Kizer: Mora Now Regrets Not Penalizing Abner Mares
Russell Mora was waiting for Keith Kizer on Monday morning when the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission arrived at the NSAC’s headquarters in Las Vegas.
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Mares-Agbeko Rematch Ordered, IBF Purse Bid on 9/15
Eric Gomez, Vice President of Golden Boy Promotions, has advised BoxingScene.com that a letter was received from IBF, which orders Abner Mares to schedule an immediate rematch with Joseph Agbeko. The final bout of Showtime's bantamweight tournament took place on Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Mares won a twelve round majority decision to unify the IBF and WBC silver titles, but it was referee Russell Mora's performance during the fight that overshadowed anything that was accomplished in the ring.
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Bring on an IBF Rematch Order!: The Post Report Card
It’s the sort of boxing crime that will spawn urban legend, touches of myth. As the days pass into months and years, many will forget how good a fight it really was, how closely competed and how much of a rally now former IBF Bantamweight titlist Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO needed.
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Malinga: Mandatory Time, No Mares-Agbeko Rematch
The camp of South African fighter Vusi Malinga has entered the fray sparked by the controversy surrounding Abner Mares’ points victory over Joseph Agbeko by objecting any prospect of an immediate rematch between the two.
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Abner Mares - "Both Agbeko Knockdowns Were Good!"
Joseph Agbeko has called for an immediate rematch after a controversial defeat to Abner Mares for the IBF world title and the finale of the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament in Las Vegas.
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Don King To File Protests Over Agbeko vs Mares Ruling
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas - BoxingScene.com has been advised that promoter Don King, who handles the career of bantamweight Joseph Agbeko, is planning to file immediate protests with the IBF, and the state of Nevada, over his boxer's majority decision loss to Abner Mares on Saturday night. Mares won with scores of 115-111, 115-111 and 113-113.
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Agbeko: Ref Stole My Title, Mares is Not a Champion
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas - Joseph Agbeko is demanding an immediate rematch after a serious backlash over referee Russell Mora's performance in Agbeko's bantamweight unification with Abner Mares. During the first round of their fight, Mares was credited with a knockdown after Agbeko lost his balance and slipped to the mat. And during the eleventh round, Mares was credited with a second knockdown after landing a bad low blow and Agbeko went down in pain.
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Russell Mora, Mares Get The Better of Agbeko in Sin City
By Cliff Rold - Referee Russell Mora ruined what was otherwise one hell of a fight, providing the entertaining “Showtime Bantamweight Tournament” with a controversial end and one of the worst, most distracting, refereeing performances in recent memory. A rematch is in order, and immediately. It is not to say the end result would ultimately be any different. A 2004 Mexican Olympian, 25-year old Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KO) of Montebello, California, got off to a great start and, while now former IBF Bantamweight titlist Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO), 31, of Accra, Ghana, rallied strong down the stretch he was working from behind as much because of the things Mares did right than the wrongs that went unpunished. But there were wrongs, a torrent of low shots throughout the fight that went unpunished, some of them influenced by the holding of Agbeko but plenty more not. In the end, a majority decision for Mares was awarded but point deductions that might have been and a terrible knockdown call in the eleventh weighed heavily in Agbeko losing his crown at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Agbeko missed the division limit of 118 lbs. on his first two attempts on Friday before shaving crucial ounces to land on the necessary mark. Mares got it right the first time, scaling 117 ½ lbs. Agbeko, dressed in gold with a matching golden trim bleached in the front of his hair, began the fight slipping left jabs from the instantly pressing Mares. Mares, his trunks a shade of purple, was immediately to the body; Agbeko responded in kind. A big right hand from Mares as Agbeko lingered against the ropes got a pop from the crowd. Moments later, a Mares blow strayed below the belt and Agbeko bent over in pain, Mares receiving a warning from Mora.
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IBF is Ready For Agbeko's Protest of Mares Title Loss
The International Boxing Federation expects to receive a protest from the camp of Joseph Agbeko following a controversial majority decision awarded to Abner Mares in their IBF bantamweight title fight on Saturday.
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Photos: Abner Mares, Joseph Agbeko Battle in Vegas
In the long awaited SHOWTIME Bantamweight Tournament Final, unbeaten Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) laid his claim to being the world's best 118-pounder by dethroning IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) via a controversial twelve round majority decision on Saturday night in the highly acclaimed at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Photos by Chris Cozzone.
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