Abner Mares

Ringtv.com asked a panel of boxing insiders what will happen when WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire faces his tallest opponent yet in IBF counterpart Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday.

Junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina says that a clash with WBC 154-pound titleholder Saul Alvarez 'would be like a Mexican civil war.'

Nonito Donaire's manager, Cameron Dunkin, calls the WBO junior featherweight titleholder "pound-for-pound, maybe the best fighter in the world."

WBO 122-pound titleholder Nonito Donaire says he wants to unify the junior featherweight division beginning with IBF beltholder Jeffrey Mathebula, who he faces on July 7 in Carson, Calif.

Trainer Freddie Roach says he had a bad feeling as soon as he heard the first scorecard being read after Manny Pacquiao's fight against Tim Bradley.

Nonito Donaire: "I wouldn't even mind finding somebody who tests positive and prove that my ability is better in a natural way -- regardless if he's on it -- and that I can still beat him."

Will the skill and savvy of southpaw veteran Antonio Tarver overcome the youth and athleticism of undefeated cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode in the main event of Showtime's "Four Warned" quadrupleheader on Saturday?

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum called it a "racist" move for by the University of Texas at El Paso Board of Regents to cancel the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Andy Lee fight that was scheduled for June 16 at the univerity's Sun Bowl Stadium.

It appears that newly-crowned WBC junior featherweight beltholder Abner Mares will have to wait in line for a shot at RING No. 4-rated pound-for-pound fighter, Nonito Donaire, his WBO counterpart.

Photographer Naoki Fukuda's shots from Abner Mares' dominant win over Eric Morel to win the WBC junior featherweight title in El Paso, Texas.

Abner Mares turned in the performance of his career, dominating Eric Morel to win the vacant WBC junior featherwieght title Saturday in El Paso, Texas.

Abner Mares, Eric Morel, Anselmo Moreno and David De La Mora looked ripped and ready for their co-featured bouts on tonight's Showtime broadcast (9:30 p.m. PT/ET) from El Paso, Texas, during yesterday's official weighin.

Will the young wolf, Abner Mares, out-gun the old fox, Eric Morel, when they meet in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday night for the vacant WBC 122-pound crown? Boxing insiders give their picks.

Middleweight Fernando Guerrero has injured his left biceps, forcing him out of his ShoBox: The new Generation bout against Chris Fitzpatrick this Friday.

Watch unbeaten bantamweight standout Abner Mares train for his Showtime-televised fight with savvy veteran Eric Morel on April 21. The WBC 122-pound title is up for grabs and Mares wants it to help land the big fights at junior featherweight.

Eric Morel on Abner Mares: "His style is perfect for mine. I'm aware of his power and I'm aware of everything that he can bring. I'm confident that I can pull it off."

Abner Mares will be in his fifth straight title fight when he debuts as a junior featherweight against ex-beltholder Eric Morel on April 21.

Richard Schaefer has signed a long-term deal to remain CEO at Golden Boy Promotions and Golden Boy Enterprises.

Lateef Kayode's cruiserweight bout with former light heavyweight titleholder Antonio Tarver is to headline a Showtime-televised, quadruple-header from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on June 2.

Gary Russell Jr. injured his left ankle during a sparring session on Friday that will force him off an April 21 card whose junior featherweight bout features Abner Mares against Eric Morel.

Featherweight prospect Gary Russell Jr. is in search of a new opponent for April 21 after Dat Nguyen pulled out.

Golden Boy and the United Kingdom's BoxNation will team up to broadcast the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto fight and others to British fans, starting in April.

If he is successful against Dat Nguyen on April 21, unbeaten Gary Russell could return on July 17.

Abner Mares and Eric Morel will face each other for the WBC's junior featherweight belt vacated by Toshiaki Nishioka, and Robert Guerrero will meet Selcuk Aydin for the organization's interim welterweight title.

Mexican-born Abner Mares has vacated the IBF bantamweight title he won from Joseph Agbeko last year in order to pursue a junior featherweight fight with Puerto Rico native Eric Morel in April.

Amir Khan's Golden Boy Promotions has made an official appeal seeking to have his loss to Lamont Peterson overturned, and if not, to get an immediate rematch.

Both IBF bantamweight titleholder Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko weighed in at 117.75 pounds for their anticipated Showtime-televised rematch in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3.

The majority of those who participated in a Showtime media prediction poll on the Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko rematch picked the young bantamweight titleholder to edge the veteran in a close fight. Everyone envisions an entertaining scrap.

Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko had their final words for each other and for the media at the final press conference for their anticipated rematch at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3.

Bantamweights Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko joined other participants of the Dec. 3 card in Anaheim for a media day workout.

Abner Mares looked ready for his Dec. 3 rematch with Joseph Agbeko at a recent media workout. The bantamweight titleholder wants to put his doubters and the controversy of the first bout to rest with a strong victory.

RingTV.com takes a comprehensive look at the anticipated Showtime-televised rematch between IBF bantamweight titleholder Abner Mares and former two-time beltholder Joseph Agbeko on Dec. 3 in Anaheim, Calif.

Abner Mares: "The people that really know me that have followed my career since Day One, honestly they can say that I've grown."

Saturday night's super middleweight clash featuring IBF beltholder Lucian Bute and Glen Johnson kicks off a solid, year-ending run from Showtime.

Bob Arum: "There's one word that I want to leave them with and that's retaliation. I'm not going to get angry, I'm not going to get bitter at what they did, but man am I going to get even in spades."

The Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito and Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko rematches occur on the same night, Dec. 3, on different networks. Cotto-Margarito II will be on HBO Pay-Per-View; Mares-Agbeko II wll be on Showtime.

Two-belt titleholder Nonito Donaire wants to defend his crowns against Omar Narvaez, and then pursue either the winner of Abner Mares-Agbeko II or seek challenges in the junior featherweight and featherweight divisions

By Michael Rosenthal  Alfredo Angulo didn't have a chance to shake off much rust during his first-round KO of Joseph Lopez but the important thing is that he's back in the game.

Promoter Don King turned 80 on Saturday but his publicist says he hasn't slowed down long enough to celebrate.

Richard Schaefer is targeting Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko II for Dec. 3 and says that Robert Guerrero's MRI revealed "no broken bones" in his shoulder.

Trainer Freddie Roach might have to skip Julio Cesar Chavez's next fight due to a commitment to the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez press tour.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says those who have labeled Russell Mora a "Golden Boy referee" should "get a life."

Joseph Agbeko thought about retaliating against Abner Mares for his repeated low blows in his majority-decision loss on Saturday but never considered quitting. "I said, 'No way, I have to continue.'"

The IBF has ordered an immediate rematch between Abner Mares and the man he dethroned, Joseph Agbeko, having determined that referee Russell Mora's failure to call low blows affected the outcome of the fight

By Michael Rosenthal  Referee Russell Mora's poor performance on Saturday overshadowed a good performance by Abner Mares and stole any chance Joseph Agbeko had of holding onto his title belt.

If Nonito Donaire and Abner Mares fight, it's up to their respective networks HBO and Showtime to make it happen, said their promoters. Donaire's promoter Bob Arum says Mares should rematch with Joseph Agbeko first.