If you didn't like SantaCruz/Mares fight then you dont like boxing....

It was good enough, but let's not go overboard.

It was a very good fight, but the Ceja/Ruiz fight was better. Either way nothing to complain about.

It was OK but nothing special thanks to Mares holding and running. Santa Cruz did his part to make it a great fight. Matthysse vs Ruslin was a much better fight. Bell to bell power punching with no holding.

I need to reevaluate my life. I am confused as ****. I like gatti/ward, barrera/morales, pac/morales, corrales/castillo, hagler/heanrs....adore those fights meh about LSC/Mares. Changed the channel at a couple of points. But...but you said I can't like the ones above if I didn't like this one... I am ****ed Yep, I actually switched over more than a few times to watch the freakshow that was Mosley-Mayorga II because LSC/Mares was so boring and repetitive

if you didnt like the santa cruz/mares fight then you didnt like gatti/ward, barrera/morales, pacquiao/morales, corrales/castillo, hagler/hearns etc... you dont like boxing basically. I need to reevaluate my life. I am confused as ****. I like gatti/ward, barrera/morales, pac/morales, corrales/castillo, hagler/heanrs....adore those fights meh about LSC/Mares. Changed the channel at a couple of points. But...but you said I can't like the ones above if I didn't like this one... I am ****ed

It was all flash. A lot of arm punches and smothered shots. It was a good fight, one of the best this year but it wasn't the all out fireworks people are making it out to be. But still I'd rather see more of this, less of May-Pac. Another issue was a nobody got hurt really so it kind of got stale. And LSC pretty much schooled Mares after the 4th so it was a mirage this perceived 'war.' But I enjoyed the fight, especially the first 2 rounds. My hear was pumping. It started off a dog fight classic and faded.

There was a fight on the Mosley-Mayorga card that was better than that sh1t, not to mention Ceja-Ruiz which was better.

it had some decent moments, but it was generally sloppy like a bar room brawl between two pillow punchers the lower weight divisions generally don't have guys who can hurt anyone unless they are can crushing, so that also lessens the enthusiasm factor note that I said generally, not always precisely this. people are gassed up over this lol, i said it was good but some dude still got bent out of shape in the RBR thread. thought it lacked any real FOTY-type drama past the first couple of rounds, you see a lot of this type of action in many non-televized undercards if you're there live.

It was a decent fight. My main problem with it is how sloppy a lot of the punches were, the fight looked abit sloppy all together, mainly because of mares tactics. I also couldn't help but notice Lomachenko, Frampton, and rigo, quigg beat both those guys on the same night. I want to see Santa Cruz fight Gary Russel or Donaire

I thought it was an enjoyable fight and most people felt that way as well. It was absolutely not in the territory of Hagler/Hearns, Corrales/Castillo, Barrera/Morales or Gatti/Ward. Maybe Pacquiao/Morales isn't that bad a comparison though. It was almost as good as the Ceja fight I thought it was funny how the announce crew was acting like they were calling Chico-JLC My thoughts exactly.

true story.... fight last night was bad ass. both fighters giving it there all.

it had some decent moments, but it was generally sloppy like a bar room brawl between two pillow punchers the lower weight divisions generally don't have guys who can hurt anyone unless they are can crushing, so that also lessens the enthusiasm factor note that I said generally, not always

I enjoyed it but I expected better. It was a sloppy fight and Mares was particularly ineffective in the second half. Good fight, but no match of the year.

I enjoyed it but I expected better.

Or I'm simply not a fan of ugly sloppy infective aggression. How dare I enjoy seeing more than a couple clean crisp punches land per round. Ceja fight was good though. if you didnt like the santa cruz/mares fight then you didnt like gatti/ward, barrera/morales, pacquiao/morales, corrales/castillo, hagler/hearns etc... Can't believe you're actually comparing those fights to Cruz/Mares. You have some really low standards. :lol1:

It was almost as good as the Ceja fight I thought it was funny how the announce crew was acting like they were calling Chico-JLC Teddy was pretty bad last night.

its only pbc haters/hbo groupies that hated the fight.

It wasn't anything like Gatt/Ward or any of the others mentioned. It was an ok fight, fun in moments, but sloppy in others. The undercard fights were much better.

It was a good fight. There's only like 3 people hating on it lol relax bruvva

i enjoy most fights as long as its not lara doin his marathon thing.... last night's fight was good. it wouldve been great if they werent both feather fisted.