Gerry "FEARLESS" Peñalosa vs. Abner Mares in the works

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Great fight for Mares he is an excellent prospect i've been saying for quite some time that he will be the future of the division just like Devon Alexander will for Jr Welterweright, and Roman Gonzalez for Strawweight. This will be an excellent boxing match both men are excellent counter punchers, but like VD said Mares is younger and fresher and has the speed advantage, so he will be able out speed and out counter Penelose to win a UD IMO.

Youth doesn't always equate to a sure win. Example grandpa Campbell schooling the young Juan Diaz...

I never said it did but you cannot compare Campbell vs Diaz to this fight, Diaz is a swarmer which played into Campbell's slick counter punching style, in this case you got two very good counter punchers. Now the winner of the counter punching battle will be the guy who get's his punches off first and whoever's timing is better, now i would say Mares being the younger fresher fighter, he will be able to out speed Penelosa and out counter him using his extra speed and youth. But maybe being the old fox that Penelosa is he may have some tricks up his sleeve to counter that, but still i'll go with Mares he is a very quick sharp counter puncher and i see the young fresher man winning the counter punching battle.

You sure can rely on Penalosa to dig deep when he's being outbox like for example the Jhonny Gonzalez fight. Mares could possibly outbox Penalosa on certain spots but not the whole fight. I can see Penalosa also landing his crisp combos. And would you believe Penalosa has the reach advantage over Mares?