Not sure,,,
I thought mares could have gotten up, but i dont complain because its moments like that is what ruins fighters,,,
Mares got rocked and was down, got up, got rocked again and was down,,, ref stopped it,,,
Mares' brain probably had some swelling and bruising but the fight was over so he doesnt take any shots while brain is bruised and swelled,,,
On the other hand, if mares continues, he is probably saved by the round,, his brain is swollen and bruised but the fight continues and he would take some more shots to an already bruised and swollen brain,,, that is where guys get the slurred speech and other mental problems,,
Mares could have probably continued but am glad the ref did what he did, because it probably saved mares career,, otherwise he would have become a shot fighter like dawson after ward, vargas after tito, berto after ortiz, etc,,,, In all those cases a guy was rocked early but the fight continued on with the guy having a swollen and bruised brain,,, Anytime a guy goes thru that, they are never the same afterwards and can have major neurological problems later, as seen by toney, dawson and berto's speech
You can't assume every boxer who was dropped hard or multiple times has brain swelling. if the boxer tries to get up the ref should continue the count and assess if the boxer is fit to continue..see the Khan-Garcia fight.