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Monday 30 January 2017
Santa Cruz beats Frampton for WBA featherweight belt

MIKE CRANSTON the fourth round, absorbed
Associated Press a series of punches to end
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leo of the fifth.
Santa Cruz reclaimed the Frampton went more
WBA featherweight title to the body in the later
Saturday night with a ma- rounds as the fighters con-
jority decision over Carl tinued with compelling
Frampton. exchanges that left many
In their second fight in six ringside observers with
months, the 125-pound conflicting scorecards.
fighters thrilled the crowd CompuBox stats showed
with furious exchanges Santa Cruz threw 417 jabs,
over a grueling 12 rounds, landing 81, while record-
with Santa Cruz (33-1-1) ing 149 power punches to
avenging his only loss. Frampton’s 105. In the ear-
Using a punishing jab that lier fight, Garcia staggered
often left Frampton (23-1) Zlaticanin, the first world
out of position, Santa Cruz champion from Montene-
held a 230-133 advantage gro, with a left uppercut.
in punches landed even as Garcia then sent him to
Frampton often effectively the canvas with an over-
eluded blows. Santa Cruz hand right that appeared
delivered another flurry in Carl Frampton, right, of Northern Ireland, fights Leo Santa Cruz during their featherweight title box- to leave him unconscious.
the 11th round and with- ing match, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Zlaticanin stayed down for
stood Frampton’s aggres- Associated Press several minutes and was
sion in the 12th. Mikey Garcia (36-0) thousand punches but lost and British fans made the administered oxygen be-
“I worked hard and I did stopped Dejan Zlaticanin a majority decision in what trip to the Las Vegas Strip, fore getting to his feet.“I
what I had to do,” Santa (22-1) in the third round to was considered one of the chanting and singing long got between the ropes
Cruz said. take the WBC lightweight top bouts of 2016. before the fight began. and then he hit me with a
“Carl Frampton is a great crown and make him a Santa Cruz, distracted There appeared to be an good, hard punch,” said
fighter. Like I said, let’s get three-division champion. some by his father and even split of fans waving Zlaticanin, who later went
a third fight.” The 5-foot-7 Santa Cruz, trainer’s bone cancer Mexican and Northern Ire- to a hospital for tests.
Judge Burt Clements who was born in Mexico battle, thought the pro- land flags in the crowd of It was the 30th career
scored the fight 114-114, but lives in Los Angeles, Frampton crowd may have 10,085 at the MGM Grand knockout for Garcia in
while Dave Moretti and had a 7-inch reach advan- influenced the judges. He Garden Arena. his second fight follow-
Glenn Feldman had it 115- tage over the 5-5 Framp- wanted the rematch on Santa Cruz changed his ing 2 1/2-year layoff due
113. “Some of the rounds ton. But that mattered little the West Coast and grant- tactics from the first time, to a promotional dispute
were close, but I feel that in the first fight July 30 in ed his wish as Jose Santa using the jab more to leave with Top Rank. The four-
Leo probably deserved it,” New York, a thriller in which Cruz’s cancer went into re- Frampton off-balance in time, three-division champ
Frampton said. an overly aggressive Santa mission. the early rounds. Frampton, fought as a junior welter-
In the co-main event, Cruz threw more than a But an estimated 5,000 Irish who slipped at the end of weight in July.q

Somalia-born Farah troubled by Trump’s travel ban

STEVE DOUGLAS statement on his Facebook matter of urgency.”
AP Sports Writer page, “that I will have to Following conversations
Four-time Olympic cham- tell my children that Daddy between British Foreign
pion Mo Farah has criti- might not be able to come Secretary Boris Johnson
cized U.S. President Donald home — to explain why the and the U.S. government,
Trump’s immigration policy, President has introduced Britain’s Foreign Office said
saying Sunday the tempo- a policy that comes from later Sunday that Trump’s
rary travel ban “seems to a place of ignorance and executive order only ap-
have made me an alien” prejudice.” plies to individuals travel-
and left him unsure wheth- Farah and his representa- ing from one of the seven
er he can return to his U.S. tives have been trying to named countries, regard-
home. establish whether the fact less of nationality or place
Farah is a British citizen who he was born in Somalia will of birth.
was born in Somalia, one of now present a problem for That suggested Farah
seven predominantly Mus- the athlete when he wish- would be OK to return to
lim nations subject to the es to return to the United the United States.
executive order signed by States. Farah has a Brit- Farah moved to Britain
Trump that currently bars ish passport and does not from Somalia at the age of
entry to the United States. have dual nationality or A Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 file photo of Britain’s Mo Farah gestur- 8 and is now regarded as
Farah currently is training hold a Somalian passport. ing on the podium as he waits to receive his gold medal for the one of the greatest-ever
in Ethiopia. His wife, Tania, “We are seeking to clarify men’s 5000-meter race during athletics events at the Summer athletes in British sport af-
and four children are in the situation with the US au- Olympics inside Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ter winning the 5,000 me-
Portland, Oregon, where thorities,” Farah’s agent, Jo Associated Press ters and 10,000 meters at
the Farah family has lived Livingston, told The Associ- both the 2012 and 2016
for the last six years. ated Press in an email. “Mo return to the U.S. for a num- ate, he and Tania want to Olympic Games and at
“It’s deeply troubling,” the is currently at a training ber of weeks. However, as understand the direct im- the 2013 and ‘15 world
33-year-old Farah said in a camp and is not planned to I’m sure you can appreci- pact on them (if any) as a championships.q