Abner Mares vs. Joseph Agbeko was a championship fight for the WBC Silver & IBF bantamweight championships.[1] The bout was held on August 13, 2011, at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and was televised on Showtime.[2][3] The bout was marred in controversy due to the prevalence of low blows by Mares that went unpenalized by referee Russell Mora.
Date | August 13, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Hard Rock, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC Silver and IBF bantamweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mares defeats Agbeko by majority decision |
Main card
edit- Bantamweight Championship Abner Mares vs. Joseph Agbeko
- Mares defeats Agbeko via majority decision. (115-111, 113-113, 115–111)
Preliminary card
edit- Bantamweight bout Eric Morel vs. Daniel Quevedo
- Morel defeats Quevedo via technical knockout (retirement) at 3:00 of fourth round
- Light Welterweight bout Carlos Molina vs. Juan Montiel
- Bout was ruled a split decision draw. (78-74, 76-76, 74–77)
- Heavyweight bout Éric Molina vs. Warren Browning
- Molina defeats Browining via technical knockout at 0:24 of third round
- Light Welterweight bout Angelo Santana vs. Ramzan Adaev
- Santana defeats Adaev via technical knockout at 2:02 of second round.