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By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. posted a flyer on his Instagram account of WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis defending against the recently beaten Abner Mares for his next fight. It would be a decent fight if the 32-year-old Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs) was still in his prime and not coming off another loss to Leo Santa Cruz.
By Dan Ambrose: Leo Santa Cruz (35-1-1, 19 KOs) defeated Abner Mares (31-2-1, 15 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision in their rematch on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111. Boxing News 24 scored it for Santa Cruz 116-112. Mares landed a lot of shots, but he lacked the power.
By Gerardo Granados: A great boxing weekend nears, so we the fight fans should get ready to enjoy fights that fit all type of fans and boxing taste. This upcoming weekend has it all, be it brawlers, punchers, boxers and boxer punchers or title fights, paper belts, champions, former champions and young hungry lions on the rise.
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s SHOWTIME doubleheader that is headlined by a highly anticipated rematch between WBA Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz and former world champion Abner Mares. The fight will be televised Saturday, June 9 on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/PT from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
By Allan Fox: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs), Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) and Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) are favored to win their fights this Saturday night. Crawford will be fighting on ESPN against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) in a fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Featherweight world champions Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares met face to face at a press conference in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday and discussed their world championship rematch taking place Saturday, June 9 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
By Jim Dower: WBA World featherweight champion Abner Mares says he agrees with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez when he says he can throw more punches in his rematch with Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin and knockout him out when the two of them fight each other on May 5th on HBO pay-per-view.
By Jim Dower: WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) will be fighting Abner Mares (34-2-1, 15 KOs) on June 9 on Showtime along with WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs). The venue for the fight will be once again at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
By Dan Ambrose: Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares could be heading to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for their rematch in April or May. It’s been 2 years since Santa Cruz defeated Mares by a 12 round majority decision, and finally they’re about to face each other.