Last Saturday, February 5, 2022, in Las Vegas, Leo Santa Cruz returned to a ring after more than a year of inactivity to beat Keenan Carbajal by unanimous decision. The “Terremoto” played an exceptional fight and managed to show everyone that, despite the inactivity, he still has a lot of boxing to give.
Santa Cruz’s last presentation had been against Gervonta Davis, who lost by fast-track knockout after a terrible uppercut from the American. In this fight, Santa Cruz showed that he can still put up a fight, but that his blows do not have enough force from previous years where in lower weight divisions, they were lethal.
Leo Santa Cruz came out to the ring with the full support of the fans present, he felt safe and supported, so he sought to respond to the fans with an exceptional fight, while Carbajal also came out ready to eat the world, willing to show that He would not make things easy for his rival.
From the first bell Leo Santa Cruz crushed Carbajal, who always went to the crossroads because he did not feel the power of his rival, this was Santa Cruz’s main problem, because he could not finish the fight through a knockout. However, in each of these, he came out winning, for connecting in the best way.
In the second round, Keenan Carbajal came out with everything and unleashed an impressive left blow that immediately affected the face of Leo Santa Cruz, who had to be checked by the doctor as he began to bleed. This blow was accurate and hit Santa Cruz with everything, who had to go over his rival to reduce the damage.
The fight turned into a give and take. Both Santa Cruz and Carbajal, were in an intense fight in the middle of the ring releasing their best combinations, on the one hand, “El Terremoto” attacked the soft zones, while Keenan used the blows in the face of power to cause harm.
At the end of the fight, Carbajal could not keep up with the combat rhythm, Leo Santa Cruz’s attacks were quite aggressive and constant, and so he began to work on his rival, heading for victory.
After ten rounds, the victory was by unanimous decision for the “Terremoto” Santa Cruz after the judges scored 100-90.
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