Cruz vs Mares

Who won Cruz vs Mares?

Leo Santa Cruz beat Abner Mares by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, August 29th, 2015, at Staples Center, LA.

The scorecards were announced as 114-114, 117-111, 117-111 in favor of winner Leo Santa Cruz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This contest was for the vacant WBA featherweight championship of the world.

Cruz vs Mares stats

Back in August 2015, Leo Santa Cruz stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 30 wins, zero losses, and 1  draw, 17 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Abner Mares made his way to the ring with a record of 29 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 15 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Santa Cruz had a slight advantage in power over Mares, with a 57% knockout percentage compared to Mares' 52%.

Leo Santa Cruz was the younger man by 3 years, at 27 years old.

Santa Cruz had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mares. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares fought out of an orthodox stance.

Santa Cruz was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2006, 1 year and 9 months later than Mares, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 7 fewer professional rounds, totaling 277 compared to Mares' 284.

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Santa Cruz's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 months and 12 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

Mares' last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.5 rounds on average.

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