(Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) ANAHEIM, Calif. (Feb. 27, 2016) – Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz defended his WBA Featherweight World Championship in convincing fashion on Saturday night, knocking down Kiko “Sensación” Martinez twice in the first round, then ending it on a barrage of punches as the fight was called at 2:09 in the fifth round in the main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Kiko Martinez KO Kid Gallahad – KO, Comeback and Upset Of The Year Contender!
So much for the critics who said Kiko Martinez was not a fit title challenger at age 35 and that last night’s fight against defending IBF featherweight champ Kid Gallahad was a terrible mismatch.