Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-08-29, great fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares: it gets three stars.The undefeated former world champion in two different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world. He has already fought twice in 2015 beating Jesus Ruiz (=Santa Cruz vs Ruiz) and Jose Cayetano (=Santa Cruz vs Cayetano).
His opponent, the former world champion in three different weight divisions Abner Mares, has an official record of 29-1-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 featherweight (currently the #1 in this division is Nicholas Walters). He suffered his only loss in 2013 when he faced Jhonny Gonzalez (=Mares vs Gonzalez), after this bout he has won three consecutive fights defeating Arturo Santos Reyes in his last one (=Mares vs Santos Reyes). ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz vs Mares is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-08-29
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Title: WBA Super World featherweight title
Santa Cruz’s previous fight: Leo Santa Cruz vs Jose Cayetano
Mares’ previous fight: Abner Mares vs Arturo Santos Reyes
Santa Cruz’s next fight: Leo Santa Cruz vs Kiko Martinez
Mares’ next fight: Jesus Andres Cuellar vs Abner Mares
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Though a good fight. It was one sided.
Cruz was better inside and out.
I enjoyed it very much. Some rounds were tough to judge, but at least 6 or 7 were clean cut for De la Cruz. The only thing holding this fight back a bit were the clinches and the fact no one ever was hurt in an apparent way.
Till the beginning to the end it was amazing the amount of punches thrown by both contenders. Mare did right being the aggressor and trying to go for a short distance fight however he was holding too much. After a couple of rounds Cruz got a full control of the fight using his reach advantage and nice side steps out boxing Mare.
The judge who scored 114-114 was absolutely wrong. He or she should be restrained for participating under this role again.