Date: Sunday, September 4, 2022

Time: 6:00 PM PT, 9:00 PM ET, 2:00 AM BST

Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz

12 rounds

WBC heavyweight title eliminator

Undercard

• Isaac Cruz (23-2-1, 16 KOs) vs Eduardo Ramirez (27-2-3, 12 KOs), 12 rounds, lightweight

• Abner Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs) vs Miguel Flores (25-4, 12 KOs), 10 rounds, lightweight

• Jose Valenzuela (12-0, 8 KOs) vs Edwin De Los Santos (14-1, 13 KOs), 10 rounds, lightweight

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• Joey Spencer (15-0, 10 KOs) vs Kevin Salgado (14-0-1, 9 KOs) - 10 rounds, super welterweight

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Time: 4:00 PM ET, 7:00 PM ET

• Ra'eese Aleem (19-0, 12 KOs) vs Mike Plania (26-1, 13 KOs) - 10 rounds, super bantamweight

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Andy Ruiz Jr vs Luis Ortiz

Round 1

Ruiz cautious early but still looking to slip in quick shots any time Ortiz commits. Ruiz looks like he's going to need to figure out the distance. He's short with his punches early. Ortiz's head movement bails him out as Ruiz unloaded a quick combo. Ruiz scores with a nice body shot. Probably the first one Ortiz has seen in 3 years. Ortiz with a big left hand counter that rocks Ruiz back on his heels. Another left for Ortiz. Fight heats up as the round closes.

Ortiz 10-9

Round 2

A 1-2 from Ortiz scores. Ruiz with a big right and Ortiz's legs did a shake. Another big right from Ruiz and Ortiz takes it well. It looks like both guys will be able to hurt the other. Ortiz moving a lot and a big left from Ortiz is countered by a huge right from Ruiz and down goes Ortiz. Huge knockdown. Can Ruiz finish. A pair of shots and Ortiz with no legs goes down again. Ruiz looking to finish and Ortiz is clinching for dear life. A big left from Ortiz rocks Ruiz. Heavy exchanges here. Ortiz's legs dont look good. A big left from Ortiz. Ortiz might be over committing to his punches and its giving Ruiz a big opportunity to land.

Ruiz 10-7, 19-17 Ruiz

Round 3

Ortiz looks refreshed or like he's trying to convince himself he is with the bouncing of his legs. Ruiz circling a bit. Ruiz looks like he is trying to load up one shot and its the overhand right. His left seems to work and it looks like Ortiz was wobbled twice by that shot.

Ruiz 10-9, 29-26 Ruiz

Round 4

Ortiz continues to look for the straights to the body. Ruiz's speed is impressive. Ortiz just narrowly avoids danger as Ruiz misses with a follow up hook. A big left hook from Ruiz scores.

Ruiz 10-9, 39-35 Ruiz

Round 5

Andy circling isnt good for Ortiz who is mostly flat footed. A nice right hand counter from Ruiz and a good left hook. Ruiz looks like he's starting to get more comfortable leading. Ortiz with a really nice combination. Not the most action in this round.

Ortiz 10-9, 48-45 Ruiz

Round 6

Slow pace to start but they trade huge power shots. Ortiz looking a lot more confident now. Ortiz with a looping left that is blocked but it just narrowly got in there. Another quiet round without a ton to choose from. Ruiz on the back foot and Ortiz missing.

Ortiz 10-9, 57-55 Ruiz

Round 7

Both guys fighting like the margin for error is razor thin. Big hooks upstairs with Ortiz getting the better it would appear. Ruiz hard right. Ortiz taking the punches a lot better now, earlier he was visibly bothered by all these power shots. A big straight right from Ruiz and Ortiz staggers back. Another right from Ruiz and another one drops Ortiz. Ortiz down again. He says he's okay. A huge right form Ruiz to end the round.

Ruiz 10-8, 67-63 Ruiz

Round 8

Big shots land for both guys. Ortiz landing a hard left but Ruiz standing his ground. Ortiz landing his jab but it looks like he doesnt like the distance as he's not following up with the left. Not a ton of action in this round.

Ruiz 10-9, 77-72 Ruiz

Round 9

Ruiz lands a big right and again he appears to have Ortiz hurt. Ortiz stays on his feet. Big shots land for both guys. A very heavy straight left scores for Ortiz. Both guys land nice shots in the round.

Ruiz 10-9, 87-81 Ruiz

Round 10

Ruiz blocks a big right but ate a pair of jabs before. Ortiz looks like he's growing with confidence. Ruiz mostly circles and does nothing that round.

Ortiz 10-9, 96-91 Ruiz

Round 11

Ruiz lands a jab but Ortiz pounces right back into position to attack. A big right from Ruiz hurts Ortiz Ortiz has to hold. Ortiz with a jab. He's standing his ground well. Ruiz making sure not to go overboard and get caught. Ortiz recovers well from the early shots. Ends the round on the front foot.

Ruiz 10-9, 106-100 Ruiz

Round 12

Ruiz with a big right and Orrtiz comes back with a left. Drama is very high in the last round as Ortiz seems to be looking to get himself back into the fight in a big way. Ortiz another hard left. Ortiz pushing with his punches and he gets countered and the tables have turned. Ruiz hard straight right. Ortiz big left. Andy might be hurt here. A hard pair of hooks for both guys scores.

Ortiz 10-9, 115-110

Official Decision: Andy Ruiz by UD (113-112, 114-111x2)

Date: Saturday 4 May 2013:

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Television: Showtime (USA), BoxNation (UK), RPC Channel 4 (Panama), Main Event (Australia)

Time: 9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT

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WBC welterweight title

12 Rounds

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J'Leon Love vs. Gabriel Rosado

Round 1: Rosado pumping the jab. Love attempting to keep distance, looking for an opening. He tries to jab, but Rosado counters. Love attempts some combos, gets in, but then Rosado responds with his own. Rosado displaying great shoulder and head movement. So far it's a battle of jabs. Neither fighter has convince me of anything.

10-10

Round 2: Right as Rosado attempts to get in, Love clinches. Love lets loose some combos. Rosado attempting to measure distance, but Love getting off first. Love attempts a right, but it just glances off Rosado. Right body shot by Love. Oh damn, that was a nice left hook counter by Love. Oh damn! Rosado gets in the first shot of significance with a right! Another tough round to score, but I'm giving it to Rosado.

10-9 Rosado, 20-19 Rosado

Round 3: Rosado is countering nicely, and sending in some effective jabs. Even as Love clinches, Rosado lets loose some body shots. Rosado now stalking Love. Love's looking flashy, but Rosado's got some more telling punches. OH DAMN! Right hand just caught Love! Rosado is banging him up! Love trying to counterpunch, but Rosado got in another hard right!

10-9 Rosado, 30-28 Rosado

Round 4: Love pumping the jab. He's amping up his activity, but Rosado is countering him. Rosado with body shots. Rosado's right hands sure are finding a home. Yikes! Rosado just snapped Love's head back. If Love wants to win this, he better sit down on his punches. Hooks at the 30 second mark are doing better. Not enough to win the round, though.

10-9 Rosado, 40-37 Rosado

Round 5: Love gets loose some combos. Rosado responds with a body shot. Love is throwing more punches this round. Rosado is countering, but Love is throwing three punches for every Rosado counter. Rosado with another Right, but Love to his credit throws his own. Love to the body. Much better round for him.

10-9 Love, 49-47 Rosado

Round 6: Love throwing tripple jabs to nullify Rosado's counters. Rosado is now walking throw Love's punches to land his own. Love with a left. Rosado not throwing a whole lot. Rosado corners Love, but Love does well to spice things up with a combo. Rosado lands a right. Rosado then bullies Love to the ropes, Love covers up, then gets off his own punch. OH DAMN! ROSADO JUST CAUGHT LOVE ON THE JAW WITH A RIGHT! THE BELL RINGS!

10-8 Rosado, 59-55 Rosado

Round 7: Love getting more aggressive, but Rosado covers up. Love to the body. Rosado launches himself at Love but barely misses. Another right hand finds itself on Love's chin. Rosado then bullies Love to the ropes, lets loose some combos! Rosado's really trying to tee off now. Love is getting on his bike, but he got in an uppercut. Love got in some heavy shots at the end of the round.

10-9 Rosado, 69-64 Rosado

Round 8: Love with a hard left hook. Rosadokeeps his guard up as Love gets in volume. Now Rosado comes back with body shots and uppercuts. Hard right from Love! That's better! This is turning into a phone booth fight. Rosado keeps going to the body, but Love is head hunting. Shit. How many of these right hands can Love eat? Love now coming back! He's getting in some solid head shots! Close round, but I think it's a round for Love!

10-9 Love, 78-74 Rosado

Round 9: Pensive round so far. Love with body shots. Rosado shoeshines with head shots. Love to the body. Rosado then pops a right. Both these guys exchanging at the center of the ring. Oh my God. Rosado just stunned Love with three rights in a row. Love is stunned. Uppercut by Rosado! Rosado is just bullying him now! Love is forced to clinch! Love is lucky to get out of the round!

10-9 Rosado, 88-83 Rosado

Round 10: Love staying on the backfoot. He gets in a few hooks, but an uppercut just put Love on queer street! Rosado is tagging Love at will! Love trying to fight back with the left hook! Rosado gets off a nice counter. Both exchange at the bell.

10-9 Rosado, 98-92

Official Results Scores: 95-94 Rosado, 97-92 Love, 95-94 Love. Love SD Rosado.

Daniel Ponce De Leon vs. Abner Mares

Round 1: Tentative to start. Ponce De Leon tries moving in, but gets countered by Mares. Ponce De Leon is keeping his distance and attempting to potshot. He's doing a good job of using distance to his advantage. But not Mares comes inside and pops Ponce De Leon with combos. Damn. Ponce De Leon got in some vicious body shots. Both fighters roughhouse each other on the inside. Close fight.

10-9 Ponce De Leon

Round 2: Mares gets inside, pops Ponce De Leon's jaw. Now Mares is countering Ponce De Leon when he moves in. Ponce De Leon is trying to walk Mares down, but Mares doesn't let him touch up cleanly. Mares showing good hand speed. Good exchanges near the ropes. Good left by mares! Ponce De Leon takes it well. Now Mares is bullying Ponce De Leon at the ropes. Mares keeps hitting Ponce De Leon to the body. Wow! Solid right by Mares! An overhand left by Mares gets in! OH YEAH! LEFT-RIGHT HOOK COMBO BY MARES! PONCE DE LEON IS DROPPED! THE BELL RINGS!

10-8 Mares, 19-18 Mares

Round 3: Ponce De Leon tries with an overhand left, but Mares counters. Mares to the body. Mares bullies Ponce De Leon to the ropes. Ponce De Leon tries with a few hooks, but Mares counters. Good left hook by Ponce De Leon. Both exchange. Ponce De Leon to Mares body. Mares with a left wobbles Ponce De Leon! This time Ponce De Leon stays on his feet!

10-9 Mares, 29-27 Mares

Round 4: Mares sends a hook to Ponce De Leon's body. Ponce De Leon tries to go forward, but Mares punishes him. Mares cornering Ponce De Leon. Then lets loose a combo of hooks. Ponce De Leon throws a left hook, then Mares counters — this staggers Ponce De Leon. Mares hitting Ponce De Leon at will with the right hook. Damn. Mares finding his target with the head.

10-9 Mares, 39-36 Mares

Round 5: Ponce De Leon gets in a hook. Mares moves in forward with a right. Ponce De Leon doing a better job with getting off first. Now Mares corners Ponce De Leon and sends in some head shots. Ponce De Leon having more success with a chopping left. Mares having a hard time responding. Ponce De Leon doing a better job boxing at a distance. Mares still finding success up close.

10-9 Ponce De Leon, 48-46 Mares

Round 6: Ponce De Leon with a left hook. Mares moves in with a left-right combo. Mares tries to get inside, but then gets banged to the body for his efforts. Ponce De Leon doing a better job of managing distance. Mares' has a rhythm that's confusing Ponce De Leon. Ponce De Leon has some excellent overhand at the end of the round.

10-9 Ponce De Leon, 57-56 Mares

Round 7: Mares witha left-right hook combo. They both get in close, and Mares gets in tremendous body work. Mares with a right hand! Mares doing a great job of showing his boding skill. He's picking Ponce De Leon off. Ponce De Leon tries to bully Mares to the ropes, but Mares throws to the head. Ponce De Leon with a low blow. Mares tries to argue with the ref about deducting a point, but he gets lectured for holding. Ponce De Leon now gets closer and throws to the body! Damn! Left hand by Ponce De Leon staggers Mares! Mares with his own right staggers Ponce De Leon! This is getting good!

10-9 Mares, 67-65 Mares

Round 8: Ponce De Leon popping the left with overhands. Mares corners Ponce De Leon, then gets off hoks to Ponce De Leon's head. Ponce De Leon tries his own inside fighting, but Mares, getting the better of it. Ponce De Leon doing a better job here of moving in. Good left causes Mares to stagger. This is becoming an ugly fight, but Mares getting banged by Ponce De Leon to the body over and over again.

10-9 Ponce De Leon, 76-75 Mares

Round 9: Ponce De Leon playing it nice on the outside. Mares, coming in close. These guys are matching each other shot for shot. Mares catches Ponce De Leon with a right. He's doing a better job of avoiding the right. A right hand by Mares gets in! The split! NOW ANOTHER RIGHT HAND GETS IN! PONCE DE LEON GOES DOWN! MARES IS LOOKING TO FINISH THE SHOW! REF STOPS THE FIGHT!

Official Results Mares TKO9 Ponce De Leon.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero

Round 1: Both start tentative. Looks like Mayweather is ready for rough stuff.. So far Guerrero is doing a good job boxing, but Mayweather got in a good hook to the head. Mayweather is geting in close, but Guerrero got in some good inside shots! Love this so far! Good inside fighting! Mayweather with a fast right hand! Oh damn! Guerrero with a good left! Left hook by Mayweather goes over Guerrero's jab! Mayweather sharpshooting with the right. Oh man! Mayweather got in with a right, but Guerrero countered him with two body shots! Close round right now!

10-9 Mayweather

Round 2: Guerrero now pursuing Mayweather to the ropes. He waits, then gets through with the left hand! Mayweather's jab gets countered with the right hook. Both trying to work on the inside. Guerrero tries to move in, but Mayweather gets out of the way. They exchange at the corner. Oh yeah! Mayweather's jab gets countered yet again with a left! Mayweather pops the jab to the head, but Guerrero goes to the body! Mayweather now getting more elusive. Guerrero throws a straight left on Mayweather, but Mayweather ties up. Guerrero throws a counter left right on the bell!

10-9 Guerrero, 19-19

Round 3: Guerrero using distance to get in body shots. Mayweeather with a sharp right. Mayweather getting on his back foot more often. Guerrero attempts to rough up Mayweather, but Mayweather holds. Mayweather's jab gets countered with a Guerrero straight. Mayweather definitely having trouble right now, but he does get in another great left hook. Mayweather's just beginning to pull through with solid rights.

10-9 Mayweather, 29-28 Mayweather

Round 4: Guerrrero acting as aggressor. He's waiting to catch Mayweather at the ropes. He's doing a good jkob with the jab too. Hard left by Guerrero! Mayweather responds with a hard straight! Guerrero gets in a left hook near the corner. Guerrero's body shots are getting in. Terrific right by Mayweather! Guerrero pummels Mayweather to the body! Whenever he gets Mayweather to the corner he does well! Mayweather then pumps with the right. Close round, but I give this to Guerrero.

10-9 Guerrero, 38-38

Round 5: Guerrero corners Mayweather once again. He digs to the body. Mayweather ties up. Great right counter by Mayweather! Guerrero corners Mayweather, rips him to the body. Left hand by Guerrero is tagging Mayweather quite often now! Mayweather tries with a right, gets countered by a Guerrero shot to the body. Mayweather getting more active now. Great work for Mayweather during the last 30 seconds but not enough to take it for me.

10-9 Guerrero, 48-47 Guerrero

Round 6: Guerrero tries with a left hook, Mayweather ducks it. Mayweather with some hard rights. He's now getting them in easily. Guerrero's face getting pummeled. Mayweather's getting on his bike now. Guerrero's having a hard time finding his rhythm. Guerrero witha right to the body. Nice body shots by Guerrero! Mayweather's old elusiveness is coming back!

10-9 Mayweather, 57-57

Round 7: Guerrero tries bullying Mayweather, but Mayweather just shot him with a right then clinches. Mayweather's getting in some heavy shots. Guerrero gets in a few body shots near the corner. This Mayweather right hand is finding its target! Guerrero looks to have tired. Guerrero doing a lot of work to the body. Some good inside work right now for both fighters. Guerrero tries with more pressure to the body. Based on inside work and volume, I'm giving this to Guerrero.

10-9 Guerrero, 67-66 Guerrero

Round 8: Both exchanging at the center of the ring. I think Mayweather's doing the better work. Guerrero, though, gets in a good hook near the ropes. Mayweather with a right to the body. Guerrero returns with his own. But now Mayweather is banging Guerrero to the head over and over with the straight right. He's countering Guerrero easy right now. Looks like a cut is showing on Guerrero's head. OH DAMN! HOOK BY MAYWEATHER STAGGERS GUERRERO! GUERRERO TAKING PUNISHMENT! THE BELL RINGS!

10-9 Mayweather, 76-76

Round 9: Guerrero tries to corner Mayweather again, but Mayweather just whooped his eye with the right! Guerrero attempts to do bodywork, but there doesn't seem anything on them. Uppercut by Mayweather! Guerrero isn't even putting up a pretense of defense anymore! Mayweather's right hands are lighting Guerrero up! Guerrero having some success sometimes, but Mayweather's showing his class!

10-9 Mayweather, 86-85 Mayweather

Round 10: Guerrero banging Mayweather again and again at the corner. Mayweather is now just sharpshooting at will. It's not that Guerrero's trying, but he's clearly fading. Guerrero better do something to make this more of a fight because Mayweather's blowing threw these late rounds.

10-9 Mayweather, 96-94 Mayweather

Round 11: Guerrero trying to make this ugly, but his strength looks zapped. Right as he gets near the corner, he eats a right. Guerrero's getting wild with his punches, and as a result he eats shot after shot from Mayweather. I give Guerrero credit, though. He keeps coming forward.

10-9 Mayweather, 106-103 Mayweather

Round 12: Well Guerrero has to go for broke because I have Mayweather winning this. Mayweather just getting on his bike now. He's potshotting, and the crowd now boos. Hopefully, Mayweather gets in a big shot because if I know judges, this may not be a blowout for Mayweather. Okay, near the corner Mayweather gets in some hooks. He's now throwing some rights. That's more like it.

10-9 Mayweather, 116-112 Mayweather

Official Results Scores: 117-111, 117-111, 117-111. Mayweather UD Guerrero.

Date: June 9, 2018

Time: 7:00 PM PST, 10:00 PM EST, 3:00 GMT

Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸

TV: Showtime (US)

LEO SANTA CRUZ VS ABNER MARES

12 rounds

WBA super world featherweight title

WBC world featherweight title

JERMELL CHARLO VS AUSTIN TROUT

12 rounds

WBC world super welterweight title

Leo Santa Cruz vs Abner Mares

Round 1

Explosive opening. Both guys falling into the others traps and they’re landing hard shots. Santa Cruz was just a bit more active and steals the round.

Santa Cruz 10-9

Round 2

Abner Mares sharp in these exchanges and showing he is indeed a new fighter from their last meeting. He’s not throwing for the sake of keeping his hands moving, he’s actually laying traps and capitalizing on Santa Cruz’s mistakes. These exchanges are wild and it’s hard to tell who’s really getting the better of them.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 20-18

Round 3

Wild third round. Abner Mares looks to be countering Santa Cruz far better now. He’s landing big power shots and even though he’s getting just as good as he’s giving in exchanges, he looks like a completely new fighter.

Mares 10-9, 29-28 Santa Cruz

Round 4

Interesting round. The activity wasn’t as high as the previous three, but the storyline of the fight is beginning to change. Mares is backing Santa Cruz up now. These are very close rounds.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 39-37 Santa Cruz

Round 5

Another close round. Mares is slowing down, but he’s also dictating the pace that’s being fought and that’s allowing him to stay competitive. If Santa Cruz decides to ramp things up, we can see Mares quickly fall behind. Mares did enough to have an argument this round.

Mares 10-9, 48-47 Santa Cruz

Round 6

Santa Cruz landed some clean shots this round. He won just about every exchange and found a distance he's comfortable at to let right hands fly.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 58-56 Santa Cruz

Round 7

Santa Cruz settled into a beautiful rhythm and fought a perfect round. Mares is going to get hit by shots. There's no doubt about it, but he lands so many it's impossible to try to go toe to toe with him and out punch him.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 68-65 Santa Cruz

Round 8

Mares managed to out Santa Cruz Santa Cruz that round. It was still close, but Mares is staying in this fight. He's much improved since last time.

Mares 10-9, 77-75 Santa Cruz

Round 9

Close round, but the consistent work was done by Mares. Santa Cruz did land the nicest shot of the round, but Mares had a very nice sustained overall attack.

Mares 10-9, 86-85 Santa Cruz

Round 10

Santa Cruz overall lands the harder shots. His ability to pick off shots was actually eye catching and something we haven't seen much of all fight.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 96-94 Santa Cruz

Round 11

Mares unloads to close the round but it was too little too late. Santa Cruz has a definitive round and forced Mares to initiate several cinches in the round.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 106-103 Santa Cruz

Official Decision: Leo Santa Cruz by UD (115-113, 116-112, 117-111)

Date: December 10, 2016

Time: 7:00 PM PST, 10:00 PM EST, 3:00 AM GMT

Location: Galen Center, Los Angeles, California 🇺🇸

TV: Showtime (US)

JESUS CUELLAR VS ABNER MARES

12 rounds

WBA world featherweight title

JERMALL CHARLO VS JULIAN WILLIAMS

12 rounds

IBF world super welterweight title

SERGEY LIPINETS VS LENNY ZAPPAVIGNA

12 rounds

super lightweight division

ERICKSON LUBIN VS JUAN UBALDO CABRERA

10 rounds

middleweight division

Jesus Cuellar vs Abner Mares

Round 1

Mares looking quick early, we have an early headbutt. Cuellar with a right and Mares with a right. Cuellar applying the pressure. Cuellar sweeps his right. A real nice left and right from Mares. Mares with a right and left. Cuellar looks hurt. Mares tagging Cuellar, looking really sharp early. A body shot from Mares. Mares jabs. Cuellar with a left. Mares left to the body, goes upstairs. Cuellar pressuring but Mares is getting off first. Mares lands his jab. Left and right from Mares. Cuellar with a left hand. Mares with a right and left. Left hand shot.

Mares 10-9

Round 2

Cuellar with a big right hook and another one. Cuellar has found something with the right. Mares with a right. Cuellar trying to drag Mares into a war. Mares ties up. Mares with a big left hook, Cuellar lands a right. Mares left and right. Cuellar wild shots. They trade rights. Mares with a left hook. Cuellar is dipping low and just winging hooks. A huge right for Mares. Cuellar takes it well.

Cuellar 10-9, 19-19

Round 3

Cuellar lands a left. Cuellar with a left and Mares comes back with a right. Cuellar trying to pin Mares down, lands a left. Mares trying to fight off the back foot. He holds. Cuellar lands a left. They're getting tangled up more now. Mares pressuring, lands a nice right to the body. Cuellar lands the straight left. Cuellar with a right, Mares with a left. They're swinging wildly in the center. Both guys trying to stay out of range, Mares with a right at the bell.

Cuellar 10-9, 29-28 Cuellar

Round 4

Cuellar lands a left around the shoulder, he goes to work onthe body before getting tied up. A straight right by Mares. Another right from Mares. A left hook from Mares. Mares with a nice counter. Mares playing with the distance nicely. Cuellar hard left. A right hand counter for Mares as Cuellar tried to trap him on the ropes.

Mares 10-9, 38-38

Round 5

Mares shoeshines the head a bit. Mares just comes up short with the right. A good right from Cuellar. Cuellar wth the left to the body. Mares with a jab. Mares right hand. Jab from Mares. A hard jab from Cuellar. Cuellar with a hard left to the body and a right. Mares has some return fire. Mares with a nice pair of rights. Mares with a left hook. Another right from Mares. Best round of the fight for Mares so far.

Mares 10-9, 48-47 Mares

Round 6

Cuellar with a left and a right by Mares. Mares is boxing much better now, lands a very nice left hand after eating a left. Mares boxing off the ropes, very nice combination to get back to the center. A good right and a clinch by Mares. Left and right from Mares. Cuellar with a left. A good left from Cuellar. A right from Cuellar. Mares with a good right to the body. Cuellar with a jab. Cuellar keeps getting Mares to the ropes but can't seem to figure out what to do when he gets him there. Cuellar with a hard right at the bell.

Cuellar 10-9, 57-57

Round 7

Mares with a jab and Cuellar continues to walk him down. Cuellar steps inside and eats a right. Mares with a right. Cuellar with a straight left. A nice hard left from Cuellar. Hard right from Mares and a left form Cuellar. Cuellar slips. Mares straight right. Another right. Cuellar with some hooks on the inside. Mares with a good left hook. Mares digs the body as Cuellar tries his own.

Mares 10-9, 67-66 Mares

Round 8

Left lands for Cuellar. Mares with a right. Now a left. Cuellar jumps in with his jab. Cuellar with a right hook. Mares right hand counter. Mares boxing from the outside, lands a right. Cuellar needs to try something different. His offense is stagnant and Mares is able to counter everything he does. Cuellar is not able to step in and land without getting hit back. Mares with a straight right. Cuellar with a straight left.

Mares 10-9, 77-75 Mares

Round 9

Mares with a right hand. Cuellar lands his right. Cuellar lands the straight left. Mares nice straight right Cuellar walked right into it. Cuellar left and Mares lands a right. Mares doubles his jab. Cuellar with a pair of lefts, Mares comes back with his right. Cuellar left connects again. Cuellar goes to the body. Mares left hook. Mares with a straight right. Mares left hook and Cuellar lands the right. Cuellar with a left hook. Mares with a right. Cuellar thinks he's got him hurt. Late shot at the bell by Mares.

Cuellar 10-9, 86-85 Mares

Round 10

Cuellar pressuring. Mares with a right. Cuellar steps in and puts his head down. Mares swings over. Cuellar with a right, now a left. Cuellar with a pair of big rights. Right from Mares, another one. Mares with a right and left. Mares with a jab. Mares with a right and left. Left from Cuellar.

Cuellar 10-9, 95-95

Round 11

Cuellar steps in with a right hook. Cuellar with the left. A huge right and down goes Cuellar. He's up at 6. He looks fine. Mares with a nice right. A left hook. A nice right from Mares. Mares with another one. Mares can't miss with the right. A right hand by Mares sneaks in. He goes body. He's got him ont he ropes. Cuellar absorbs the punishment. Cuellar trying to time him with the right. A straight left for Cuellar. A jab for Cuellar. Cuellar jabs. Mares just misses the right. Mares with a right. Cuellar goes to teh body, so does Mares. Mares with a big right after eating a right.

Mares 10-8, 105-103 Mares

Round 12

Mares opens it with a right. Cuellar pressures him to the ropes and gets tied up. Mares with a straight right. Mares with a nice right. Mares on the move, Cuellar misses. Mares blocks the right to the body. Cuellar with a left. A right hand from Mares as Cuellar leaned in. Mares with the right. Cuellar can't get that left to land. Cuellar misses his left. Cuellar needs a knockout and Mares is the one pressuring. Mares left hook. Mares matching Cuellar in exchanges. Mares with a gutsy performance, he makes Cuellar miss and he puts his hands up and avoids Cuellar to end the round.

Mares 10-9, 115-112 Mares

Official Decision: Abner Mares by SD (117-110 Mares, 115-112 Cuellar, 116-111 Mares)

Date: October 14, 2017

Time: 4:30 PM PDT, 7:30 PM EDT, 12:30 AM BST

Location: StubHub Center, Carson, California 🇺🇸

TV: FOX (US) Sky Sports Main Event (UK)

LEO SANTA CRUZ VS CHRIS AVALOS

12 rounds

WBA super world featherweight title

ABNER MARES VS ANDRES GUTIERREZ

12 rounds

WBA world featherweight title

Leo Santa Cruz vs Chris Avalos

Round 1

Santa Cruz with a right hand. Santa Cruz with a 1-2 and a big right over the top. Santa Cruz looks very rangy. Avalos with a left. Avalos trying to trade on the inside, he grabs onto Santa Cruz. Avalos with a right. Santa Cruz laughing. Santa Cruz looping his right hand. Santa Cruz long range right hand. Santa Cruz doing a god job blocking most of Avalos's combinations. Santa Cruz looking very slow but he's still landing. They trade left hooks. A good right scores for Santa Cruz. Another big right for Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz 10-9

Round 2

Avalos lands a right and Santa Cruz scores. Avalos trying to back Santa Cruz up. Santa Cruz smothers before Avalos can get off. Avalos digs to the body. Avalos with a hard right hand. Santa Cruz continues to smile. Santa Cruz with a pair of right hands. Santa Cruz scores with the right. Santa Cruz eats an uppercut after he lands a right. Santa Cruz lands a jab. Santa Cruz with a right. Avalos eats another right. Avalos looks like he might be dazed in there. Santa Cruz starting to come on. Santa Cruz digs the body. Santa Cruz keeps snapping Avalos's head back when he lands with the jab.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 20-18

Round 3

Avalos comes in unloading, Santa Cruz lands a good right. Avalos with some nice work to the body. Santa Cruz almost looks a little sloppy. Still doing good work, at least enough to win these rounds, but he isn't as crisp as he was in the Frampton fight. Santa Cruz with a right. His jab scores. Another right hand. Avalos turns southpaw. Avalos keeping his hands busy mostly throwing arm punches. Santa Cruz ducking low and trying to find some shots to the body. Avalos not doing a bad job this round landing form the outside. Santa Cruz coming forward and pressuring now. Santa Cruz with a nice right uppercut.

Avalos 10-9, 29-28 Santa Cruz

Round 4

Santa Cruz hops in with a left. Avalos lands his jab. Avalos throwing a lot, landing some. Santa Cruz thinks he can stand there and wait for him to wear himself out. Avalos with a left and right. He rushes forward with his forehead. Santa Cruz looks frustrated. Santa Cruz with a jab. A big 1-2 form Santa Cruz. A pair of left hooks. Santa Cruz has him hurt. Santa Cruz left hook. A right form Santa Cruz. Another right. Avalos holds. Santa Cruz nails him with a right and left. Santa Cruz taking heavy fire to land this shots. A big right. Another right. Avalos drops his hands. Avalos hurt. 1-2 from Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz with 3 shots. Avalos somehow on his feet. Avalos comes back with a left. Santa Cruz looks like he's amazed this guy is on his feet. Santa Cruz misses a huge right. Santa Cruz big right. Another big right. Left from Santa Cruz. Avalos somehow refuses to go down. Legs are stiff for Avalos. Santa Cruz left hook. A good right for Santa Cruz at the bell. What a round.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 39-37 Santa Cruz

Round 5

Avalos comes out and he's trying to lead now. He launches a few power shots. Avalos with a good right hand. Santa Cruz lands a good jab. A right from Santa Cruz. A nice right from Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz rolling with Avalos's punches and trying to counter with something big. Santa Cruz leads with the right and scores. Another right from Santa Cruz. Avalos with a nice hook. Avalos throwing with Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz goes to the body, back upstairs. Uppercut for Santa Cruz. A good straight right for Santa Cruz and a left hook. Avalos takes a step back. Santa Cruz going to war here with Avalos. A 1-2 for Santa Cruz. He messed with his timing there to land that shot. Avalos with a good hook and Santa Cruz gives him a better one.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 49-46 Santa Cruz

Round 6

Santa Cruz lands his right, now a left. Avalos lands a jab. Avalos taking risks so he can land shots. Left from Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz with a big left. He ate a nice shot to get that one to land. 1-2 scores for Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz with a left and right. A jab scores for Santa Cruz. A good right for Santa Cruz. A right from Santa Cruz. Avalos with a right hook as Santa Cruz dug to the body. Santa Cruz with a good right to the body. Avalos with a right.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 59-55 Santa Cruz

Round 7

Santa Cruz lands a right and left. Heads came together. Santa Cruz lands the right, another left. Avalos has no chance on the outside against Santa Cruz. He sees everything coming and lands precise counters even though he's not even that fast. Avalos comes inside and Santa Cruz works the body. Left hand scores. Avalos can't slow Santa Cruz down. They trade rights. Santa Cruz steps in and goes to the body. Avalos ducking away from Santa Cruz's right. Santa Cruz lands a right and left. Avalos keeping busy. Throwing a lot of punches. 1-2 from Santa Cruz. Avalos nice combination.

Avalos 10-9, 68-65 Santa Cruz

Round 8

Santa Cruz with a right and left. Good combination right there. Santa Cruz good lead left hook. Santa Cruz with a left hook. Santa Cruz 3 punch combination. Santa Cruz showing off some defense, lands a big left and right. Avalos eating huge shots. Avalos lands a right but Santa Cruz is rocking him. Avalos showing off tremendous grit. A good right from Santa Cruz. A good right from Santa Cruz and the references jumps in and stops the fight.

Official Ruling: Leo Santa Cruz by TKO8

Date: Saturday August 24th, 2013

Time: 10:30PM ET/7:30PM PT

Location: StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA

Television: Showtime USA, RPC Channel 4 Panama, Televisa Mexico

12 rounds for Mares's WBC featherweight title

Notes: Despite Mares being the reigning WBC featherweight champion, the Transnational Boxing Rating Board rates him as the third best featherweight in the world behind Mikey Garcia and Chris John. Jhonny Gonzlez rates at #5. Mares has been dropped once in his career by Vic Darchinyan. Mares has had numerous point deductions in his career for low blows. Gonzalez is no stranger to the canvas. In his last fight, Mares landed 50% of his power shots (explaining a 9th round TKO of Ponce de Leon.) Does Gonzalez have the defense (or chin) to withstand Mares and pull off an upset?

Prefight rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

My prediction: Mares TKO7

12 rounds for Terrazas's WBC super bantamweight title

Notes: This is Santa Cruz's second fight at 122. Santa Cruz has never been down. The Transnational Boxing Rating Board rates Santa Cruz at #10. Terrazas is rated #2 behind Nonito Donaire and champion Guillermo Rigondeauz. With Donaire's upcoming move to 126, that leaves Terrazas the #1 rated super bantamweight behind Rigondeaux. Santa Cruz averaged 85 punches a round in his last fight landing on average 44 punches. (WHAT!?) We'll see if he can do that against a world class fighter in Terrazas.

Prefight rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

My prediction: Terrazas SD

Fight stream

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Starts with a montage and hype video. The first line was Canelo talking about how much he loves shoes. Meanwhile, Mayweather visits a jeweler. Canelo is your rooster. Can someone who is a native Spanish speaker explain this one to us? Oscar is really taking this fight personally and sees Canelo as a younger him. He's going to beat Mayweather indirectly (because he didn't listen to Freddie Roach) using Canelo. Nice. Floyd Mayweather Sr. delivered a nice poem, or rap... J'leon Love spotting! Will Clemons (light heavyweight) spars 21 minutes straight with Lil Floyd. Still no clichés. Floyd watching Bey-Molina ending is tense. Floyd's reaction is like that of a great coach. Gotta love it. He even gives respect to Molina after that fight. In Mexico, Canelo is on the beach riding dune buggies and long haired beautiful horses. Also a little game of pool volleyball. He's sparring his brother. Hopefully his brother givers him better work than his English teacher, because his English is getting good. Unfortunately, his brother isn't doing such a good job mimicking Floyd's style. Interesting. Canelo has a daughter whom he doesn't like to be shown on camera. Floyd's 1.6 million dollar car looks like it was designed by NASA. Freddie Roach spotting! Good episode.

The Stub Hub Center looks pretty full. Ranallo, Bernstein, and Malignaggi will be calling the bouts. Paulie is keeping it real as always.

Terrazas vs Santa Cruz

Sam Watson standing behind Leo Santa Cruz. The crowd is behind Santa Cruz.

Round 1

Terrazas comes forward looking for a jab. Santa Cruz is responding to every punch. Misses a huge looping right. Crowd is chanting Santa Cruz. Terrazas lands a nice overhand right. Santa Cruz pays him back. Santa Cruz beginning to throw the body shots. They're fighting inside. Santa Cruz is landing his jab and following it with a straight right. Terrazas is now trying to find the distance to make Santa Cruz miss. It's definitely not inside as Santa Cruz sends a couple body shots over. Santa Cruz snaps his head back with a very hard jab. Terrazas doesn't look too comfortable with this pace. Terrazas has some success at a distance, but he comes back inside for Santa Cruz to land his body shots.

Santa Cruz 10-9

Round 2

Terrazas looking to set up the overhand right. Santa Cruz might have hurt him with a combo. Santa Cruz is turning up the activity. Terrazas needs to circle more and keep Santa Cruz from setting his feet to throw all these punches. We don't know if Santa Cruz can fight any way other than coming forward. Santa Cruz keeps getting the best of these skirmishes in the middle of the ring. Right eye already swelling on Terrazas. Santa Cruz is heavier handed, he's freezing Terrazas every time he lands his combos.

Santa Cruz 10-9, 20-18

Round 3

Terrazas eye is going to swell shut. It's already almost closed. He'll have to pull off a performance reminiscent of Morales-Maidana. Terrazas is trying to now fight off the back foot. Santa Cruz lands the first meaningful punch of the round. Another overhand right. Terrazas hurt by a left hook! He goes down! Left hook landed right near that swollen eye. Terrazas is up, now his eye is completely shut. He looks like Brock from Pokémon. Terrazas up after a 2nd trip down and he fights back. He takes a knee at the end of an exchange. He's not going to continue! This fight is over!

Official decision: 2:09 of Round 3 Santa Cruz KO3

Mares vs González

Round 1

Bell sounds. Gonzalez is trained by Beristain, trainer of Juan Manuel Marquez. Gonzalez is circling to his left, right into Mares's right. Marquez punching and moving, trying to land power punches. Mares having success landing his jab, Gonzalez taking it well. Gonzalez lands a stgraight right. Mares steps forward and is now picking the pace up with the pressure. Huge left hook lands for Gonzalez. Mares goes down!! He's hurt. He struggled getting up. Gonzalez is going to finish him. Mares is out. HE'S DOWN!!!! Mares is done!! 1st round knock out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my god! I can't believe it!

Official decision: Jhonny Gonzalez KO1

Mares turning back the clock

Last Saturday, thousands of people saw the incredible.

Abner Mares, a top P4P fighter, got wiped out in 1 round by the old-but-still-lethal Jhonny Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who earlier in the year struggled with journeyman Eusebio Osejo, produced his career-defining performance with a resume that already saw him win three titles in two weight classes.

This fight echoes a more famous fight that occurred nearly a year earlier. Manny Pacquiao, the world's #1 P4P fighter, got KOed cold by the old-but-still-lethal Juan Manuel Marquez in 6 rounds. Marquez, who 2 years earlier struggled with journeyman Michael Katsidis, produced his career-defining performance.

What is happening here? Why are such lauded fighters getting cold cocked in dramatic fashion?

Boxing's Current Landscape

For me to answer this question, I must deal with a common complaint about boxing. Critics of boxing state emphatically that the best never fight the best, that the top P4P subsist on a diet of tomato cans, that other competing combat sports do a better job of producing competitive match-ups.

As an acknowledgment, let me say that a few years ago this was true. HBO, the network that trumpets itself as a haven for premium boxing, forced terrible match-ups on its audience. It was hard to justify a subscription to HBO when fans were force fed Andre Berto vs. Freddy Hernandez.

Things have changed, however. This year alone we've been treated to Timothy Bradley vs. Ruslan Provodnikov, Brandon Rios vs. Mike Alvarado II, Artur Szpilka vs. Mike Mollo I and II, Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez, etc.

In addition to this, new stars have emerged. Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, and Lucas Matthysse have emerged as holy terrors in their weight divisions. Olympic gold medallists Zou Shiming, Ryota Murata, and Vasyl Lomachenko will all have made their debuts by years end. Deontay Wilder has now established himself as a legitimate prospect in a heavyweight division that also hosts Bryant Jennings, Tyson Fury, and Kubrat Pulev.

Viewed objectively, boxing is hot right now and it will only get hotter. Networks and advertisers have sat up and taken notice.

No longer banished to subscription cable, CBS, NBC, and FOX have all invested in boxing programming — sometimes showing it on free-to-air TV. Obscure upstarts like WealthTV and the Pursuit Channel are showing world title bouts. On the Internet, and are producing PPV events for up-and-coming prospects — content that creates good enough revenue that DirecTV .

Advertisers are also sinking money into boxing. Audi, Subway, and Nike have all utilized boxing to sell their wares. It's not all Mayweather and Pacquiao getting endorsements either. Some of these advertisements feature .

From a business standpoint, boxing is doing well for itself.

The Battle of Sentiment

So why is it that the media doesn't talk about these obvious successes in the business of boxing?

Being one who works in media, I believe I have an answer for that — and it has a lot to do with how Word of Mouth (WOM) works. Generally speaking, it takes 1 negative comment to counterbalance 5 positive. What that means is that, for most people, a smaller volume of negative sentiment undoes a large volume positive.

Unfortunately, boxing is dealing with 30 years of constant negative sentiment. It started with the death of Duk Koo Kim, crystallized with Mike Tyson's rape convictions and ear biting incidents, then was punctuated by the Pacquiao-Mayweather rivalry (a.k.a., the Fight That Never Happened).

It will take 5 years of Bradley-Provodnikov fights happening every weekend to undue the heavy damage to boxing's sentiment. In the short term, it will be impossible to change the narrative of "Boxing is dying" because that's the mythos of boxing right now. Media and casual fans connect most with this story. This narrative is so powerful, there's a cottage industry of other businesses (like Zuffa) that exploit it.

To combat this sentiment, boxing needs a new narrative.

A Shift

If you've been paying attention to boxing these past few years, you may know who Jesus Soto Karass is.

Soto Karass is a journeyman with a current record of 28-8. 10 years ago, he would be the kind of fighter who'd be beaten by a hot prospect then never shown on premium cable ever again. Nowadays, despite his many defeats, Soto Karass is shown as a main event again and again.

Why is this? Because today's brand of boxing is no longer concerned about which fighter sports an undefeated record and instead cares about who delivers a good fight. Even through KO losses to Marcos Maidana and Gabriel Rosado, Soto Karass has proven again and again that he can deliver a good fight, even upsetting heavy favourites at times.

Soto Karass is by no means an anomaly. Matthew Macklin, Pablo Cesar Cano, and Alfredo Angulo all get their appearances in primetime TV slots because, though they may lose, they always deliver a fight. They're the guys who capture boxing at its best.

Now someone who doesn't watch boxing and is obsessed with numbers might be asking, "Why?! Why give these guys airtime when they lose?"

The answer is that, yes, they sometimes do lose — but often enough, they win. These fighters separate the wheat from the chaff. Fighters like this separate the Hypejobs from the Real Deals. If HBO and Showtime bothered to show the likes of Soto Karass in 2004, perhaps we have been spared Jeff Lacy gracing our TV screens.

The Nature of The "Best" Has Changed

In today's boxing climate, it is no longer enough for two undefeated fighters to be matched up and thence be considered the best fighting the best. Perhaps taking a cue from UFC, today's fans understand that it is okay if a fighter sports a loss or two. No, for the best to be considered the best they must deliver that quality which makes boxing real.

They must deliver a fight.

Casual fans were stunned at the KO of Pacquiao in part because they were used to him blowing out Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito. Having never seen Pacquiao-Marquez I and II (in part because these fights happened before Pacquiao became a megastar), they were surprised with Pacquiao-Marquez III ended up being competitive.

The abiding narrative they believed was that the only two relevant boxers were Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. — everyone else was a stiff.

So imagine their further surprise when Marquez KOed Pacquiao, and he remained unconscious for nearly two minutes. How can someone who wasn't Mayweather accomplish this?

The truth is that for nearly 4 years, Bob Arum' Top Rank had avoided a third rematch between Pacquiao and Marquez. Content to go gangbusters with easy opponents on PPV, Arum saw no need for Pacquiao to face his stylistic kryptonite.

That all changed after Pacquiao fought Shane Mosley in a dull affair and fans began to question why they continued to shell out $60 a pop for a Pacquiao PPV. Sensing a need to stir things up, Arum booked Pacquiao-Marquez III in a fight no casual fan demanded — but which they deserved. After a competitive match, Pacquiao-Marquez IV was booked too. The rest is history.

You see, while Mayweather-Pacquiao may have been the theoretical best match-up, the Pacquiao-Marquez quadrilogy was the actual best match-up. This series of fights was amongst the best in boxing history — up there with the Robinson-Fullmer trilogy, the Ali-Foreman trilogy, and the Gatti-Ward trilogy.

Let me also go out on a limb and state that Pacquiao-Marquez capped perhaps the best group of rivalries in boxing history — a group of rivalries that the mainstream sports media continues to be oblivious about. I'm speaking about the rivalry between Barrera, Morales, Pacquiao, and Marquez.

(In fact, I'm writing a book about this rivalry in part because I'm flabbergasted that such a rivalry can remain obscure.)

In today's boxing landscape, being the "best" is no longer about winning titles and being undefeated. The "best" is about putting on a good fight.

Abner Mares Is Not An Anomaly

Which brings us to Abner Mares. Even though he's known to fight dirty, Mares is a fighter I respect immensely. In the last few years, Mares has fought Vic Darchinyan, Joseph Agbeko, Eric Morel, Vic Darchinyan, and Daniel Ponce De Leon. In each of these fights, he's not been content to stick and move. Mares has fought aggressively, putting pressure on all opponents.

Mares could have nursed his WBC belt by fighting the likes of Billy Dib and Rafael Marquez. Instead, he took a chance by fighting one of the hardest punchers in the featherweight division. His risk did not pan out. He was KOed in 1 round.

Despite this loss, most boxing fans wouldn't mind seeing Mares again. Why? Because he brings the fight. Mares is not the kind of guy who's about nurturing the "0". He wants to prove he's the best by fighting the best. There will be a Mares-Gonzalez II.

Nowadays nearly every fighter with name value must take on a live body. Even Adrien Broner, who's notorious for winning titles against easy opponents, is now fighting Marcos Maidana next. Floyd Mayweather, who everyone critiques (unfairly!) as caring mostly about his "0", is fighting #1 light middleweight Canelo Alvarez. Pacquaio, coming off a KO loss to Marquez, is fighting savage brawler Brandon Rios.

Today's boxing is about good fights. The question is: how long will it be till boxing's narrative changes?