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Cruz vs. Martínez: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Léo Santa Cruz (El Terremoto) defends his WBA (Super) featherweight title against Kiko Martínez (La Sensación). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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27
Oct 13, 2006
31-0-1
10
17 (53.1%)
171 cm
175 cm
4 cm
Orthodox
Aug 29, 2015
5m, 29d
30
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Jun 11, 2004
35-6
5
26 (63.4%)
165 cm
168 cm
3 cm
Orthodox
Dec 12, 2015
2m, 15d
3
WBAWBCIBF
FT
w1
sBT
w1
d4
BT
w1
d3
IBF
sBT
w1
d2
featherweight
Saturday, 27 Feb 2016
Honda Center, Anaheim, California, U.S.
v0.1.9-beta 2024-04-20
Léo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martínez

Date

This fight between Léo Santa Cruz and Kiko Martínez took place on at the Honda Center, Anaheim, California, US.

Tale of the Tape

At 171 cm, Léo Santa Cruz is the taller of the two by 6 cms; Kiko Martínez is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Cruz also has a good reach advantage of 7 cms over Martínez' 168 cm. On top of that, Cruz also has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Martínez.

Cruz is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 31-0-1 (17 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 29 days ago against Abner Mares, which he won via 12 round majority decision.

Abner Mares' boxing career

Martínez comes in with a record of 35-6 (26 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 15 days ago against Miguel Gonzalez, which he won via 4th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Cruz will be 27 years and 6 months old. Martínez will be 29 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 64-36 in favor of Léo Santa Cruz. Here is the prediction for Cruz vs Martínez.

Léo Santa Cruz is the likely winner of the fight. Unless Kiko Martínez puts on a truly exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Léo Santa Cruz defeated Kiko Martínez via 5th round TKO. Martínez' 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Cruz advances his win streak to 31. Cruz is now 32-0-1, and Martínez 35-7.

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