The man who most recently shared a ring with Jesus Cuellar cannot envision him winning Saturday night. Abner Mares expects Gervonta Davis to beat Cuellar “easily” when they fight for a version of the WBA’s super featherweight title at Barclays Center...
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Los Angeles, Calif. - Four-time champion and newly crowned WBA featherweight champion Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15KOs) was still beaming after his split decision victory over Jesus Cuellar at the Galen Center on the USC campus. The bout headlined a Showt...
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Terence Crawford’s domination of John Molina Jr. was the most-watched of six bouts broadcast by HBO and Showtime on Saturday, either live or on delay. Crawford-Molina peaked at 871,000 viewers and averaged 806,000 viewers, according to figures releas...
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Experience matters. Abner Mares drew on a well of as much of it as almost any current fighter. Dating back to his run at 118 lbs., Mares has never been shy about taking on tough outs. He won Showtime’s bantamweight tournament. At 122, he took on an A...
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Jesus Cuellar Video Interview - Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs) scored an impressive, upset 12-round split decision over defending champion Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21 KOs) to capture the WBA Featherweight World Championship and become a four-time boxing ti...
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Video Interview Abner Mares - Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs) scored an impressive, upset 12-round split decision over defending champion Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21 KOs) to capture the WBA Featherweight World Championship and become a four-time boxing titl...
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Mares vs. Cuellar Fight Photo Gallery - Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs) scored an impressive, upset 12-round split decision over defending champion Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21 KOs) to capture the WBA Featherweight World Championship and become a four-time b...
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Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs) scored an impressive, upset 12-round split decision over defending champion Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21 KOs) to capture the WBA Featherweight World Championship and become a four-time boxing titlist Saturday in the main event...
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USC’s Galen Center, Los Angeles, California - Former three division beltholder Abner Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs) has bounced back strong from last year's defeat to Leo Santa Cruz, with a dominating twelve round split decision over Jesus Cuellar (28-2, 21...
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Jesus Cuellar vs. Abner Mares Scorecard - Defending WBA world featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs), of Argentina, weighed in at 124 pounds, two full pounds below the limit for his title defense against Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs), of...
Overall, in his last 5 fights, Jesus Cuellar avg'd 82.1 punches per round, #4 on the CompuBox Categorical Leaders list (wgt. class avg.: 59); his 35.6 jabs thrown per round- only 4.3 landed (wgt. class avg.: 23.3) ranks #3 and his 46.5 power punches...
It doesn’t take much to push someone off the top of the world. Abner Mares was red hot just three years ago. A former Olympian with belts in three weight classes, he’d put together a take all comers resume that was hard not to admire. He won Showtime...
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Cuellar vs. Mares, Charlo vs. Williams Photo Gallery - A Los Angeles-area fighter caused controversy Friday in Omaha, Nebraska, but there wasn’t any drama on the scales in Los Angeles. All four fighters made weight for the two championship fights Sho...
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