in three different divisions. After winning gold at bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight - he wants continue going up in weight to win more.