Yan Santana vs Eduardo Baez Prediction: Yan to have complete dominance from start to finish

TOP RANK, in collaboration with ESPN +, presents an exciting Main Card boxing fight in the featherweight division. This fight will be between Yan Santana and Eduardo Baez. It is scheduled to be under the 126 lbs (57.2 kg) weight class. Eduardo Baez is currently looking for a win following his consecutive loss. Yan Santana has won all five bouts in the last year. All action will take place at Turning Stone Resort and Casino, Verona, New York, United States, and will be aired on ESPN+.

Yan Santana - maintaining consecutive win

Yan Santana is currently on an unbeatable run of ten bouts. He is currently fighting out of La Romana, Dominican Republic. His last fight was four months ago, June 29, 2024, in TR against Brandon Valdes in the TOP RANK Preliminary event. Prior to this, he was on Miguel Cotto Promotion this year in a main card event. He faced Rodolfo Hernandez and won via KO/TKO in the fourth round. On November 10, 2023, Yan repeated the same feat against Ernesto Franzolini, as they were booked for a main event. The victory was before a minute in the third round via a technical knockout. Other victories he has recorded were against Jostin Ortiz (via straight right, left hooks TKO), Jose Benitez Ojeda (via TKO/KO), Jorge Luis Torres (via KO/TKO), Javier Ailla (via TKO), Marco Acevedo (via TKO/KO), Juan Ysabel (via punches TKO), and Juan Alberto Garcia Perez (via TKO/KO).

Eduardo Baez - seeking redemption

Eduardo Baez boasts of a professional record of twenty-three wins, six losses, and two draws. He is fighting out of Calexico, California, with a boxing foundation style. The 29-year-old Mexican boxer is currently on a four-loss streak and last fought six months ago. His last fight was against Angelo Leo in a 10-round bout, which ended in a unanimous decision victory under ProBox Promotions. His consecutive loss began on August 20, 2022, when he challenged for the WBO World Featherweight Title. He lost the challenge to Emanuel Navarrete via a left hook bodyshot technical knockout in the sixth round. He then recorded a split decision loss to Arnold Khegai in December of that same year. The third straight loss came against Jonathan Lopez via unanimous decision on June 2, 2023. In 2019, he defended his Mexico Super Bantamweight Title against Florentino Perez Hernandez via unanimous decision. Other victories recorded by Eduardo Baez were against Eduardo Marquez (via KO/TKO), Andres Garcia Guzman (via KO/TKO), Abimael Ortiz (via unanimous decision), Arcadio Salazar (via KO/TKO), and Narek Abgaryan (via unanimous decision).

Expert Betting Tips

Yan has all odds in his favor going into this fight. He has obviously been the most in-formed fighter among the two. His age is five years different against his opponent, and he has won and had more fights than his opponent. This puts him in pole position to win against Baez. All Baez recent losses were by decisions. The best bet for this bout is that the bout will go the distance.