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Today In History: Abner Mares Beats Ghana’s Joseph Agbeko To Defend Belt

By GHANACRUSADER
Boxing Today In History: Abner Mares Beats Ghanas Joseph Agbeko To Defend Belt
DEC 3, 2017 LISTEN

On December 3, 2011, Mexico’s Abner Mares defeated Ghana’s Joseph Agbeko via a unanimous decision to defend his IBF World bantamweight belt at the Honda Center in Anaheim, USA.

Mares won 118-110 on all three judges’ scorecards in a rematch of his majority-decision victory over Agbeko in August.

The boxers’ first bout in Las Vegas was among the most controversial in recent memory. Mares landed several blatantly low blows on Agbeko, but the referee inexplicably didn’t notice them or penalize Mares, who acknowledged his mistakes.

The rematch featured almost no questionable blows, and Mares landed more total punches and power shots despite fighting the final 10 rounds with a deep cut near his right eye from a punch. The Associated Press scored it 116-112 for Mares.

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