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He'll sacrifice for that Canelo paycheck...the kid don't matter to get to that May 2023 rematch.
Leo Santa Cruz-Leigh Wood Title Fight Remains On Hold, Pending WBA Purse Split Resolution
BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Wed Jun 01, 2022, 12:11 AM EDT
The title consolidation fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood will head to a purse bid at some point.
When that day arrives is up to the World Boxing Association (WBA), who has spent the past several weeks reviewing an appeal from Wood’s team regarding the final purse split for their forthcoming featherweight title fight. The matter was expected to be resolved sometime in the second and third week of May, though that deadline has obviously passed as the matter now creeps into the first week of June.
BoxingScene.com has confirmed with both camps that the fight remains in play, pending the final decision from the WBA before a purse bid is called. BoxingScene.com has learned that Wood—through Matchroom Boxing—has appealed for a 50-50 purse in lieu of the traditional split between a “Super” champion and any other challenger or secondary titleholder.
Santa Cruz—who is represented by TGB Promotions—has held the WBA “Super” featherweight title since January 2017, when he regained the belt in a twelve-round points win over Belfast’s Carl Frampton who dealt the first loss to the Mexican star six months prior. Wood claimed the WBA “World” version of the belt last July in a 12th round knockout of China’s Xu Can last July in Brentwood, England.
The five-plus year reign for Santa Cruz—his second at featherweight—is deceptive as he has not fought at the weight since a February 2019 decision win over Rafael Rivera.
Just three bouts have followed for Santa Cruz (38-2-1, 19KOs), all at junior lightweight including a ten-round shutout of Keenan Carbajal this past February 5 in Las Vegas. Only one bout has served as a main event during that time, his sixth-round knockout loss to Gervonta Davis in an October 2020 bout fought at the junior lightweight limit but with the WBA “Super” 130-pound and secondary WBA lightweight belt both at stake.
Wood (26-2, 12KOs) has since emerged as a rising star during his brief title reign. The upset win over Xu Can provided instant notoriety for the streaking Brit, whose stock soared sky high in his most recent performance. Wood rallied from an opening round knockdown and a scorecard deficit to twice drop and emphatically knock out Belfast’s Michael Conlan in their epic March 12 slugfest in front of a sellout crowd in his hometown of Nottingham, England.
The fight propelled Wood to instant stardom, taking a well-deserved victory lap before setting his sights on Santa Cruz and upgrading his current title status. The title consolidation bout was formally ordered April 6 and with the two sides given 30 days to negotiate terms.
The expectation was that Santa Cruz would walk away from the fight and vacate his title. The future Hall of Famer kept his previous promise with the WBA that his next fight would be at featherweight and versus the sanctioning body’s mandated challenger.
Had Santa Cruz opted to remain at junior lightweight, the belt would have been declared vacant which would have freed up Wood to pursue other options. BoxingScene.com has learned that one such opportunity was an explored rematch with Conlan, which would have taken place August 6 in Conlan’s Belfast hometown.
Wood’s name was also attached to rumors of a title unification bout with two-time and recrowned IBF featherweight titlist Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8KOs). Such a bout would have to come later in the year, as Warrington continues to recover from a fractured jaw sustained in his title regaining, seventh-round stoppage of Kiko Martinez on March 26 in his Leeds hometown.
Instead, everyone is forced to play the waiting game as the WBA seeks to find the best solution to move forward with the fight that is part of its title reduction campaign.
BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Wed Jun 01, 2022, 12:11 AM EDT
The title consolidation fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood will head to a purse bid at some point.
When that day arrives is up to the World Boxing Association (WBA), who has spent the past several weeks reviewing an appeal from Wood’s team regarding the final purse split for their forthcoming featherweight title fight. The matter was expected to be resolved sometime in the second and third week of May, though that deadline has obviously passed as the matter now creeps into the first week of June.
BoxingScene.com has confirmed with both camps that the fight remains in play, pending the final decision from the WBA before a purse bid is called. BoxingScene.com has learned that Wood—through Matchroom Boxing—has appealed for a 50-50 purse in lieu of the traditional split between a “Super” champion and any other challenger or secondary titleholder.
Santa Cruz—who is represented by TGB Promotions—has held the WBA “Super” featherweight title since January 2017, when he regained the belt in a twelve-round points win over Belfast’s Carl Frampton who dealt the first loss to the Mexican star six months prior. Wood claimed the WBA “World” version of the belt last July in a 12th round knockout of China’s Xu Can last July in Brentwood, England.
The five-plus year reign for Santa Cruz—his second at featherweight—is deceptive as he has not fought at the weight since a February 2019 decision win over Rafael Rivera.
Just three bouts have followed for Santa Cruz (38-2-1, 19KOs), all at junior lightweight including a ten-round shutout of Keenan Carbajal this past February 5 in Las Vegas. Only one bout has served as a main event during that time, his sixth-round knockout loss to Gervonta Davis in an October 2020 bout fought at the junior lightweight limit but with the WBA “Super” 130-pound and secondary WBA lightweight belt both at stake.
Wood (26-2, 12KOs) has since emerged as a rising star during his brief title reign. The upset win over Xu Can provided instant notoriety for the streaking Brit, whose stock soared sky high in his most recent performance. Wood rallied from an opening round knockdown and a scorecard deficit to twice drop and emphatically knock out Belfast’s Michael Conlan in their epic March 12 slugfest in front of a sellout crowd in his hometown of Nottingham, England.
The fight propelled Wood to instant stardom, taking a well-deserved victory lap before setting his sights on Santa Cruz and upgrading his current title status. The title consolidation bout was formally ordered April 6 and with the two sides given 30 days to negotiate terms.
The expectation was that Santa Cruz would walk away from the fight and vacate his title. The future Hall of Famer kept his previous promise with the WBA that his next fight would be at featherweight and versus the sanctioning body’s mandated challenger.
Had Santa Cruz opted to remain at junior lightweight, the belt would have been declared vacant which would have freed up Wood to pursue other options. BoxingScene.com has learned that one such opportunity was an explored rematch with Conlan, which would have taken place August 6 in Conlan’s Belfast hometown.
Wood’s name was also attached to rumors of a title unification bout with two-time and recrowned IBF featherweight titlist Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8KOs). Such a bout would have to come later in the year, as Warrington continues to recover from a fractured jaw sustained in his title regaining, seventh-round stoppage of Kiko Martinez on March 26 in his Leeds hometown.
Instead, everyone is forced to play the waiting game as the WBA seeks to find the best solution to move forward with the fight that is part of its title reduction campaign.
Tony Harrison To Luis Arias: To Be Boxing This Long, You Really F------' Suck
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BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Wed Jun 01, 2022, 10:22 AM EDT
Tony Harrison seems more impressed with Luis Arias’ performance during their run-in earlier this spring than in the ring this past weekend.
The former WBC junior middleweight titlist made a point to scan out the result from Arias’ ten-round win over journeyman Jimmy Williams this Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The preliminary bout preceded a Showtime Pay-Per-View event topped by Gervonta Davis’ sixth-round knockout of Rolando Romero, with Arias rebounding from an upset points loss to Vaughn Alexander last December.
All three judges scored the bout 99-91 in favor or Arias. The harshest judge of them all, though, was a fighter he clearly attempted to goad into a future clash.
“Luis Arias, you f------’ suck,” Harrison tweeted immediately after learning of Arias going the ten-round distance with a made-to-order opponent in Williams (18-8-2, 6KOs). “Like, to be boxing this long, you really f------’ suck.”
Harrison clearly hasn’t forgotten when Arias crashed Harrison’s pre-fight press conference this past April 7 in Las Vegas. Milwaukee’s Arias hurled insults and even an object—a rubber duck—at Harrison before the Detroit native stepped off stage to approach Arias, throwing a punch as the two were already being separated before returning to the podium to finish his portion of the press conference.
Harrison (29-3-1, 21KOs) went on to soundly outpoint Spain’s Sergio Garcia (33-2, 14KOs), winning by scores of 100-90, 100-90 and 98-92 in their April 9 Showtime-televised co-feature form Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The 31-year-old junior middleweight contender remains in the mix for a high-profile fight later this year.
It clearly won’t come against Arias, a fringe contender whose upset win over former unified titlist Jarrett Hurd last June has been the lone bright spot of his career in recent years. A solution was offered to perhaps bring the fight to fruition down the road.
“Let me call Al (Haymon, Harrison’s adviser and PBC creator) to see if he can open up the first fight on my next,” Harrison suggested. “He need all the work he can get.”
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too bad marriaga is faded..else id be like a good chance he can KO conlan
malbaker86
Gators
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Undefeated against Mexicans… let’s make it one more 
Undefeated against Mexicans… let’s make it one more
...well PBC on Showtime run of good fights will come to an end on July 30th thenat least its not PPV lol
wait charlo vs sulecki is still a thing...nevermind lol
god help me if benavidez hears the final bell against danny garcia....i will be going in 
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
god help me if benavidez hears the final bell against danny garcia....i will be going in
Pretend its on DAZN FAAAADDDDEEESSS
Matter fact if these washed nikkas were at 106 this would be for a Title N it would be worth your $2.99 Tubi subscription for the month
