From the moment event handlers were able to nail down a long-awaited showdown between Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares, staging the fight in the Southern California area became a no-brainer. Both fighters were born and raised in Mexico, but now live and train out of the Los Angeles area.
As the fight was announced to take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles (Saturday, ESPN, 10:00 p.m. ET), attention quickly turned to which way the crowd would lean, given both fighters' ties to the communities. [Click Here To Read More]
As the fight was announced to take place at Staples Center in Los Angeles (Saturday, ESPN, 10:00 p.m. ET), attention quickly turned to which way the crowd would lean, given both fighters' ties to the communities. [Click Here To Read More]

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