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Leo Santa Cruz has his eyes on bigger prizes.

But before he gets to them, he's got at least one more small objective.

A former two-division title-holder before rising to featherweight, Santa Cruz will risk his latest crown against another rising commodity -- 122-pound claimant Carl Frampton -- in a WBA championship match on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

"We are both really confident," he told CBS Sports. "He's fighting like he's going to win and that is motivation for me.