Mares-Moreno. How do you see it?

Moreno definitely has the style advantage IMO. Mares got a ton of heart though and if he beats Moreno to the punch, the fight is his. But I'd say Chemito outboxes him mostly

 

Moreno vs. Mares = Mijares vs. Arce

 

Quality post :good

I agree with your verdict. As you may or may not know, I'm not a massive fan of either of these fighters :yep. Both have made me look like a fool with my predictions of their fights and criticisms of their abilities in the past. However like you say it's a very intriguing fight and arguably the best that can be made around the Bantamweight/SBW region. Your assesment was bang on for me, I think Moreno has been made to look much more able than he is (Like having the second best defense in the world according to compubox or some ****) by fighters (such as Darchinyan) playing right into his hands with their styles. That was a good win, but Darch was past his best and would have always been presented problems with that style which Moreno sports. De La Mora has never impressed me much TBH, Koki just made him look good.

But as I was saying, Mares' more calculated aggression would pose much more problems to Moreno than the wild Darchinyan ever could. Mares is great at setting the tempo, he did it marvelously against Jagbeko the second time around and controlled the fight. If Abner can set a similar fast pace against Moreno, and like you said start his combinations at the body to unsettle Moreno, he could be onto a winner. Moreno tends to look a bit pedestrian when he's not controlling the tempo, and there aren't too many better fighters than Mares at getting the pace of the fight to go in his favour.

Maybe Moreno has improved since the Cermeno fights, or maybe his recent opposition has just been flattering too him. Regardless, he has his flaws which I think Mares is more than capable of exploiting with his high work rate, smart aggression and accurate punching on the inside. Moreno won't be able to set himself, like Agbeko was unable too, and Mares should be able to carry the pace to a comfortable decision win.

 

:nono I've never felt so misquoted.

:yep I guess over yonder they don't teach analogical reasoning & require it on standardized tests?

 

Yeah, I wouldn't even think about Moreno stopping him. Obviously anything can happen, but in the Perez and Darchinyan fights in particular Mares proved he could take a shot....and then some!

 

Chin shots. It's proven he can take a hell of a shot to the chin...

Who's to say Moreno won't do like he did to DLM, and give Mares a taste of his own medicine downstairs? :deal He's got the length, snap, and sadistic streak to do just that. And there's precedent.

High dosage, too.

 

I agree IB, Moreno gets great torque on those shots and their placed excellently. But I can't envisage Moreno stopping Mares to the body with Abners conditioning and ability to occupy his opponent on the inside. I'm not sure how much freedom Moreno would be afforded to throw those shots.

Obviously it can't be overlooked, but I'd be very surprised if Moreno stopped him.

 

It would be an excellent fight, I haven't watched the fights from last night yet but over the last few I still feel mares would edge it although Moreno is an excellent boxer and it wouldn't really surprise me if he won.

 

Moreno. Just a better fighter really, only hope Abner has is just outworking him and getting a decision which is entirely possible since Moreno seems unpopular.

 

Really interesting fight and style match up, one that will hopefully be made. The timing now is perfect. I think it's one of those fights that will really divide opinion as there are many different ways to see how the action would go down.

I think Mares would need to press from the first bell, concentrating on pressure and body work, which he shouldn't have any trouble with. I see Moreno being elusive and catching Mares as he's coming in, but I find it difficult to see how Moreno could become the aggressor - if he's not careful he'll spend the majority of the night just trying to get out of Mares' way and not landing enough of his own shots to build up a lead.

I think in a just world Moreno would take it on points, landing the more accurate and effective shots, while Mares struggles to land his own punches, but if this does the distance (which it will) there is no telling how it'll be scored.

 

One of the best fights in boxing IMO, perfect blend of styles.

Mares best chance is to go to the body early and slow Moreno down and hopefully open up the head shots, he could outwork Chemito.

I see Mares having some success, but Moreno should be too slick and do just enough offensively to win fairly close on points.