By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Frampton (24-1, 14 KOs) has given up on the idea of trying to lure WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo ‘El Torremoto’ Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) to Belfast, Northern Ireland for a third fight between them. Frampton, 30, now says he’s willing to come to the U.S to face Santa Cruz in Las Vegas, Nevada for a third fight.
By Jim Dower: WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) will be fighting Abner Mares (34-2-1, 15 KOs) on June 9 on Showtime along with WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs). The venue for the fight will be once again at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares could be heading to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for their rematch in April or May. It’s been 2 years since Santa Cruz defeated Mares by a 12 round majority decision, and finally they’re about to face each other.
By Juan Flores: Carl “The Jackal” Frampton (23-1, 14 KOs) is already looking past this Saturday’s stay busy fight against Horacio Garcia (33-3-1, 24 KOs) in Belfast towards possible fights against featherweight champions Leo Santa Cruz and Lee Selby.
By Dan Ambrose: Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) and Abner Mares (31-2-1, 15 KOs) both emerged victorious on Saturday night in their stay busy/show case fights against over-matched opponents Chris Avalos (27-5, 20 KOs) and Andres Gutierrez (35-2-1, 25 KOs) on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox from the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Featherweight world champions Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares were both victorious in their Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes fights Saturday night from StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. and officially set up a world championship rematch between the two popular southern California champions in early 2018.
By Dan Ambrose: WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs) made weight on Friday in weighing in at 125.4 pounds for his voluntary title defense against #11 WBA fringe contender Chris Avalos (27-5, 20 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night on Fox at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California. Avalos, 27, weighed in at 126 lbs.
By Dan Ambrose: In an attempt to build interest in an eventual rematch between them, WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares will be fighting on the same card but in separate fights on October 14 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Eric Baldwin: WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs) is very amused with some of the things he’s been reading about boxing fans thinking he would duck the fight against Felix Diaz (19-1, 9 KOs). Crawford, 29, isn’t ducking the fight with Diaz. There are some fans that think Crawford is ducking Errol Spence Jr., and afraid to move up to 147 to fight guys his own size. The fans point out that Crawford is as heavy as some of the top welterweights in the division after he rehydrates. But if Crawford can make 140, there’s no real reason for him to move up to 147 yet.
By Dan Ambrose: The WBA has ordered a WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs) to face WBA World featherweight champion Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs). The management for the two fighters has 30 days to try and negotiate the fight before the World Boxing Association orders a purse bid. This move by the WBA is part of their efforts to decrease the amount of titles they have in each weight division.