The handlers for rugged contender Victor ‘Nene’ Zaleta knew it was an uphill battle the moment that terms were accepted to face Leo Santa Cruz in downtown Los Angeles. Zaleta moved up in weight to face the all-action bantamweight titlist in last week...
Leo Santa Cruz doesn’t just throw- he lands. The rising star landed an avg. of 33 power shots per round- 20 more than the wgt. class avg. He avg’d 93 punches thrown per round. Zaleta put up decent stats, landing a wgt. class avg. 18 punches per ro...
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California - IBF bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (22-0, 13KOs) made the first defense of his title in style, as he punished Victor Zaleta (20-3-1, 10KOs) for nine rounds, scoring three knockdowns along the way, and c...
LOS ANGELES – All six fighters squaring off in Saturday’s tripleheader at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles participated in a final press conference on Wednesday to discuss the highly anticipated SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live at 10:00 p.m....
WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Abner Mares (Center) speaks to members of the media on November 5, 2012 in Los Angeles, California during a public media workout in preparation for his November 10, 2012 world title defense against WBA Bantamweig...
LOS ANGELES - Unbeaten in his last four fights, Mexico's Victor Zaleta will get the biggest opportunity of his career on Saturday, November 10 when he faces unbeaten reigning World Champion Leo "Terremoto" Santa Cruz for his IBF Bantamweight World Ch...