Edwin De Los Santos Fights Tonight After Two-Year Layoff

De Los Santos was supposed to have returned to the ring against former WBO lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis last year in Norfolk. The fight was canceled when Keyshawn came in overweight at the weigh-in the day before the fight.

The punching power of De Los Santos makes him a threat to anyone in the 135-lb division. He knocked out former light welterweight champion Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela in 2022. In Edwin’s fight with Shakur, he had him looking timid, moving nonstop in endless circles around the ring.

The Night Shakur Didn’t Want to Engage

The crowd at the T-Mobile Arena that night was booing their heads off, furious at the running Stevenson was doing. It wasn’t De Los Santos’ fault. He was literally chasing him around the ring. There was nothing he could do because Shakur didn’t want to engage.

After the fight, Stevenson blamed his performance on essentially fighting with “one hand” because of a left-hand injury. His then-promoter, Bob Arum, said he’d doubt it with a left shoulder injury as well.

De Los Santos wasn’t given credit for putting the scare in Shakur when he nailed him hard early in the first round with a left to the head. That was when the fight turned into a Tom-and-Jerry contest.

Tonight’s event will be shown at Coliseo de Boxeo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. De Los Santos-Cruz’s card will be streamed live on the La Casaca Boxing Club YouTube channel below. The 26-year-old De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) and Cruz (12-7-1, 7 KOs) will meet in an eight-round fight.