Staples Center, Los Angeles, California - Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over former three division world champion Abner Mares (29-2-1, 15KOs) in a fight filled with fireworks and warefare. The scores were 117-11 for Santa Cruz, 114-114 a draw and 117-111 for Santa Cruz, who captures the vacant WBA featherweight title and the WBC Diamond belt.
Photo: Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares Scorecards
Comments
wlliamSun Aug 30, 2015, 5:44 PM UTC
All these LSC fans came out from hiding..how long has it been? Seems to me the judges wer.ent scoring enough of the inside work, moreso the cleaner punches from range but 117-111?? LSCs reach was the difference in the fight thoughh..Mares needed some Pac type footwork to beat that
M_BisonSun Aug 30, 2015, 12:10 PM UTC
Draw was the best decision. The other two must have shades on sipping on piña coladas doing the right. I see no way you give Leo the last 2 rounds, especially the 12th.
Agreed, Leo's work was very sloppy and pitty patty type of punches that had little to no effect on Mares.
Terrible score card to have it so wide 117 111 lmao
1believerSun Aug 30, 2015, 11:57 AM UTC
I don't understand how anyone can say a draw is fair. Leo clearly won this, Mares did not land nowhere near as many clean blows and he was holding and hitting a lot of the time too. This is from someone who thought he would win too.
Cruz Mares
71/336 jabs 7/194
302/721 power 220/786
373/1057 total 227/980
35% connect % 23%
7 jabs :no:
bojangles1987Sun Aug 30, 2015, 11:08 AM UTC
That 114-114 card is ridiculous. Yes, the rounds were competitive but Santa Cruz was clearly winning the majority of them.
From_RussiaSun Aug 30, 2015, 9:18 AM UTC
I had 8-4 to lsc, but it could be 7-5 easily. Mares won early 4 rounds and than gassed. Surprisingly LSC was outboxing Abner and landing clean punches, all that wrestling didnt help Mares, but just made him tired and punches that he was landindg at close range were not clean...