Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas-- Give credit to 26-year-old rising star, Abner Mares (24-0-1, 13 KOs) for turning a potential stinker into an entertaining Showtime battle in a unanimous decision win over veteran former world titlist, Eric Morel (46-3, 23 KOs). Mares, who would capture the vacant WBC junior featherweight title, started the bout with fire in his … [Read more...]
Anselmo Moreno defends bantamweight title against David De La Mora, April 21
Number one-ranked bantamweight, Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (32-1-1, 11 KOs) will defend his WBA bantamweight championship against former world title challenger, David De La Mora (24-1, 17 KOs) in the opening fight of Showtime World Championship Boxing featuring Abner Mares and Eric Morel’s jr. featherweight title fight at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The broadcast … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Wednesday Wrap-Up
Nihon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan-- Koki Kameda (26-1, 16 KOs) made the second defense of his "regular" WBA bantamweight belt via close unanimous decision over unheralded Mexican, David De la Mora (23-1, 16 KOs) by scores of 115-112, 114-113, 115-113. De la Mora was down in the second, making the difference between the unanimous decision loss and what could've been a majority … [Read more...]
Kameda, Cazares Defend Titles on Wednesday, Tokyo Card
The 24-year-old, Koki Kameda (25-1, 16 KOs) will make the second defense of his WBA bantamweight title this Wednesday at Nihon Budokan in his home town of Tokyo, Japan against Tijuana's David De la Mora (23-0, 16 KOs). Kameda, one of the famous Japanese Kameda Brothers, was a former WBC flyweight titlist until dropping the belt via majority decision to Thailand's Pongsaklek … [Read more...]