On February 27, 2016, Léo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 KOs), the featherweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against former world champion Kiko Martínez (35-6, 26 KOs).
Léo Santa Cruz is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Abner Mares, 5 months and 29 days ago. Kiko Martínez is on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Miguel Gonzalez, 2 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Léo Santa Cruz at 99-1 winning odds. Kiko Martínez really doesn't have much to present against Cruz.
Léo Santa Cruz stopped Kiko Martínez via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super) featherweight title. Cruz improves his record to 32-0-1 (18 KOs), while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 35-7.