Joel Casamayor vs Jose Armando Santa Cruz will be fought Saturday for Casamayor’s undisputed World Lightweight title belt on the undercard of Cotto vs Mosley. Santa Cruz is a legit top-20 contender to the Cuban Casamayor’s title with his aggressive volume punching style. BetUS.com has Joel Casamayor as a -260 Boxing Betting favorite.
In Santa Cruz’s last significant fight however against contender David Diaz in August of 06' he lost by TKO 10 as a 4-1 boxing betting favorite. Mexican Cruz is in the prime of his career at 27 but he never seems to be in an easy fight. Despite being 5'10" with good handspeed Jose likes to fight his fights in a phone booth. Cruz has a strong chin but his defense is weak and he can be hit hard. Against Diaz Cruz also showed that he has a propensity to run out of gas around 8 or 9 rounds.
Casamayor is long in the tooth being officially listed as 36 years old but many inside sources have told me he is actually 41. Whatever age the Cuban is he can fight his ass off. The fight with Cruz will mark the first time the champ has been in the ring since he won a split decision over the late Diego Corrales over 13 months ago to take the Lightweight title as an 8-5 underdog.
Joel is a clever Boxer/Puncher that is very durable. Casamayor is a sharp puncher that can put punches together in punches from his awkward southpaw stance. Many opponent of the Cuban have said that he is also the dirtiest fighter they have ever encountered. Casamayor has good eyes in the ring being tough to catch with more than one clean punch and he can counter very effectively with whistling straight left hands.
One knock on Casamayor though, is that he like to party in Miami outside the ring and comes into fights at less than 100% condition. Joel has had a long career both amateur and pro so his odometer as a fighter is very high.
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