Aug

Mares vs. Gonzalez live round-by-round updates

RingTV.com will have a live round-by-round update of Saturday’s Abner Mares-Jhonny Gonzalez fight for Mares’ WBC 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.

Aug

Gym Notes: Mares does whatever it takes to win

by Doug Fischer

Abner Mares turned some hardcore fans off with his rugged – sometimes ruthless – fighting tactics in the past, but even his most ardent critics agree that his unpredictable style makes him one of boxing’s most effective world-class competitors. Mares was at his brutal best in a recent sparring session to prepare for Saturday’s showdown with Jhonny Gonzalez.

Aug

First episode of All-Access: Mayweather-Canelo debuts Saturday

by Lem Satterfield

During the Saturday debut of All-Access: Mayweather-Canelo on Showtime, Floyd Mayweather claims that Canelo Alvarez mimics his style. Alvarez, meanwhile, reveals that he was called “freckles” and “cheese head,” by other children growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Aug

Can Mares war with Gonzalez? Ask the experts

by Lem Satterfield

THE RING’s No. 5-rated pound-for-pound boxer, Abner Mares, will be in his sixth consecutive title bout and his eighth consecutive fight against a RING-ranked fighter when he faces Jhonny Gonzalez on Saturday.

Aug

Lem’s latest: Mares-Gonzalez card announced

by Lem Satterfield

Olympians Dominic Breazeale and Joseph Diaz Jr., as well as unbeaten junior welterweight Antonio Orozco, have been added to Saturday’s Abner Mares-Jhonny Gonzalez card.

Aug

Santa Cruz-Terrazas: Who wins? Ask the experts

by Lem Satterfield

Former bantamweight beltholder Leo Santa Cruz returns to the site of his 118-pound title-winning performance in an attempt to dethrone WBC junior featherweight titleholder Victor Terrazas on Saturday.

Aug

Lem’s latest: Mares to show ‘elite’ talent versus Gonzalez

by Lem Satterfield

Unbeaten WBC featherwieght titleholder Abner Mares on his Aug. 24 fight with veteran two-division beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez: “You will see a different Abner Mares. I can’t wait to show that I’m one of the elite.”