Does Leo Santa Cruz deserve to be in the hall of fame?

A better question is WTF is Leo Santa Cruz?

 

So is Adrian Broner isn't he ? Ricky Burns is a 3 weight world champion.

 

Nah. Nothing special about his career tbh.. no stand out performances or stand out moments & a lot of his fights were dull. Very good fighter but not a stand out noteworthy one imo.

 

Mares is shite

 

No. The funny thing about his career is that he missed the best in each division (Anselmo Moreno, Rigondeaux, Gary Russel Jr.) until he got to Davis. More of a guy who deserved to barely be in the top ten pfp at some point than hof fighter.

 

It's true where is that dude? used to be a big fan of him, but then he just stopped fighting, never ended up giving Frampton that rematch back, didn't want to fight Gary jr & then after being defeated by Tank he has once again disappeared,

I do see him attend almost every PBC fight card with his family though.

 

Yeah that's true tbf. All 3 enter the hall of fame!!!

All controversy settled.

 

4 weight division champ. His best wins on his resume are Abner Mares, Carl Frampton, Kiko Martinez, and Cristian Mijares. Would have helped if he had faced Gary Russell Jr or Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Borderline HOFer for me.

 

Damn, I'd forgot that he fought in a total of 4 divisions.

 

Another example of modern hyperbole from the "yes" crowd. Strip away the fluff of those 4-weight titles (he was never Champion; he never faced the best) and you are left with wins over Frampton, Mares (2x), Martinez, Terrazas, and a roster of has-beens or never-beens. Frampton is the best name there and it was a 1-1 split, with him opting out of the rubber-match. His belts at 118 and 130 were handouts, coming against unranked foes. After that he chewed up faded smaller guys like Morel, Munoz, and Mijares. It's a good resume but it's Broner-esque in practice and nowhere near great. Had Santa Cruz competed in a bygone era, he probably would have been a high ranking bantamweight at 118 and 126, at best.

 

Ducked a trilogy with Frampton

Lost a lot of respect for him after that

 

GRJ would have done a lot to shake up the division if he didnt go into effective retirement with covid levels of inactivity.