Abner Mares' Team Has No Problem With Agbeko Rematch Order
by Scott Christ on Aug 17, 2011 4:21 PM EDT
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After the IBF ordered an immediate rematch between new bantamweight titlist Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko yesterday, members of Mares' management and promotional team have stated that they're on board with the idea, and that there shouldn't be any problems making the fight by the December 14 deadline.
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer had this to say to The RING's Lem Satterfield:
"Well, you know, I think that fight fans want to see a rematch. Yes they want to see a rematch. Every time that you have controversy and you have unanswered questions, people like to get the answers.
"I think that since the IBF has ordered a rematch, then, you know, we have no problem with that. As a matter of fact, I was already on the call with [Showtime's] Ken Hershman this morning."
And manager Frank Espinoza Jr had this on his Twitter account, from Frank Sr:
"We certainly respect the IBF’s ruling and understand it. It’s the right call for Abner, who wants to clear up any doubts about what took place on Saturday, and the right thing for Agbeko, who fought a great fight. Really, this was the right thing for boxing. Golden Boy and Team Mares looks forward to clearing up any questions that remain in the rematch."
Mares (22-0-1, 13 KO) and Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO) have until September 15 to strike a deal for the rematch, or it will go to a purse bid.
It's good to see Team Mares not disputing the need for a rematch. While they're careful to say that Mares is not to blame (and that's a fair argument, in its own way), everyone realizes that there are too many questions and too much unfinished business here to avoid a rematch. It's also still the best fight for Mares, as Nonito Donaire is probably still a step too far, and another fight with Agbeko just seems to be the way to go.
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First of all, good to hear!
Hopefully we can get the fight that was suposed to go down. The fights started out nice before all the low blows and ref incompetence ruined it.
Second, am I being overly cynical thinking that Golden boy and Co rather take the rematch than either fight, or dodge questions about fighting, Donaire? With the winner of Mares vs. Agbeko not being a possible oponent for a while, Nonito might move up in weight, chasing other names to fight. That way Mares can avoid what would, in my mind, be an almost certain loss, probably by KO (few people can crack like Donaire)…
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I don´t like being cynical about what goes down in matchmaking in boxing, but I find it hard to not be…
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i agree
There is no way Golden Boy is going to risk that kid’s undefeated record. I dont think theres enough money to go around either.
by Ron Paul 2012 on Aug 17, 2011 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Second, am I being overly cynical thinking that Golden boy and Co rather take the rematch than either fight, or dodge questions about fighting, Donaire?
The two are tied up with competing networks for the time being. The fight has very, very little chance of happening. Nonito’s probably moving up after his next fight anyway, and even Bob Arum has said that for now, they’re interested in matching Nonito with Mares, but Mares has to beat Agbeko more convincingly first. Of course that doesn’t really explain the list of potential opponents for Donaire’s next fight, none of whom are close to Mares or Agbeko, but hey.
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by Scott Christ on Aug 18, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Donaire seems to be universally favored over whoever he fights at bantam, but I guess its possible he is a little rusty? Doesn’t a lesser threat makes sense for Donaire to fight next? Honestly, its hard for me to guess what it means for the fighter to be seemingly benched indefinitely because of the legal battle? Like, does that even matter if you don’t balloon in weight?
Kermit Cintron was seemingly a guy waiting for a big fight and turned out to be donezo, right.
Donaire seems to be universally favored over whoever he fights at bantam, but I guess its possible he is a little rusty?
I don’t know why, his break between fights will be eight months, which is not at all unusual. Kermit Cintron took 14 months off and was never as good as Donaire.
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by Scott Christ on Aug 18, 2011 4:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, it’s good to see that the people from Team Mares have taken a positive approach on this. Probably Mares’ PR people told him that he needed to take it down a notch and accept that this would be controversial and instead of fighting it, they need to accept it and try to clear the air.
Bob Arum would promote Lucifer himself if he could put asses in the seats.
I’m happy to see this much at least, and this quickly.
It’s got my interest piqued, too, because on the one hand, this may light that fire under Agbeko that seemed to be missing the first time around, and on the other hand, Mares has got to be aware of the fact that he’s going to have to do something about his tendency to sling southern discomfort. A decision loss for Mares due in part to point deductions, or even worse a DQ, wouldn’t be the way I suspect most people here would like the second fight to end, and it sure wouldn’t make Mares more attractive to other fighters/promoters.
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