- While there were many big fights last weekend none were larger than the unification bout between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg on Showtime Extreme. The fight started out very slowly with Frampton boxing more and Quigg looking to land one big power punch. Early on Quigg also looked a bit tight but as the fight progressed the action picked up. Late in the fight Quigg really started to land his power but Frampton never stopped coming and put in a lot of good work himself. Coming to the final rounds it looked like it could still be anyone's fight and when the scores were read it was Frampton who came away the winner by the way of split decision. Not only did Quigg lose the fight but he also suffered a broken jaw in the process.
- Later that night on regular Showtime Leo Santa Cruz faced off against Kiko Martinez and really impressed. From the start it was clear that Santa Cruz was the better fighter and he dropped Martinez twice in the opening round. While Martinez was able to land a few punches here and there that was mainly because Santa Cruz chose to fight toe-to-toe. What Santa Cruz also did was throw an unreal amount of punches per round, something that is becoming the usual for him. In the fifth round Santa Cruz pinned Martinez against the ropes and unloaded everything he had. Martinez ate a few clean punches and although he never appeared to be seriously hurt he never threw any punches back and it was clear it was time to end the proceedings and the referee did exactly that. It was a great performance from Santa Cruz and hopefully sets up another big name fight. Also on that card was a rematch between Hugo Ruiz and Julio Ceja. The two pugilists first met just six months ago with Ceja scoring the knockout victory after being knocked down early in the fight. The rematch wouldn't even last one minute as Ruiz caught Ceja with a beautiful straight right hand that dropped Ceja and injured his ankle in the process. Ceja made it to his feet but it was clear his ankle was in bad shape and Ruiz followed up and the fight was stopped shortly thereafter.
- HBO also aired on card on Saturday night, this one headlined by a fight between rising star Terence Crawford and tough Philadelphia fighter Hank Lundy. Lundy gave a good account of himself in the first round and landed a few big power punches on Crawford. However, Crawford took those punches well and then went to work himself. Crawford is a slow starter but once he gets going he is a hard man to do anything against. In the fifth round Crawford dropped Lundy and although Lundy beat the count he was still hurt. Moments later Crawford trapped Lundy in the corner and caught him with a few clean punches which forced the referee to jump in and end things, keeping Crawford's perfect record safe. The co-feature on that card was a fight between two undefeated fighters, Felix Verdejo and William Silva. The fight was never in question as Silva appeared happy to coast until the final bell, never really taking any risks against Verdejo. When the final bell rang Silva was put on the shoulder's of a team member and paraded around the ring but his sheepish grin when the scores were announced in Verdejo's favor showed fans he knew he had lost. For Verdejo's part he boxed intelligently and carefully and won every round on two of the judges cards while one judge only had him winning nine of the 10 rounds.
- The week's boxing action actually started on Telemundo on Friday when Miguel Cartagena took on Ricardo Rodriguez. Despite his less than impressive record of 13-3 with only four knockouts, Rodriguez took control early and never let up. The more skilled boxer, Rodriguez was able to do what he wanted and the judges scored the fight in his favor by wide unanimous decision margins.
WEEKLY RECORD: 5-1
MONTHLY RECORD: 13-1-1
OVERALL RECORD:655-188-23
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