Fewer viewers watched the Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares rematch than their first fight. Nielsen Media Research ratings released Tuesday revealed a peak audience of 633,000 tuned in to Showtime to see Santa Cruz beat Mares again in their 12-round fight f...
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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It was shortly after 1 a.m. ET on Sunday. I’d just finished filing the last of my pieces on the Santa Cruz-Mares rematch in Los Angeles when I decided to skim the Twitter feed to get a feel for prevailing post-fight vibes from e...
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Terence Crawford: Triple Crown winner Justify wasn’t the only thoroughbred in action on Saturday. The result of Crawford’s fight against then-WBO welterweight titleholder Jeff Horn was predictable and brutal yet beautiful to watch, as Crawford coped...
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In a sport where love for the underdog is never in short supply, boxing delivered wins from the favorites on Saturday night. But boxing delivered and that’s what counted. It delivered in different ways. Terence Crawford added a belt in his third weig...
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Leo Santa Cruz Video Interview - Leo Santa Cruz retained his WBA belt by earning a unanimous decision victory over Abner Mares on Saturday in a rematch of a 2015 featherweight title fight. Santa Cruz improved to 34-1-1 with 19 career knockouts by win...
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As was the case in their classic first fight, the rematch was a tremendous action fight whose result was determined by Leo Santa Cruz's superior volume (88.4 punches per round to Abner Mares' 77.6) and better jabbing (28.9 attempts/8.0 connects per r...
Santa Cruz vs. Mares Rematch Photos Gallery - Leo Santa Cruz retained his WBA belt with a twelve round unanimous decision win over Abner Mares on Saturday night, in a rematch of a 2015 featherweight title clash. (photos by Stephanie Trapp).
Staples Center, California - In a rematch of their 2015 war, WBA featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz (35-1-1, 19 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Abner Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs). The scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111 for Sa...
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Abner Mares can play the 'blame-game' when it comes to his close decision loss to Leo Santa Cruz almost three years ago. Then again, that is not him. The popular Mexican-American, who grew up poor in the Los Angeles suburb of Paramount, is accountabl...
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Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares combined to land 599 total punches and throw 2,031 total punches in this instant classic. Santa Cruz landed an average of 31 of 88 punches per round and Mares 19 of 82. That's an average of 50 punches landed per round-...
Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares Rematch Official Weigh-in Photos Gallery - LOS ANGELES - Featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz and four-time world champion Abner Mares went face-to-face at the official weigh-in, one day before they enter the ring f...
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By Cliff Rold - Summer is sequel season for moviegoers. It’s only fitting we get a notable sequel this weekend in boxing as well. Featherweight Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KO) will attempt the second defense of his second reign as WBA titlist against...
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