Unbeaten former bantamweight world champion Abner Mares (24-0-1, 13 KOs) hammered out a twelve round unanimous decision over former two-time world champion Eric «Little Hands of Steel» Morel (46-3, 23 KOs) to claim the vacant WBC super bantamweight belt on Saturday night at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. Mares was faster and busier as he piled up the rounds en route to a 120-107, 119-109, 119-109 read more ...

In their highly anticipated rematch, undefeated IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) won a convincing twelve round unanimous decision over Joseph King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Mares suffered a cut over his right eye from a punch in round two, but still got the better of most exchanges read more ...

Joseph Agbeko has called for an immediate rematch after a controversial defeat to Abner Mares for the IBF world title and the finale of the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament in Las Vegas. Mares picked up a majority decision, with two judges calling it 115-111 and the other 113-113, but it was the performance of referee Russell Mora that attracted most of the post-fight fallout read more ...

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas — Joseph Agbeko is demanding an immediate rematch after a serious backlash over referee Russell Mora’s performance in Agbeko’s bantamweight unification with Abner Mares. During the first round of their fight, Mares was credited with a knockdown after Agbeko lost his balance and slipped to the mat read more ...

In the long awaited SHOWTIME Bantamweight Tournament Final, unbeaten Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) laid his claim to being the world’s best 118-pounder by dethroning IBF bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) via a controversial twelve round majority decision on Saturday night in the highly acclaimed at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas read more ...

The weights are in for Saturday night’s big main event. The finalists of Showtime’s bantamweight tournament, Joseph «King Kong» Agbeko (28-2, 22KOs) and Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13KOs), will clash over twelve rounds for the IBF and WBC silver bantamweight titles. The fight will take place at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev read more ...

You beat the best, you are the best and this Saturday, Aug. 13, the best bantamweight in the world will emerge when finalists Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares clash in The Bantamweight Tournament Final: Winner Takes All live on SHOWTIME (10:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) read more ...

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino: Bantamweights Joseph «King Kong» Agbeko and Abner Mares arrived in Las Vegas for a light workouts before the media at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Agbeko-Mares collide this Saturday in the final bout of Showtime’s bantamnweight tournament. Photos by Chris Cozzone read more ...

An untimely back injury sustained by IBF Bantamweight World Champion Joseph Agbeko earlier this week has forced him out of Saturday’s scheduled title defense—and the SHOWTIME Bantamweight Tournament Final—against Abner Mares. The co-main event bout featuring former world champions Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez will go on as planned for the vacant IBO Bantamweight Championship this Saturday, April 23 read more ...

The private moments behind a truly dramatic night of boxing are revealed by the cameras of Showtime Sports. Go inside the fight camps of Agbeko, Mares, Darchinyan, and Perez and experience the tournament semifinals from a new perspective. Bantamweight Tournament Finals on Saturday, April 23rd on SHOWTIME read more ...