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Abner Mares Wants Big Name Fights at 122 Pounds, Including Nonito Donaire
Abner Mares, who recently vacated his IBF bantamweight title to move up to 122 pounds, will return to the ring on April 21 in Mexico City, with Showtime televising. Mares will be facing Eric Morel, a fellow Golden Boy fighter, but after that is looking to target the biggest names in the division,...
Abner Mares to Face Eric Morel, April 21 on Showtime
Lem Satterfield has more on the Abner Mares situation at RingTV.com, and it appears that a move up to 122 pounds could be delayed despite the fact that Mares has vacated his IBF bantamweight belt, and his manager says they're moving up to super bantamweight. Mares will indeed fight on April 21 in...
Abner Mares Vacates IBF Belt, Moving Up to Super Bantamweight
Abner Mares' manager Frankie Espinoza tweeted this morning that the fighter has officially vacated his IBF bantamweight title in order to move up to 122 pounds in the near future. Mares (23-0-1, 13 KO) had an odd 2011 that included a long wait, a controversial win, and then a strong performance...
Donaire Moves In At 122, Hernandez Climbs at Cruiserweight: Boxing Rankings Update For Feb. 7
Some healthy movement in this week's boxing rankings update, marking the first weekend with a bunch of shifts this year, as this was the first big weekend in boxing in 2012. Let's run through the changes and non-changes. Click here for the full rankings! Super Bantamweight Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18...
Abner Mares Returning April 21; Soto, Moreno, Linares Possible For Undercard
In the big news regarding Andre Berto's injury, one of the smaller stories slipping through the cracks is the news of a big card taking shape in Mexico on April 21. It already confirmed that Abner Mares will be fighting on the card. Other fighters on this card include Anselmo Moreno and Jorge...
The Protected Fighter: Boxing's Modern Day Matchmaking and Avoiding the Best Fights
James Foley is back this evening at Bad Left Hook with his latest piece. * * * * * Five years into Sugar Ray Leonard's career, he had already beaten Wilfredo Benitez, Roberto Duran and Tommy Hearns and was universally regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport and the legitimate...
Nonito Donaire Would Fight Abner Mares at 122 Pounds in Fantasy World
Nonito Donaire is keeping himself in the news quite a bit, but he's saying absolutely nothing about his February 4 fight with Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Now, I have no clue if this is more because he's not being asked about it than he's "looking past it," but after spending too much time talking about...
Vusi Malinga Eyes Fight With Abner Mares
Vusi Malinga is eyeing a fight with Showtime Bantamweight champion, IBF champion, and WBC Silver champion Abner Mares according to Jake Donovan of Boxing Scene. Mares is coming off a pair of wins against Joseph Agbeko, even though the first fight was highly controversial because of multiple low...
Abner Mares Ordered to Defend IBF Title Against Vusi Malinga
South African promoter Branco Milenkovic says that his fighter, Vusi Malinga, is ready for the title shot he earned in October 2010 for the bantamweight title held now by Abner Mares, and that Mares has been ordered by the sanctioning body to defend within 90 days. Malinga (20-3-1, 12 KO) has...
Mares vs Agbeko 2: Impressive Show Tanks at the Gate in Anaheim
Though Showtime, Golden Boy Promotions, Gary Shaw and Don King put together a compelling double-header last Saturday night in the bantamweight division, a pair of quality matchups barely made any dent at all at the gate in Anaheim. Dan Rafael says (via the California State Athletic Commission) that...
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