{"id":696275,"date":"2026-07-17T08:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:01:16","slug":"andy-cruz-confirms-move-to-super-featherweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696275\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Cruz Confirms Move To Super Featherweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A switch to 130 pounds immediately puts Cruz (6-1, 3 KOs) into one of boxing\u2019s deepest weight classes. It also creates interesting possibilities within Matchroom Boxing, which promotes both IBF champion Eduardo \u201cSugar\u201d Nunez and former featherweight titleholder Ray Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Matchroom has several options for Cruz at 130 pounds, including in-house matchups with Ford and Nunez, giving the promotional company another highly skilled contender in a division already filled with established names.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz built one of the most decorated amateur careers in boxing before turning professional, capturing Olympic gold and multiple world championships while earning a reputation as one of the sport\u2019s finest technicians. Although his transition to the paid ranks was smooth at first, Muratalla handed him a majority decision defeat in January, exposing the difficulty of climbing the lightweight division.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than continue chasing opportunities at 135 pounds, Cruz has opted for a fresh beginning at super featherweight, where his height, reach and technical ability may allow him to become an immediate factor if the weight cut proves manageable.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz\u2019s immediate focus remains Abraham Montoya this Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. A victory would send him into the super featherweight division on a winning note and give him a chance to quickly establish himself among the contenders at 130 pounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A switch to 130 pounds immediately puts Cruz (6-1, 3 KOs) into one of boxing\u2019s deepest weight classes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}