Light-weight contender Andy Cruz will struggle Omar Omar Salcido Gamez on January twenty fifth. The 2020 Cuban Olympic gold medalist Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) continues gaining expertise for a potential world title shot towards one of many light-weight champions in 2025.
Salcido (20-1, 14 KOs) is coming off a shock ninth-round knockout win over former extremely hyped Chris Colbert on October sixteenth. That struggle confirmed that Salcido can be a menace to the highest lightweights, and it says lots that Cruz was prepared to struggle him.
Lance Pugmire – @pugboxing – is reporting the Cruz vs. Saldido struggle on January twenty fifth.
The boxing public needs to see Cruz moved quicker by his promoter, Eddie Hearn, put in towards the highest 135-pounders, however that received’t occur. Cruz is within the ‘who wants him membership’ as a result of he’s too gifted for his personal good and doesn’t have the recognition wanted to lure the highest names. He can’t even get fighters like Keyshawn Davis to struggle him, and he’s unpopular.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how Cruz does towards the Mexican slugger Salcido. Cruz’s coach, Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis, pushed him to be extra offensive-minded to entertain followers as a result of he had began his profession utilizing his novice type, which had been very profitable in posting a 135-9 report.
Nonetheless, that type is boring, and Cruz would discover himself in the identical boat as Shakur Stevenson, who followers would boo if he caught with that method.
Cruz’s professional report:
– Antonio Moran: TKO 7
– Brayan Zamarripa Rodriguez: UD 10
– Jovanni Straffon: KO 3
– Juan Carlos Burgos: UD 10
Cruz’s struggle with Moran happened on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov on August third on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Within the Moran struggle, Cruz regarded significantly smaller than him and was buzzed at one level when he walked into an enormous shot. Nonetheless, after his coach Bozy Ennis inspired Cruz to go on the assault, he wore down Moran, and knocked him out within the seventh spherical. The ahead stress that Cruz placed on Moran was an excessive amount of for him.
