Mares vs Gonzalez

Who won Mares vs Gonzalez?

Jhonny Gonzalez beat Abner Mares by knockout in the 1st round on Saturday 24th August 2013 at StubHub Center in Carson.

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 WBC featherweight championship of the world.

Mares vs Gonzalez stats

Back in August 2013, Abner Mares stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 26 wins, zero loses and 1  draw, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jhonny Gonzalez made his way to the ring with a record of 54 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 46 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Gonzalez had a massive power advantage over Mares, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over Mares' 54%.

Abner Mares was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

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

Both Abner Mares & Jhonny Gonzalez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mares was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 35 less fights, and made his debut in 2005, 5 year and 4 months later than Gonzalez, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 138 less professional rounds, 284 to Gonzalez's 422.

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