Cruz vs Frampton

Who won Cruz vs Frampton?

Carl Frampton beat Leo Santa Cruz by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 30th July 2016 at Barclays Center in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 114-114, 112-116, 111-117 in favor of winner Carl Frampton.

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 contest was for the vacant WBA featherweight championship of the world.

Cruz vs Frampton stats

Back in July 2016, Leo Santa Cruz stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 32 wins, zero loses and 1  draw, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Carl Frampton made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 22 wins and 0 draws, with 14 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Frampton had a slight advantage in power over Santa Cruz, with a 64% knock out percentage over Santa Cruz's 56%.

Leo Santa Cruz was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Santa Cruz had a height advantage of 2 inches over Frampton. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Both Leo Santa Cruz & Carl Frampton fought out of an orthodox stance.

Santa Cruz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Frampton, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 59 more professional rounds, 277 to Frampton's 218.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Leo Santa Cruz had been fighting more than Carl Frampton.

Going to this contest, Leo Santa Cruz had last fought 5 months and 3 days ago, while Carl Frampton's last outing had been 5 months and 3 days ago.

Santa Cruz's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

Frampton's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Cruz vs Frampton?

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