Conrad M. Cariño
On July 30 last year, the bout between then World Boxing Association featherweight (126 pounds) champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-1-1 with 18 knockouts) of Mexico and Carl Frampton (23-0 with 14 KOs) of Northern Ireland, then the WBA and International Boxing Federation super bantamweight (122 pounds) champion, turned out to be one of the better fights in 2016 even if it wasn’t hyped up.