Abner Mares vacates. Moves up.

gbp should have put mares best interest first before theirs and accepted the 1mil offer for him.

 

According to 90% of fans, if they were consistent in the use of the term, Mares is shamefully ducking the **** out of Victor Terrazas. Stylistically, Terrazas is a nightmare for Mares. Terrazas fights like a man, and ate Montiel's pressure for dinner... Since the Donaire failed negotiations, the WBC has come out saying Terrazas is next or vacate the belt. Shame, as I wanted to really see Terrazas in a big fight.

Terrazas- 5'7" height, 69" reach
Mares- 5'4.5" height, 66" reach

 

I agree Terrazas would be a very awkward fight for Mares, similar to how Mathebula was for Donaire. I'd still favour Mares to do enough to win though

 

Daniel Ponce de Leon WBC title fight in the fall?

If that's the plan, give me Jhonny Gonzalez now, Ponce at years' end.

 

Wtf terrazas is a great ****ING fight I know mares chasing the paper and shouldnt be expected to take 2 high risk low reward fights back to back buy it would be amazing seeing him with terrazas stylistically

 

Thanks Arum. ****.

 

So, let us reflect on Mares' 122 pound legacy:

2-0
-W UD12 Eric Morel for vacant WBC title at 120 pound catchweight.
* Morel was utterly undeserving and got the **** beat out of him before, during, and after this fight.
-W UD12 Anselmo Moreno defense of WBC title
* Moreno's first world class fight at the weight. Highlights include Mares throwing 50+ low blows and during the iffy KD call, managing to square up and punch Moreno on the buttocks over the top of his back. And somehow Moreno gets deducted a point when Mares fights the dirtiest fight in boxing since... Mares vs. Agbeko I. Fun times.

Cheers to Mares' killer 122 pound resume...

 

Terrazas is with Zanfer so that fight was never going to happen anyway and this saves a pointless purse bid.

 

oh ****, at least we may see Mares vs Gary Russell fight soon.

 

Mares ****ed Moreno up, most people were pickin Moreno to win regardless of the weight

 

i am not a believer in this guy. :bart ..competitive, probably. but thats it. mares makes it a boxing lesson like pac-margarito

 

I picked Moreno to win.

I scored it 114-112 for Mares. But the KD was iffy (as Mares landed a literal butt punch after the shot that dropped Moreno), and the point deduction from Moreno was laughable. Mares deserved to have a point taken from him as early as round 5, dude. And he continued going low fighting dirty. Good win, but he was spotted points and preserved points which would have led to a Moreno victory on my card and a couple others.

Good win for Mares. But in the breaking down of each fight, it warrants a parenthesis as does the Agbeko I fight.

Maybe so. I'd pick a close Mares decision.

Still a top 10 122 pounder worthy of being an actual "mandatory."

 

I'm not a fanboy of either side, but GBP offered both guys more money to put on the fight themselves, and Arum and Donaire refused.