Santa Cruz vs Navarrete

When is Santa Cruz vs Navarrete?

Leo Santa Cruz could fight Emanuel Navarrete in Early 2024 in the United States.

The fight would take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 KG).

Santa Cruz vs Navarrete stats

Leo Santa Cruz would step into the ring with a record of 38 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Emanuel Navarrete would make his way to the ring with a record of 38 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 31 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Navarrete would have a massive power advantage over Santa Cruz, boosting at 82% knock out percentage over Santa Cruz's 50%.

Leo Santa Cruz is the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Navarrete has 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Leo Santa Cruz & Emanuel Navarrete fight out of an orthodox stance.

Santa Cruz is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 5 years and 4 months earlier than Navarrete, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He has fought 49 more professional rounds, 277 to Navarrete's 228.

Emanuel Navarrete is currently ranked number 1 by the RING in the 130lb division.

Santa Cruz vs Navarrete form

Leo Santa Cruz has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Keenan Carbajal on 5th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 6th round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight and WBA World Lightweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Miguel Flores on 23rd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beat Rafael Rivera on 16th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Microsoft Theater, California.

He had defeated Abner Mares on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA.

Navarrete has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he drew Robson Conceicao on 16th November 2023 by majority draw in their 12 round contest in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Oscar Valdez on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Liam Wilson on 3rd February 2023 by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale.

Before that, he had beat Eduardo Baez on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, California.

He had won against Joet Gonzalez on 15th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, California.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Emanuel Navarrete has been fighting more than Leo Santa Cruz.

Leo Santa Cruz last fought 1 year, 11 months and 23 days ago, while Emanuel Navarrete's last outing was 2 months and 12 days ago.

Santa Cruz's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

Navarrete's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 13 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

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