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Abner Mares isn’t overly concerned with ring rust being an issue Saturday night. The former bantamweight and featherweight champion has trained three times for his twice-postponed fight against Jesus Cuellar, which has kept Mares in the gym for most of this year. The 30-year-old Mares hasn’t fought since Leo Santa Cruz beat him by majority decision 15 months ago in Los Angeles.
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is confident that his new pupil Jesus Cuellar (28-1, 21KOs) of Argentina has the strength and physical power to knock Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15KOs) and retain the WBA "regular" featherweight world title on Saturday night in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES - December 10 marks a pivotal year for Abner Mares, the highly respected former three-division world champion. It marks over one year since fans saw him enter the ring on television and one year since the newly formed partnership of Mares and revered trainer Robert Garcia. It is a transformed Mares that will enter the ring on Saturday, December 10 when he takes on current WBA Featherweight World Champion Jesus Cuellar in a Premier Boxing Champions live event on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) from Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles.
by David P. Greisman - This coming weekend is nowhere near the biggest weekend in boxing this year. But it is one of the busiest. From early in the morning until late at night, you’ll be able to watch high-profile fights from several corners of the globe. The day begins with a heavyweight title fight in New Zealand b...
Jesus Cuellar Training Camp Photo Gallery - Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares are less than two weeks away from their world title showdown presented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Saturday, December 10. The event will be live on SHOWTIME from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles. Photos by Ryan Greene, Premier Boxing Champions.
Abner Mares feels like a different fighter. Most boxers say such things when they switch trainers. Difference is, Mares has had about a year to work with Robert Garcia before their first fight together.
Mares vs. Cuellar Photo Gallery - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares participated in a media workout in Los Angeles Tuesday in advance of their long awaited showdown taking place Saturday, December 10 from Galen Center in USC in Los Angeles and live on SHOWTIME.
Mares training camp for Cuellar - Photo Gallery - Featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar and former three-division world champion Abner Mares are less than two weeks away from their world title showdown presented by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Saturday, December 10. The event will be live on SHOWTIME from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles. Photos by Ryan Greene, Premier Boxing Champions.
WBA 'regular' featherweight world champion Jesus Cuellar believes that he will send Mexican Olympian Abner Mares to the brink of retirement next month. Cuellar (28-1, 21KOs) will defend against Mares (29-2-1, 15KOs) on December 10th at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles. The fight will be televised by Showtime in the United States and Televisa Deportes in Mexico.
Abner Mares and promoter Richard Schaefer are confident that Mares’ surgically repaired left eye isn’t more at risk for permanent damage than that of any other boxer. Mares’ fight against featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar was postponed in June because the New York State Athletic Commission wouldn’t license Mares. The embattled NYSAC rejected Mares’ license application due to concern over Mares’ left eye.