Alright Beating the Odds with Beeb is right back at you and truth be told we are on a three fight losing streak so we need to get back in the win column desperately.
So once again we find ourselves in another highly competitive matchup on paper and the fight that we are going to breakdown the week is Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton that will take place next Saturday on July 30th.
Leo Santa Cruz is a -300 while Carl Frampton is a +250.
So, let’s talk about each fighter’s style and break down how these two men matchup against each other.
To me Leo Santa Cruz reminds me of a smaller upgraded version of former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. Both men are high volume punchers who very rarely take a backward step and like to wear down their opponents down with constant pressure.
Santa Cruz has been in there with some decent names but the biggest name on his record thus far in my opinion is Abner Mares. I actually expected Mares to do a little better than he did but surprisingly Santa Cruz fought a very tactical less aggressive fight than usual and thoroughly outboxed Mares particularly from the outside. Santa Cruz also looked a little better defensively than I have seen him in the past. He gave Mares angles and actually was stepping off to the side while evading Mares’ shots. Santa Cruz also used the jab a lot more in that fight while in previous fights he seemed to have abandoned it.
Carl Frampton to me is one of the most skilled versatile fighters in the sport. He is a man who I feel is dangerous while moving forward as well as moving backward. He is very adept at fighting from a distance as well as up close on the inside. He will be giving up a little bit of height and reach in this fight against Santa Cruz but this is really nothing new to him as he is generally the shorter man in most of his fights anyway. Although he is moving up to featherweight in this fight and is perceived as the smaller man, I believe the rumors that he has been struggling to make junior featherweight and I anticipate him being more comfortable at the higher weight. Frampton is a fighter who doesn’t waste many punches and is very calculated in his attack. He can be aggressive when he needs to be as he showed in his last fight against Scott Quigg when he started out as the counterpuncher and mid way through the fight he became the aggressor and landed a short uppercut on the inside that broke Quigg’s jaw and turned the fight around for him. I believe that he closed the show strong in the championship rounds and sealed the deal in a very competitive fight. Frampton is very patient and is excellent at controlling the pace of the fight. He uses excellent feints to create openings for himself while keeping his opponents guessing what punch is going to come next. To sum it up in a nutshell, in my opinion Frampton is the changeup pitcher in this fight while Santa Cruz is the guy throwing mostly fastballs.
So who wins and why? Well we have never seen Santa Cruz actually in there with a fighter who has the extensive skill set of Frampton while on the other hand we can say that Frampton has seen Santa Cruz’s style before when he fought Scott Quigg, who I feel
fights a lot like Santa Cruz and may even be a bigger puncher. Frampton adjusted and adapted well against Quigg and I feel he will do the same in this fight with Santa Cruz. I think that Frampton will be able to use Santa Cruz’s aggression against him and walk him into a lot of clean counter shots. So, although Santa Cruz may be the busier man here, I see Frampton landing the cleaner, higher quality shots and winning a unanimous decision. Beating the Odds with Beeb is picking Frampton with the +250.
So once again we find ourselves in another highly competitive matchup on paper and the fight that we are going to breakdown the week is Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton that will take place next Saturday on July 30th.
Leo Santa Cruz is a -300 while Carl Frampton is a +250.
So, let’s talk about each fighter’s style and break down how these two men matchup against each other.
To me Leo Santa Cruz reminds me of a smaller upgraded version of former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. Both men are high volume punchers who very rarely take a backward step and like to wear down their opponents down with constant pressure.
Santa Cruz has been in there with some decent names but the biggest name on his record thus far in my opinion is Abner Mares. I actually expected Mares to do a little better than he did but surprisingly Santa Cruz fought a very tactical less aggressive fight than usual and thoroughly outboxed Mares particularly from the outside. Santa Cruz also looked a little better defensively than I have seen him in the past. He gave Mares angles and actually was stepping off to the side while evading Mares’ shots. Santa Cruz also used the jab a lot more in that fight while in previous fights he seemed to have abandoned it.
Carl Frampton to me is one of the most skilled versatile fighters in the sport. He is a man who I feel is dangerous while moving forward as well as moving backward. He is very adept at fighting from a distance as well as up close on the inside. He will be giving up a little bit of height and reach in this fight against Santa Cruz but this is really nothing new to him as he is generally the shorter man in most of his fights anyway. Although he is moving up to featherweight in this fight and is perceived as the smaller man, I believe the rumors that he has been struggling to make junior featherweight and I anticipate him being more comfortable at the higher weight. Frampton is a fighter who doesn’t waste many punches and is very calculated in his attack. He can be aggressive when he needs to be as he showed in his last fight against Scott Quigg when he started out as the counterpuncher and mid way through the fight he became the aggressor and landed a short uppercut on the inside that broke Quigg’s jaw and turned the fight around for him. I believe that he closed the show strong in the championship rounds and sealed the deal in a very competitive fight. Frampton is very patient and is excellent at controlling the pace of the fight. He uses excellent feints to create openings for himself while keeping his opponents guessing what punch is going to come next. To sum it up in a nutshell, in my opinion Frampton is the changeup pitcher in this fight while Santa Cruz is the guy throwing mostly fastballs.
So who wins and why? Well we have never seen Santa Cruz actually in there with a fighter who has the extensive skill set of Frampton while on the other hand we can say that Frampton has seen Santa Cruz’s style before when he fought Scott Quigg, who I feel
fights a lot like Santa Cruz and may even be a bigger puncher. Frampton adjusted and adapted well against Quigg and I feel he will do the same in this fight with Santa Cruz. I think that Frampton will be able to use Santa Cruz’s aggression against him and walk him into a lot of clean counter shots. So, although Santa Cruz may be the busier man here, I see Frampton landing the cleaner, higher quality shots and winning a unanimous decision. Beating the Odds with Beeb is picking Frampton with the +250.
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