Joseph Agbeko Boxing News

No Controversy In Rematch; Moreno Decisions Darchinyan In Co-Feature Don’t Miss The Replay On Tuesday Dec. 6, At 10 P.M. ET/PT on SHO EXTREME _____________________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, Live on SHOWTIME® From Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif. ANAHEIM, Calif. (Dec. 3, 2011) – In the first defense of his International Boxing Federation bantamweight world title, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Photo: Casino/Showtime – International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KO’s) left no doubts this time in his rematch against Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) on Saturday night, defeating him by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Honda Center, Anaheim, California, United States Abner Mares UD 12 Joseph Agbeko Anselmo Moreno UD 12 Vic Darchinyan WBA bantamweight title 16-111, 117-110, 120-107 Sakio Bika RTD 3 Alfredo Contreras Omar Henry TD 2 Lester Gonzalez Richard Contreras TKO 4 Juan Sandoval Carlos Molina UD 10 Manuel Leyva Frankie Gomez TKO 3 James Hope

WEIGHTS: Abner Mares: 117.25 Joseph King Kong Agbeko: 117.25

By Peter Wells: It’s hard to believe it was only in August that Abner Mares controversially defeated Joseph Agbeko in the Bantamweight tournament final. Just before writing this preview I was thinking that the first fight had happened in the first half of the year as so much has happened since that fight that put [...]

By Allen Fox: 26-year-old IBF bantamweight and WBC Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KO’s) is favored to beat Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) on Saturday night in their rematch at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Boxing Channel Full Coverage Mares-Agbeko II & Margarito-Cotto II The Boxing Channel will provide coverage of two major fight cards on opposite ends of the United States on Saturday, December 3.

Star-Studding Boxing Celebs Set To Attend Saturday Night Including Oscar de la Hoya, Don King, Current & Former World Champions Robert Guerrero, Israel Vazquez, Daniel Ponce De Leon & Michael Katsidis, Plus Top Contenders Vicente Escobedo, Sharif Bogere & More! LOS ANGELES, December 1 – A world championship doubleheader featuring the IBF and World Boxing [...]

By Allen Fox: IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) feels that he’s got it under control in terms of his terrible habit of tagging his opponents low left and right in his fights, and he’s not going to stop throwing to the body even if it means he’ll likely lose points this Saturday [...]

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 29, 2011) – With just four days until their respective world championship showdowns on Saturday, Dec. 3, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., all four fighters preparing for the World Championship Doubleheader participated in an open media workout at Westside Boxing [...]

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch against Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) in a rematch of their controversial fight last August, which ended with Mares winning by a 12 round decision despite nailing Agbeko with low blows all through the fight without [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 15, 2011) – International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and former two-time IBF Bantamweight World Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko were the principals at a widely attended press conference Saturday to officially announce their highly anticipated rematch set for Saturday, Dec. 3, at [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is furious with Golden Boy Promotions and its CEO Richard Schaefer. The reason for Arum’s ire is that Golden Boy has decided to go ahead with the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight championship rematch between current title holder Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko on December [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum reportedly wasn’t pleased with learning the news that the rematch between Joseph Agbeko vs. Abner Mares II fight on Showtime will run opposite of Arum’s pay per view card featuring World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito on December 3rd on HBO.

By Dan Ambrose: On December 3rd, Showtime will be televising a rematch between IBF and WBC Silver Bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) vs. Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) at the Honda center in Anaheim, California. Also on the card, WBA Super World bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (31-1-1, 11 KO’s) will be defending his [...]

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, the promoter for IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s), says that he has no problems with Mares fighting Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) again in a rematch and that he’s open to it.

By Eric Thomas: The International Boxing Federation ruled on Tuesday that newly crowned IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares has by December 14th to give a rematch to Joseph Agbeko, who Mares defeated by a controversial 12 round majority decision last Saturday night in Showtime’s bantamweight tourney.

By Eric Thomas: IBF and WBC Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) got some really news today from the International Boxing Federation, who is ordering the 25-year-old Mares to give an immediate rematch with former IBF champion Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) by December 14th, according to Boxing Talk. Mares and Agbeko aren’t [...]

As the boxing world continues to debate one of the year’s most controversial matches … Fight fans can judge for themselves!

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter of IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s), believes that Mares deserved to get the decision over Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Eric Thomas: It looks as if IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares won’t be getting a big money unification fight against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire after his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank pretty much shot that idea down because of the circumstances surrounding Mares’s win over Joseph Agbeko last Saturday night.

By Peter Wells: Yet again there is controversy surrounding a world title fight, this time it’s not the judges but a combination of referee Russell Mora and fighter Abner Mares.

By Eric Thomas: Newly crowned IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) says he’s open to giving Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) a rematch after beating him by a 12 round majority decision in a low-blow plagued fight last night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mares wants to [...]

LAS VEGAS (Aug. 13, 2011) – In a great action fight Saturday marred by puzzling officiating by the referee that left fans at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, those watching on SHOWTIME® and the telecast team themselves totally perplexed, Abner Mares won The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All and the International Boxing Federation [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) put on a clinic in throwing beautiful low blows on Saturday night in defeating International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) by a very controversial 12 round majority decision on Saturday night in the finals of [...]

After weighing 118.4 pounds on his first try and then, immediately thereafter, 118.2 (fully stripped with Ghanaian flag in front of him), Joseph King Kong Agbeko returned to the digital scale (with shirt on) approximately 45 minutes later and made 118 for his International Boxing Federation (IBF) title defense tomorrow/Saturday, Aug. 13, against undefeated Abner [...]

By Peter Wells: Photo credit: Casino/Showtime – At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Joseph Agbeko and Abner Mares will contest to become the number one Bantamweight in the world. It is almost guaranteed to be a thrilling contest, which will be broadcast in the US on Showtime.

SHO Sports News Brief: Al Bernstein Reports from The Bantamweight Tournament Final Press Conference LIVE on SHOWTIME® Saturday, Aug. 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast)

LAS VEGAS (Aug. 11, 2011) – You beat the best, you are the best and this Saturday, Aug. 13, the best bantamweight in the world will emerge when finalists Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares clash in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West [...]

The Boxing Channel, the only all video internet channel completely devoted to boxing coverage, will again provide wall to wall coverage of an important fight, when Hall of Fame Boxing Broadcaster Al Bernstein serves as lead reporter for the August 13th fight between Joseph Agbeko and Abner Mares.