Is Mares done/ruined after tonight? Your thoughts...

[Check]

He will obviously come back, possibly win a title. What he won't become is a very elite/p4p top fighter though. He will suffer more losses and I'm sure he will be kayoed again. He will get good wins also. The chin is certainly cracked though.

[New England]

done?
nah

ruined?
nah


are his best days behind him? probably. don't expect him back on the p4p list.

he's been in war after war. now he's been stopped. he's a 27 year old former bantamweight. he's only getting older and fighting bigger guys, with an aggressive style.

[New England]

He'll be fine. He's a damn good fighter who finally bit off more than he can chew. Hopefully this tells him he should move back down, he's too small for featherweight.

that is not how it works.

[-PBP-]

Mares is what he is.

A basic fighter skill wise with a lions heart. His flaws are what make his fights exciting but as you can see, it cost him this fight.

He deserved pound for pound recognition because of his body of work but isn't a pound for pound talent wise.

He'll be back though. You got some good fights that can be made with Russell and Santa Cruz.

He should take a year off, fight Castellanos or somebody then get Russell or Santa at the end of the year.

[4Corners]

He'll be back. I wouldn't mind seeing him return to 122. He's small for FW, him beating Ponce was just a testament to how good Mares is on his game.

[Bermuda]

just needs a tune up or two after he takes a break...

[-PANDA-]

it'd be something if u could tell he's done or gonzalez has got his number based on this single round...

thing is, we saw what gonzalez could do to mares but we didn't get the chance to see if mares would eventually be able to outbox or hurt gonzalez himself

it was a feeling out round up until gonzalez hurt him with that looping hook

[Triumph 916]

a loss doesnt mean a boxers career is over. posters like you piss me off.

This^^^ it irritates the hell out of me that "ruined" "damaged goods" is always tossed around after someone loses...those terms get tossed around waaaay too much here. If you're undefeated then you're overrated or hype...if you fight a couple tough fights & lose then you're damaged goods...it's really impossible to win with a lot of posters on here.

[DannYankee]

He needs to go back to basics and dont let GBP pressure him into being reckless and sacrifice himself to be fan friendly allll the ****ing time idc who you are there are opponents you cant be Mr fun punching bag with it gets you KTFO.

[Bushidō]

Absolutely not. He wasn't dominated and he just got caught with a clean punch. I don't think this is like the same punch Pacquiao got knocked out with...didn't seem as devastating to make me question if he'll be the same.

I'm positive that he'll be back and would make him a huge favorite vs Gonzalez again. Only think that can stop mares is if he goes all Hollywood like victor Ortiz