Leo Santa Cruz vs. Abner Mares II - June 9, 2018

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Finally a date has been set.. venue is Staples Center..

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Santa Cruz vs. Mares Rematch Announced For Staples Center

A rematch between featherweight world champions and Southern California rivals Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz and Abner Mares will headline action Saturday, June 9 live on SHOWTIME from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.

Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by Ringstar Sports and TGB Promotions, begin at $50, plus applicable fees, and are on sale today at 12:00 p.m. PT. To purchase tickets visit AXS.com at 12:00 p.m. PT.

Santa Cruz (33-1-1, 18 KOs) and Mares (30-2-1, 15 KOs) first met in August 2015 at STAPLES Center and went toe-to-toe for 12 fast-paced rounds, with Santa Cruz eventually earning the majority decision and a vacant featherweight title. Now, Santa Cruz will put his WBA Super World Featherweight Title on the line against the WBA Regular Featherweight World Champion Mares.

[oogiebe]

:Hope they can repeat! What a fight that was. could've been in a phone booth.

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:Hope they can repeat! What a fight that was. could've been in a phone booth.

LSC won clear the first time. Didn't warrant a rematch and I know it was a while back. Obviously this fight has been mandated. I don't mind they fight again. I think LSC wins again.

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[jvincent]

Hope they can repeat! What a fight that was. could've been in a phone booth.

Really looking forward to this can’t believe it was nearly 3 years ago!!! Need to cut down on my medicine I think.

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Hope they can repeat! What a fight that was. could've been in a phone booth.

Really looking forward to this can’t believe it was nearly 3 years ago!!! Need to cut down on my medicine I think.

Mares thinks Santa Cruz isn't showing him respect. Mares really hasn't been as active as Santa Cruz to be fair.. I'm rooting to Santa Cruz.

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In addition to fighting for the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title, Mexicans Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares will practically have a WBC eliminator on Saturday night at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

According to World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, his organization has sanctioned the rematch for the WBC 'Diamond' title at 126-pounds.

Now he wants to make a few moves where the winner would become the mandatory challenger to current WBC featherweight titleholder Gary Russell Jr.

"It's a fight for the Diamond title, it's an official WBC fight," said Sulaiman.

"Russell just made his mandatory defense (May 19), but I'm going to try to make the winner a mandatory challenger against Russell, he makes one fight per year and we're going to try to make the winner a challenger."

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Stats and Stakes

Leo Santa Cruz

Age: 29
Title: WBA “super” featherweight (2017-Present, 1 defense)
Previous Titles: IBF bantamweight (2012-13, 3 defenses); WBC super bantamweight (2013-15, 4 defenses); WBA “super” featherweight (2015-16, 1 defense)
Height: 5’7 ½
Weight: 125 ½ lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Rosemead, California (Born in Mexico)
Record: 34-1-1, 19 KO
Press Rankings: #1 (TBRB, ESPN, Boxing Monthly, Ring, BoxRec)
Record in Major Title Fights: 13-1, 7 KO
Last Five Opponents: 136-12-1 (.916)
Current/Former World Champions/Titlists Faced: Eric Morel TKO5; Alexander Munoz TKO5; Victor Terrazas KO3; Cristian Mijares UD12; Abner Mares MD12; Kiko Martinez TKO5; Carl Frampton L12, MD12

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Abner Mares

Age: 32
Title: WBA featherweight (sub-title; 2016-Present, 1 defense)
Previous Titles: IBF bantamweight (2011-12, 1 defense); WBC super bantamweight (2012-13, 1 defense); WBC featherweight (2013)
Height: 5’4 ½
Weight: 125 ¾ lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Montebello, California (Born in Mexico)
Record: 31-2-1, 15 KO, 1 KOBY
Press Rankings: #4 (BoxRec), #5 (ESPN, Ring), #6 (TBRB, Boxing Monthly)
Record in Major Title Fights: 5-2-1, 1 KO, 1 KOBY (7-2-1, 1 KO 1 KOBY including WBA sub-title fights)
Last Five Opponents: 136-10-2 (.927)
Current/Former World Champions/Titlists Faced: Isidro Garcia RTD7; Yonnhy Perez D12; Vic Darchinyan SD12; Joseph Agbeko MD12, UD12; Eric Morel UD12; Anselmo Moreno UD12; Daniel Ponce De Leon TKO9; Johnny Gonzalez KO by 1; Leo Santa Cruz L12; Jesus Cuellar SD12 – WBA sub-titlist

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Santa Cruz to win a decision. Less competitive than the first fight IMO.

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Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares combined to land 599 total punches and throw 2,031 total punches in this instant classic. Santa Cruz landed an average of 31 of 88 punches per round and Mares 19 of 82. That's an average of 50 punches landed per round- 16 more than the featherweight avg. They combined to throw 170 punches per round- 52 more than the featherweight avg.

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Undercard results

Junior lightweight Jerry Perez (7-0, 5 KOs) stopped Josh Ross in the third round. Perez dropped Ross (3-8-4) with a left hook about five seconds into the opening round. Perez dropped Ross near the end of round two and dropped him a third time in round three. Ross beat the count, but the fight was stopped at 2:02.

In the opening bout, junior featherweight Antonio Santa Cruz (7-4, 3 KOs) won a four round unanimous decision over Jordan Reyes (2-7, 2 KOs). Scores were 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37 for Santa Cruz.

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Trout slipped.

He was hurt though.

He's only 31? But he's been around for a while.

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Charlo is gonna look for that money shot.

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Trout being hit clean.

Anyone watching this? I'm looking to switch over to Crawford-Horn.

[Wales]

Crawford v Horn is taking ages to start - was hoping to catch both main events looks likely they’ll run at same time now

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Crawford v Horn is taking ages to start - was hoping to catch both main events looks likely they’ll run at same time now

Crawford is out

[Mexi-Box]

Charlo better stay at LMW because Jacobs KO's him.

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Jermell couldn't finish it.

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I need to go bed. Can someone do updates?

[diddy]

2-1 LSC. Close fight.

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Mares looks so much better here. Garcia is a great trainer.