Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-09, great performance by both boxers: Leo Santa Cruz vs Abner Mares 2 is close to get four stars!The world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 34-1-1 (19 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. ‘El Terremoto’ Santa Cruz suffered his only loss when he faced Carl Frampton in 2016 (Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) but then he took revenge on him in 2017 (Frampton vs Santa Cruz II) and beat also Chris Avalos (Leo Santa Cruz vs Chris Avalos).
His opponent, the former Olympian and world champion in three different weight classes Abner Mares, has an official record of 31-2-1 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He lost to Leo Santa Cruz in 2015 (Santa Cruz vs Mares) but then he defeated Jesus Andres Cuellar in 2016 (Cuellar vs Mares) and Andres Gutierrez in 2017 (Abner Mares vs Andres Gutierrez). Santa Cruz vs Mares 2 is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-06-09
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 Chris Avalos
Mares’ previous fight: Abner Mares vs Andres Gutierrez
Santa Cruz’s next fight: Leo Santa Cruz vs Rafael Rivera
Mares’ next fight: Abner Mares vs Miguel Flores
Santa Cruz vs Mares 2 full fight video:
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Official video
Official highlights
Mares got robbed. Boxing has some crazy scoring sometimes.
Being robbed implies something being taken away. It was close but this fight wasn’t taken from Mares.What’s crazy is how being biased can so easily change peoples perspective. And for the record I wanted Mares to win
115-113 was about right, I can even see it going 116-112, but 117-111 was crazy. I think that the mistake done by Robert Garcia was that by the 7th round you can tell that Mares was being outboxed on the outside, he waited until the 10 round to change things up and have Mares fight on the inside, have that been done sooner, Mares could of pulled this off.
You can see it 116- 112 but 117- 111 so just one more rd for Santa Cruz is crazy. I had Cruz edging him out but thought your commentwas funny so I had to reply
117-111 leans more towards a blowout which this fight clearly was not, than saying “uhmmm I’m not 100% sold on the decision, but can live with 116-112”. Nothing funny about that, just speaking out loud trying to wrap my head around this crazy scoring in boxing.
Heck of a fight
Wow this fight was extremely difficult to score because of how close many rounds were. It was all about paying close attention and figuring out who got the edge. I had it 116-112 for Santa Cruz but was very tempted to score it 115-113. I’d love to see the third, both have been terrific.
Compubox stats are clear though: Santa Cruz won by a wide margin, round after round. But sometimes in the heat of the fight, it’s hard to tell who’s connecting and who’s missing. Thank God we have slow motion replays ;)
I guess 116 -112 does have a sense of being a more competitive fight, and 117 -111 more one sided. Ill admit I was wrong my bad