Jose Armando Santa Cruz knocked out by Antonio Pitalua

For those that didn't see it...which I'm assuming may be everybody, or just about.

From Fightnews:

 

That sucks. I like Santa Cruz. He should have gotten his title from Casamayor and one payday because this fate was obviously unavoidable at some point.

 

Perhaps his manager shouldn't have turned down the Katsidis offer.

 

santa cruz is boring.

 

The city's alright.

The Boardwalk is boring, though.

 

what do u know about the 831? are you partial to aptos?

 

agREED. The mileage he got out of the Casa fight is unbelievable... so much that everyone conveniently forgets/fails to mention how terrible of a fight it was BEFORE the decision.

He's always been an 8-9 round fighter even before that fight. I admit, I'm shocked he lost to Pitalua, but am not exactly shedding tears over his team overplaying their hand, thinking they could ride it out to a larger cashout fight than would've been the case against Katsidis earlier this year

 

So what is the name of the new lightweight champion? SanTA cRUZ WAS IT. Now who is it?

 

dsimon writes:

Some part time Jockey.... some guy who makes most guy's wives look buff and quite large by comparison. Some athlete who can throw more punches in a minute than a moth can beat its wings in the same time period..... Some guy who couldn't knockout a 90 year old with said punches...... fft:

 

i was at ringside w/ arben when santa cruz 'beat' casamayor. that shit was unwatchable and i barely paid attention as to who was winning.

this guy only received some hype because of doug fischer's southern cali notebooks and some sparring footages on maxboxing, but let's face it, he has zero significant wins thus far and has shown to have a garbage chin against mediocre opposition.

valero would've wasted this guy in less than 4 rounds.

 

all the more reason why Dougie would build up Santa Cruz ::

 

yea, i mean considering the hype santa cruz has gotten since the casamayor fight, the valero fight would've indeed been significant especially for those who consider santa cruz as the true lightweight champion and valero as a fraud.

i wonder what pacquiao would do if and when he loses to oscar. will he renounce his wbc belt or fight valero (assuming he beats pitalua)?

 

Santa Cruz didn't get very much hype at all after Casa. No one talks about him.

 

maybe not hype, but many were claiming he was the real lightweight champ.

whatever, he's done anyhow.

 

Santa Cruz beat Casa clearly, in fact Casa was pretty much running away the whole fight, a FAR different showing than his fight with Katsidis and JMM. Dude must have not trained at all for Santa Cruz.

And Santa Cruz's fight with Edner Cherry was a war:bears: Very watchable.

 

chicanitos brother has too much input on the managerial side concerning guys like santa cruz and antillon

 

I never thought much of Santa Cruz as I saw him knocked out three years ago in Houston by a very ordinary Fernando Trejo.