He was the linear champ. "Survival of the fittest" guarantees that the weak belt holders will not last very long. Expect that also from the new linear champ. He's got a big bullseye on his chest, and The very best in his division has got him on their crosshairs now.
That shows how little you know. Casamayor had an off day that fight. Yes he is over the hill but the Santa Cruz fight was a fluke. It's boxing, it happens. example: Forrest-Mora
Obviously Santa Cruz is a fighter that a declining Casamayor took lightly......its hillarious that people view Santa Cruz as if he was a fighter that was robbed against a prime and fit Casamayor. Read into these things people. Its embarrasing for a boxing forum such as this that has so many people not being able to differentiate a good from a great fighter. Santa Cruz was only a decent fighter that was fortunate to draw a declining Casamayor who never had the respect for him to get himself into fighting shape. There is nothing shocking about a Santa Cruz defeat. The only thing shocking is that people are shocked about it!
This is disappointing but not surprising. He did the same thing against Trejo and Diaz. Too bad he had to fight a heavy-hitter like Pitalua.
Let's make one thing clear . . . Santa Cruz is not or was not "a or the" . . . linear champ . . . he was robbed against Casa so he lost. Yeah he got starched tonight . . . but it doesn't change the fact that he was still robbed against Casa. His loss tonight doesn't justify that Casa indeed beat him. :deal