Abner Mares vs. Anselmo Moreno Saturday night fight/chat thread

[Hulk]

This is a really good fight, I do expect to see Moreno outbox Mares by a decent margin and I'm looking forward to it. Have to expect that if it's at all close Mares will get the win, I'm hoping for a fair shout for Moreno and would wouldn't be surprised if he makes it wide enough to leave no doubt.

Good assesment of the fight. Honestly tho Mares is extremely talented and I've loved watching him box since he was overwhelming guys in 4 rounders.

So Mare's conventional boxing skills, youth and speed could prevail.

Moreno is as slick of boxer as anyone in the game right now, wiley and pretty damn unorthodox.

But, we'll see how he gets around the ring after Mares connects with a half dozen good nuts shots !

Seriously tho, this is a pick em fight I think, with a slight edge maybe going to Moreno as he is really hard to prepare for he's so damn clever in there.

[Rantcatrat]

What are the odds on this fight? I'm just curious whom the boxing experts in Vegas are picking.

Something to consider: in the last five fights in which Moreno has gone to the cards, 4/5 were won by split decision. In reverse order:

Volodymyr Sydorenko - Glenn Feldman 115-113 | judge: Manuel Maritxalar 113-115 | judge: Mikael Hook 115-113

Mahyar Monshipour - judge: Erkki Meronen 113-115 | judge: Nelson Vazquez 116-113 | judge: Stanley Christodoulou 116-112

Nehomar Cermeno - Uriel Aguilera 114-113 | judge: Levi Martinez 112-115 | judge: Nelson Vazquez 115-112

Nehomar Cermeno - Russell Mora 117-112 | judge: Tom Miller 115-113 | judge: John Poturaj 113-115

Vic Darchinyan - James Jen-Kin 116-111 | judge: Steve English 117-110 | judge: Jose Cobian 120-107

[Mars_ax]

Good point @Rantcatrat, and the fight being in California does not favor the Panamanian Moreno, in order for him to win, he needs to dominate the fight, which he just might do.