Saturday night the road to a rematch between Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares grew shorter with both picking up wins in dominant fashion.
At Carson’s Stub Hub Center Leo Santa Cruz def. Chris Avalos by knockout in the 8th round while Abner Mares def. Andres Gutierrez by technical decision in the eight.
Both Santa Cruz and Mares easily dominated their opposition in workman-like fashion holding the edge across the board in output, power and flush punching.
With fresh wins in hand promoter Richard Schaefer of Ringstar Sports looks to set up a March rematch with the Staples Center in Los Angeles their top priority for staging.
“Right now we are talking to see if we can get the right date with the Staples Center,” said Schaefer.
The only issue I see with this fight is getting the right fight date. This fight screams Staples Center.”
[Santa Cruz vs. Mares] It is a 50-50 fight, it is an action fight.”
To see highlights from both Santa Cruz and Mares, plus Richard Schaefer’s full comments, flip the page.