Aug

Q&A: Mares wants Gonzalez rematch or Santa Cruz showdown

Abner Mares told RingTV.com that his stunning loss to Jhonny Gonzalez “woke up the beast that I had inside of me.” Mares says he’ll get right back in training and target Gonzalez for a rematch or Leo Santa Cruz.

Aug

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

by Doug Fischer

Read on for lots of fan feedback on Jhonny Gonzalez’s shocking KO of Abner Mares, questions about what both fighters do next, admiration for Leo Santa Cruz, Mayweather-Canelo opinions and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!

Aug

Bits & Pieces: Gonzalez’s and Golden Boy’s future plans

by Mark E. Ortega

Mark E. Ortega compiled notes on Golden Boy Promotions’ future plans from the Jhonny Gonzalez-Abner Mares post-fight press conference following Gonzalez’s shocking first-round KO victory, as well as from CEO Richard Schaefer, who also spoke about Adrien Broner, Keith Thurman, Peter Quillin and Deontay Wilder.

Aug

Agbeko a free agent, eyes top junior featherweights

by Mark E. Ortega

Former two-time bantamweight titleholder Joseph Agbeko informed RingTV.com on Sunday that he has split from promoter Don King and is in search of a big fight in the junior featherweight division.

Aug

Photo gallery: Gonzalez vs. Mares, Santa Cruz vs. Terrazas

by The Ring

Action shots from two title-winning knockouts in Carson, Calif.: Jhonny Gonzalez’s first-round KO of Abner Mares and Leo Santa Cruz’s third-round stoppage of Victor Terrazas. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.

Aug

Santa Cruz blitzes Terrazas to take WBC title

by Mark E. Ortega

It took less than three rounds for Leo Santa Cruz to add a second title in as many divisions to his r├®sum├® on Saturday night as he demolished WBC junior featherweight beltholder Victor Terrazas at the Stub Hub Center in the evening’s co-feature.

Aug

Santa Cruz vs. Terrazas live round-by-round updates

by Lem Satterfield

RingTV.com will have a live round-by-round update of Saturday’s Leo Santa Cruz-Victor Terrazas fight for Terrazas’ WBC junior featherweight title.

Aug

Mares, Gonzalez, Santa Cruz, Terrazas make weight

by The Ring

The main event fighters of Saturday’s Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader made weight on Friday at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Abner Mares weighed in at 125.5 pounds for his WBC featherweight title defense against Jhonny Gonzalez, who weighed 125 pounds.

Aug

Lem’s latest: Mares rises from poverty to prominence

by Lem Satterfield

Abner Mares grew up poor and fending for himself in the streets but is now a married father of two girls and the wearer of championship belts in three divisions.

Aug

Showtime Sports to stream Mares-Gonzalez weigh-in today

by The Ring

Showtime Sports will stream today’s weigh-in for tomorrow’s featherweight showdown between WBC titleholder Abner Mares and two-division beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez taking place at StuHub Center in Carson, Calif. The weigh-in will stream live in high definition via Ustream and sports.sho.com/live at 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT.