Jesus Cuellar: record, next fight and profile →
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 KOs) to capture the WBA "regular" featherweight ch...
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 Downey, California. Mares weighed in exactly at the featherweight limit of 126 pounds.
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 thrown per round is 11 more than the wgt. class avg.
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’s four-man bantamweight tournament, ended Anselmo Moreno’s decade long unbeaten streak, and was rising in pound-for-pound esteem.
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 Showtime is scheduled to televise Saturday night from USC’s Galen Center.
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 Showtime is scheduled to televise Saturday night from USC’s Galen Center.
Abner Mares wasn’t interested in a tune-up fight. Two postponements of his fight against Jesus Cuellar have caused a 15-month layoff for the former bantamweight and featherweight champion. Mares still never considered not facing Argentina’s Cuellar next.
LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their world title showdown that headlines action this Saturday, December 10 at Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles and live on SHOWTIME®. Photos by Stephanie Trapp
Freddie Roach playfully posed with Robert Garcia for promotional photos Wednesday in Los Angeles. That didn’t stop the Hall-of-Fame trainer from taking a not-so-subtle shot at his rival when discussing the Jesus Cuellar-Abner Mares fight. Roach now trains Argentina’s Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs), who’ll defend his WBA world featherweight title against Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs), of Downey, California, on Saturday night at USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles (Showtime; 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT).
LOS ANGELES - Four of the top trainers in the sport, Freddie Roach, Robert Garcia, Ronnie Shields and Stephen Edwards met with media in Los Angeles to discuss their fighters' respective showdowns this Saturday, December 10 from Galen Center at USC and live on SHOWTIME®.