Rising Mexican star Abner Mares (23-0-1, 13 KOs) will take on 36-year-old Eric Morel (46-2, 23 KOs), with the winner claiming the vacant WBC jr. featherweight title, held most recently by Toshiaki Nishioka, who was stripped to sanction this fight for the title. This fight will headline Showtime’s World Championship Boxing, set to begin at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, and will take place at … [Read more...]
Abner Mares vs. Eric Morel: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Showtime’s World Championship Boxing returns this Saturday night at 9pm ET/6 pm PT, when Abner Mares, the winner of Showtime’s Bantamweight tournament, moves up in weight to take on Eric Morel, with the winner claiming the vacant WBC jr. featherweight title. The Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas plays host to this double header, which also features Anselmo … [Read more...]
Mares dethrones Agbeko with aid of referee, Russell Mora
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada-- The final bout of the Showtime bantamweight tournament was marred by referee Russell Mora's poor decision-making as Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) took Joseph Agbeko's (28-3, 22 KOs) IBF bantamweight title via majority decision by scores of 113-113, 115-111, 115-111. After Mora ruled a questionable knockdown in the first round … [Read more...]
Eric Morel to tune up before October clash with Moreno, returns Saturday August 13
Former flyweight titlist Eric Morel (44-2, 22 KOs) returns to action against Daniel Quevedo (13-11-2, 8 KOs), Saturday August 13 on the undercard of Agbeko-Mares at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds in the bantamweight division. Morel needs a victory Saturday night to preserve his upcoming title shot against WBA … [Read more...]
Eric Morel-Martin Castillo, April 1st
In a rematch of a 2005 one-sided unanimous decision loss, 35-year old Puerto Rican former world flyweight champ, Eric Morel (43-2, 21 KOs), will continue his quest for a shot at a bantamweight title against veteran Mexican former title holder, Martin Castillo (35-4, 18 KOs), on April 1st at a venue TBD. In their first bout, Castillo successfully defended his WBA super flyweight … [Read more...]