Mares v Cuellar

[Tanzio]

What a terrific day of boxing. Hopefully this lives up to the rest.

[Tanzio]

Cuellar only hydrates to 128.5? Interesting.

[Tanzio]

Round 1 = headbutt immediately. Throwing heavy. Maresc hurts Cuellar with beautiful combos. Helluva round .5. Mares catching Cuellar with left hooks. Mares looks very sharp so far

10-9 Mares

[Tanzio]

Round 2 = Cuellar starts good. Nice body. Gets caught with left. Cuellar starting to walk through Mares shots. Mares landing lefts and rights. Big left right Cuellar. Very close round.

10-9 Cuellar very close

19-19

[Tanzio]

Round 3 = Mares pummels him but Cuellar walking through it now. Cuellar looking stronger but landing less. Nice left Cuellar. Nice body mares. Cuellar lands Wow, good fight. Another close round.

10-9 Mares very close

29-28 Mares but Cuellar coming on

[Tanzio]

Rd 4 = good combo Cuellar. Nice right Mares another. Hook mares. Making Cuellar miss. Now Cuellar body. Mares landing a lot. Butt. Right Mares. Cuellar trying to rough him up. Mares tying up a lot.

10-9 Mares but Cuellar is still charging

39-37 Mares

[Tanzio]

Rd 5 = starts slow. Cuellar going good body. Nice right. Mares mares pounds Cuellar just standing there. Cuellar body. Nice right mares. Mares just outboxing cuellar here so far.

10-9 Mares

49-46 Mares

[Tanzio]

Rd 6= Mares landing and moving. Mares sitting on punches suddenly. Cuellar left but Mares landing countrrs. Close again

10-9 Cuellar very close

58-56 Mares

[crusader]

4-2 Cuellar for me

[Tanzio]

Rd7= Mares counters beautifully. Nice left Cuellar but Mares landingnow cuellar comes back. Mares mixing it up now. Very close

10-10

68-66 Mares

[Tanzio]

Rd 8 = big right Mares. Cuellar decent right. Mares peppering Curllar. Nice left cuellar Mares lands Cuellar nice left. Close round

10-9 Cuellar

77-76 Mares but Cuellar starting to land his left well

[Tanzio]

Rd 9 = cuellar lands that left and goes body. Mares missing more now but still outlanding. Close round again. Another butt. Big ass right by Mares late.

10-9 Mares close

87-85 Mares

[Tanzio]

Rd 10 = cuellar stalking then Mares turns him. Really excellent fight. Nice shots cuellar. Nice combo mares. Mares again. Another close round. Right Cuellar. Mares cones on late round and takes it.

10-9 Mares

97-94 Mares

[Tanzio]

Rd 11 = big right cuellar. Cuellar down from right hand. Cuellar lands good right. Mares pounding Cuellar. Cuellar left right. What a fight. Mares in control here. Cuellar needs Ktfo to win imo

10-8 Mares

107-102 Mares

[Tanzio]

Rd 12 = excellent battle. Toe to toe. Cuellar looking for ko. Mares moving. Big right Mares. Mares grtting cocky Mares puts on a clinic.

10-9 Cuellar

116-112 Mares clear

[Tanzio]

Decision = SD? Mares gets it absolutely deservedly. He boxed beautifully. He stung Cuellar early and often and nearly ended it in 11. Excellent fight. Amazing day of boxing.

[crusader]

115-112 Mares

Could be wider....he boxed nicely and had more steam than Cuellar in the second half.

[Tanzio]

Mares is a true boxing warrior. He wants to fight anybody. He will likely get the Frampton v LSC II winner.

[Freedom]

What a great fight, one to put in the collection.

[TheBeast]

Jesus Andres Cuellar 28 1 0
vs
Abner Mares 29 2 1
Featherweight
WBA World featherweight title

Mares defeated Cuellar
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ENJOY!!

[Tanzio]

Much appreciated (as always) Beast.

On a great day of boxing, with a couple of competitive HW bouts seeming to steal the day, Abner Mares rose from the dead and put on the fight of the day with Cuellar. Rumors of Mares demise have been resoundingly dashed.

Can anyone remember a Mares fight being a stinker? Welcome back Champ!!! I can't wait for your next war.

2017 is coming together nicely, and given the last two months of 2016 it is nowhere near the worst year for boxing ever. Boxing is getting off the canvas (like Ward did) and fighting on.

[Dancin' Dan]

Abner is one of my favorite folks in the boxing game. Super humble nice guy. Couldn't be happier for him!

[SenorPipino]

Nice comeback victory for Mares.

Pulled off quite a surprise over the highly regarded Cuellar.

Like many, I went with the younger Cuellar prefight.

In the past several years, since the quick KO loss to Gonzalez, Mares has looked like a somewhat faded fighter. Reflexes seemed a trifle slow.

He didn't hit the aggressive Santa Cruz with a single meaningful head shot in the loss last year.

I didn't think the long layoff would actually serve him well. It would only add rust to his already declining skills.

But he certainly surprised me by outboxing and outpunching Cuellar.

Can Mares meet the winner of the Frampton-Santa Cruz rematch? Would love to see it. Especially now that Mares appears rejuvenated under new trainer Robert Garcia.

[Tanzio]

I would like to see Quigg v Mares in February. Winner gets winner of Santa Cruz v Frampton. Losers meet also.

[SenorPipino]

I would like to see Quigg v Mares in February. Winner gets winner of Santa Cruz v Frampton. Losers meet also.

that would be a terrific encounter, although I really don't forsee Mares being back in the ring in February. Less than two months away.