Cruz vs Carbajal

Who won Cruz vs Carbajal?

Leo Santa Cruz beat Keenan Carbajal by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, February 5th, 2022, at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 100-90, 100-90 in favor of winner Leo Santa Cruz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This eliminator appeared on the undercard of Keith Thurman beating Mario Barrios for the WBC World Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Luis Nery beat Carlos Castro, and Abel Ramos was overcome by Lucas Santamaria.

Cruz vs Carbajal stats

Back in February 2022, Leo Santa Cruz stepped into the ring with a record of 37 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw, 19 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Keenan Carbajal made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 15 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Carbajal had an advantage in power over Santa Cruz, with a 65% knockout percentage compared to Santa Cruz's 51%.

Leo Santa Cruz was the older man by 35 years, at 33 years old.

Carbajal had a height advantage of 3 inches over Santa Cruz.

Both Leo Santa Cruz and Keenan Carbajal fought out of an orthodox stance.

Santa Cruz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 6 years and 7 months earlier than Carbajal, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 153 more professional rounds, totaling 277 compared to Carbajal's 124.

Cruz vs Carbajal form

Santa Cruz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on October 31, 2020, by knockout in the 6th round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight and WBA World Lightweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Miguel Flores on November 23, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Rafael Rivera on February 16, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Microsoft Theater, California.

Before that, he had beaten Abner Mares on June 9, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA.

He had defeated Chris Avalos on October 14, 2017, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

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Santa Cruz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 22 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Cruz vs Carbajal start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Cruz vs Carbajal?

Cruz vs Carbajal was broadcast on FOX Sports PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Fite.tv PPV UK.

What were the odds on Cruz vs Carbajal?

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