Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-02-05, good performance by both fighters: the boxing fight Leo Santa Cruz vs Keenan Carbajal gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Carbajal vs Santa Cruz is on the undercard of Keith Thurman vs Mario Barrios. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-10-31, action packed fight with a spectacular finish: Gervonta Davis vs Leo Santa Cruz is one of the best boxing fights of the year 2020 and it gets four stars! Moreover this match was ranked in the ‘Top 10 Boxing Fights of the Year 2020‘ (ranking generated by our users).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-23, some good exchanges between Leo Santa Cruz and Miguel Flores but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 36-1-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz suffered his only loss when he faced Carl Frampton in 2016 (Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) but then, in 2017, he took revenge on him (Frampton vs Santa Cruz II); after this bout he has won three fights defeating Rafael Rivera in 2019 (Leo Santa Cruz vs Rafael Rivera).
His opponent, Miguel Flores, has a record of 24-2-0 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.141 super featherweight. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2017, against Dat Nguyen and Chris Avalos, but then he has beat Raul Chirino and Luis May. Santa Cruz vs Flores is valid for the WBA Super World super featherweight title; undercard of Deontay Wilder vs Luis Ortiz 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-16, pretty good fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera: it gets three stars.The world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional record of 35-1-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz suffered his only loss when he faced Carl Frampton in 2016 (Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) but then, in 2017, he took revenge on him (Frampton vs Santa Cruz II) and he beat Chris Avalos (Leo Santa Cruz vs Chris Avalos); Leo fought just once in 2018 defeating Abner Mares in their rematch (Leo Santa Cruz vs Abner Mares 2).
His opponent, Rafael Rivera, has a boxing record of 26-2-2 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.78 super featherweight but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Joseph Diaz (Joseph Diaz vs Rafael Rivera) and Joet Gonzalez (Joet Gonzalez vs Rafael Rivera); after this bout he came back to win with Jose Ramos. Santa Cruz vs Rivera is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-09, great performance by both boxers: Leo Santa Cruz vs Abner Mares 2 is close to get four stars!The world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 34-1-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz suffered his only loss when he faced Carl Frampton in 2016 (Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) but then he took revenge on him in 2017 (Frampton vs Santa Cruz II) and beat also Chris Avalos (Leo Santa Cruz vs Chris Avalos).
His opponent, the former Olympian and world champion in three different weight classes Abner Mares, has an official record of 31-2-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost to Leo Santa Cruz in 2015 (Santa Cruz vs Mares) but then he defeated Jesus Andres Cuellar in 2016 (Cuellar vs Mares) and Andres Gutierrez in 2017 (Abner Mares vs Andres Gutierrez). Santa Cruz vs Mares 2 is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-14, good fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Chris Avalos: it gets three stars.The world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 33-1-1 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Carl Frampton in 2016 (=Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) but he took revenge on him in 2017 (=Frampton vs Santa Cruz II).
His opponent, Chris Avalos, has an official record of 27-5-0 (20 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three bouts, against Oscar Valdez (=Avalos vs Valdez) and Mark Magsayo; after this fight he has beat Miguel Flores. Santa Cruz vs Avalos is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title (Santa Cruz’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-28, great performance by both boxers: Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz 2 is close to get four stars!The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Carl Frampton entered this fight with a perfect record of 23-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world while his opponent, the former world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz, has an official boxing record of 32-1-1 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In their previous fight Frampton defeated Leo Santa Cruz via majority decision (=Santa Cruz vs Frampton I); before this bout Carl had beat Scott Quigg (=Frampton vs Quigg) while Santa Cruz had won over Kiko Martinez (Fight of the Year 2016 candidate, Santa Cruz vs Martinez). Leo Santa Cruz vs Carl Frampton 2 is valid for the WBA and WBC Diamond featherweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-07-30, close and exciting fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton: it is close to to get four stars!Both undefeated, the world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 32-0-1 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world while his opponent, the former Ibf and Wba super-Bw champion Carl Frampton, has a perfect record of 22-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.1 super bantamweight. Santa Cruz won the Wba belt last year against Abner Mares (=Santa Cruz vs Mares) and he defended it once in 2016 beating Kiko Martinez in five rounds (Fight of the Year candidate, Santa Cruz vs Martinez) while Frampton, who defeated Martinez twice, by tko in nine rounds in 2013 (=Frampton vs Martinez I) and by unanimous decision in 2014 (=Martinez vs Frampton II), comes off the victory over Scott Quigg (=Frampton vs Quigg). ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz vs Frampton is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title (Santa Cruz’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-27, fast and furious start, high pace and spectacular exchanges: Leo Santa Cruz vs Kiko Martinez was an authentic war and it gets five stars; this is the first candidate for the boxing Fight of the Year 2016!The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional record of 31-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Jesus Ruiz (=Santa Cruz vs Ruiz), Jose Cayetano (=Santa Cruz vs Cayetano) and Abner Mares (=Santa Cruz vs Mares).
His opponent, the former Ibf super-Bw champion Kiko Martinez, has a boxing record of 35-6-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He fought four times in 2015 losing to Scott Quigg (=Quigg vs Martinez) but then he won three consecutive bouts. Santa Cruz vs Martinez is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-08-29, great fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares: it gets three stars.The undefeated former world champion in two different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2015 beating Jesus Ruiz (=Santa Cruz vs Ruiz) and Jose Cayetano (=Santa Cruz vs Cayetano).
His opponent, the former world champion in three different weight divisions Abner Mares, has an official record of 29-1-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 featherweight (currently the #1 in this division is Nicholas Walters). He suffered his only loss in 2013 when he faced Jhonny Gonzalez (=Mares vs Gonzalez), after this bout he has won three consecutive fights defeating Arturo Santos Reyes in his last one (=Mares vs Santos Reyes). ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz vs Mares is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
