ABNER MARES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Mares, Moreno shine in dominant wins
Give credit to 26-year-old rising star Abner Mares (24-0-1, 13 KOs) for turning a potential stinker into an entertaining Showtime battle in a unanimous decision win over veteran former world titlist Eric Morel (46-3, 23 KOs) Saturday night in El Paso, Texas.
Mares, who would capture the vacant WBC junior featherweight title, started the bout with fire in his eyes and immediately...
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April 22, 2012
Discuss
Mares goes low, but he's not dirty
Showtime's World Championship Boxing returns Saturday night as Abner Mares, the winner of Showtime's Bantamweight tournament, moves up in weight to take on Eric Morel.
The winner will claim the vacant WBC junior featherweight title. The fight is part of a doubleheader at El Paso, Texas, that also features Anselmo Moreno's WBA bantamweight title defense against David...
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April 19, 2012
Abner Mares life outside the ring video feature
In a special video feature from Showtime and Showtime boxing, right here you can take a look at life outside the ring for Abner Mares, winner of the bantamweight tournament and one of the sport's hottest young stars. Mares talks about his family, his background, how he got started in the sport and much more, and it's a revealing video clip and definitely worth a quick watch...
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April 18, 2012
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April 18, 2012
Pre-fight video feature on Abner Mares; faces Morel at 122 lbs on April 21
In this special pre-fight feature with Abner Mares, you'll get an up close and personal look at Mares, his recent in the ring history, and learn a little bit more about who he is. Presented by Showtime, this Mares vs. Morel video preview is a fun, quick look at Mares, a fighter who has been making a name for himself in the past few years, but is still on his way up. Take a look...
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April 12, 2012
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April 12, 2012
Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel fight preview & prediction
Abner Mares moves up to 122 on April 21 to face Eric Morel for the WBC Super Bantamweight Title. First of all, why is Toshiaki Nishioka all of a sudden no longer WBC champ at this weight? Details are sketchy, but here we have Mares-Morel for that belt. Whatever. Mares is the unbeaten winner of the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament and one of the hotter fighters at 118-122. Morel has...
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April 02, 2012
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April 02, 2012
Mares vs. Morel official for El Paso, TX – tickets on sale this Saturday
In 2011, former Mexican Olympian Abner Mares left his mark on the professional boxing world by winning and defending his first world championship at bantamweight against former World Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko. Now, on Saturday, April 21 Mares will begin his quest for a world title in a second weight class as he moves up in weight to take on former World Champion Eric...
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March 15, 2012
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March 15, 2012
Abner Mares: “Major Fights Are More Important Than A Title”
By Rich Mancuso
To Abner Mares a boxing title is not significant. Perhaps that explains why the bantamweight relinquished his IBF championship this week. This latest turn of events, in the more exciting and noted division, will enable Vusi Malinga, 20-2-1-12 K0’s of South Africa to fight for the vacant title against AJ Banal of the Philippines.
“Nowadays it really doesn’t matter...
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February 11, 2012
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February 11, 2012
Mares vacates IBF bantamweight title
Abner Mares, who just made the first defense of his IBF bantamweight belt last December against former champion Joseph Agbeko, has opted to vacate his title rather than face mandatory challenger, South Africa's Vusi Malinga.
The decision to vacate paves the way for Malinga to face Filipino AJ Banal for the vacant title.
Mares, who just won the belt by beating Agbeko as part...
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February 08, 2012
Round And Round, Including What's Next For Abner Mares, Alexander Povetkin, Manny Pacquiao And ...
These two and their promoters just drive me up the wall. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. won't go to jail for smacking around his baby mama until June, in what is a miscarriage of the whole idea that celebrities don't deserve special treatment that we'd been sold on by the judge. Gross. But even though Manny Pacquiao COULD fight in May when Mayweather was going to be in jail, now...
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January 07, 2012
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January 07, 2012
Mares Defeats Agbeko by Decision in Rematch
Anaheim, CA -- In a competitive bout, Abner Mares defeated Joseph King Kong Agbeko, winning their rematch by unanimous decision Saturday night in front of 4,098 passionate fans at the Honda Center. The victory was Mares' first defense of his IBF Bantamweight belt, and steered free of the controversy that plagued their first encounter.
The fight proved to be an action-packed...
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December 04, 2011
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December 04, 2011
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