It’s been three years since WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz defended his 126lb title, but “El Terremoto” now plans to return to the division. “We want to unify and defend our title. We want all the champions at 126 pounds,” said Santa Cruz after shutting out Keenan Carbajal over ten rounds on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
“We’re going to go back to the gym, get better and work on what we did wrong,” Santa Cruz said. “I went good rounds. If I had gone in there and finished him fast, I wouldn’t have gotten the experience I needed. I felt the long layoff a little bit, but I did my best and hopefully the fans loved it and want to see me again.”
Ever seen Leo in a bad fight? Yeah, me neither. Actually no one in their whole family every put on a bad fight!
Not a fan. Best guy he ever fought he got knocked out. Other then Davis everyone else on his record was weak. He’s probably gonna try to fight Mares 5 for times.
He was the first guy to beat Carl Frampton. Frampton was a good fighter and a lot closer to Santa Cruz’ natural size than Davis. Leo’s always in good fights. I surely wish he would have been more active in his career and I don’t know how he and Gary Russell managed to not fight each other along the way being long time champions in the same weight class for the same promoter, but whenever he actually does make it to the ring, LSC always gives it everything he has.