By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) will be moving up in weight in three months from now to take on unbeaten WBA World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) on July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
This is going to be a tough fight for the diminutive 5’5” Frampton, because he’ll be fighting a bigger guy in 5’7 ½” Santa Cruz, and he won’t be enjoying the hometown advantage by being able to fight in his home city of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBA super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) and WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) have agreed to fight this summer, and they’re close to having their fight finalized, according to Showtime vice president Stephen Espinoza.
Frampton will be giving up one of his super bantamweight titles and moving up for the fight. Frampton, 29, has two mandatory defenses due at this time at super bantamweight against WBA mandatory Guillermo Rigondeaux and his IBF mandatory Shingo Wake.