Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz

[powerpuncher]

Well it was at least a little interesting. Davis just cannot get any career traction. Ruiz just fought 3 weeks ago and coming up in weight. Decent matches with Bogere v Fortuna and Lubin v Smith.

I thought that Ruiz just fought but I assumed I was wrong. That’s a really quick turnaround

[Master]

Abner Mares reveals detached retina forced him out of fight against Gervonta Davis

When Abner Mares pulled out of his fight against Gervonta Davis last week, citing an elbow injury, the response was critical. Social media trolls and even Davis himself accused Mares of lying about the injury, so Mares decided to set the record straight on FOX’s "Inside PBC Boxing" on Sunday afternoon (full disclosure: I work as a writer and researcher for the show), revealing it was more serious than anyone knew.

Mares (31-3-1, 15 knockouts) confirmed in the show’s final segment that the elbow injury wasn’t the real reason for pulling out of the fight. Mares actually suffered a detached retina in his right eye, a much more serious and potentially career-threatening injury.



“I do have a bad elbow, but not that bad to cancel the fight,” Mares told Inside PBC Boxing host Kate Abdo in an emotional one-on-one interview. “I mainly said elbow because I was afraid. I didn't want people to know about my eye. I said if I tell people about my eye, people are gonna think that’s it, he’s not fighting anymore, it’s a red flag. I don’t know, I was scared honestly. I was scared to let the people know that I’m going through this. I don’t want people to see me as handicapped. I don’t want people to feel that I can’t fight anymore because I know I can. I just wanted to hide it. No one knew. I just recently told my manager and my promoter, no one knew. Only my family members and it was hard.”

The former three-division champion revealed that he suffered the injury in sparring on Wednesday, Jan. 23. He underwent emergency retinal detachment surgery on Jan. 30 at San Gabriel Hospital.

“I was seeing flashes, and I couldn’t see from here up,” Mares said in a video feature that preceded the interview. Mares then said his wife made him go see the doctor.

“I got hit in the eye,” Mares told Abdo. “I felt the pain, but I went through it. I still sparred. I came back on Friday for another sparring session, I got hit again. It’s a contact sport. And my eye got super red. And it was that Friday and Saturday where I started seeing clouds and just blurred vision and I told my wife and my wife was like, ‘You got to get it checked.’ I said, 'No, I’m good.' So, Monday came and I was gonna go to the gym. I had another sparring session ready for Monday. But my wife insisted to go see the doctor. So, she won and I went to the doctor. … He said, 'Abner, you have a detached retina. You’re not gonna be able to fight.'"

This is the second time Mares has suffered a detached retina in his career. The first time he suffered a detached retina, it was for his right eye in 2008. It knocked him off the undercard of Bernard Hopkins’s victory over Kelly Pavlik and was while Mares was still a rising bantamweight contender. He’s since gone on to win four world titles in three divisions and establish himself as one of the best-credentialed fighters of the last decade.

That eye injury has only kept Mares out of the ring once. He was set to face Jesus Cuellar in New York in June of 2016, but the New York State Athletic Commission wouldn’t approve Mares due to his eye history. He eventually beat Cuellar in Los Angeles that December, earning the WBA regular featherweight belt. Mares has fought in states such as California and Nevada, which are pretty strict when it comes to licensing. New York operates at the strictest levels.

Though Mares said he is confident he will fight again, he leaves his career in the hands of his doctors, saying that he will accept retirement if he’s told it’s best to stay out of the ring.

“My doctor is one of the best and if he says Abner, you’re good to go, I’m going to up there and continue to become a world champion once again,” Mares told Abdo. “And if he says no, I’m ready for retirement. But I honestly feel I’m gonna come back and I’m gonna conquer that and become a world champion once again.”

It was stirring to see a fighter like Mares use the PBC’s show on FOX to address his injury. One thing that was hard to watch was Mares talking about how much it hurt him to see the fans criticizing him for pulling out of the fight.

“[It was] more devastating knowing that when the fight was announced canceled, the messages I was receiving from people saying that I was a fake, that I was faking an injury, that it was a way to pull out of the fight when in reality people didn’t know the pain what I was going through,” Mares explained. “I’m not that type of person, I’m not that type of fighter. I always fight. I called out Davis, I wanted him. He direct messaged me saying the same thing, ‘Why did you have to fake the injury?’ That really boiled me up. I responded back, and it’s been a tough week.”

Mares was set to face Davis in the Showtime-televised main event this Saturday as he lobbied for his fourth-divisional title, which would put him amongst Mexican greats like Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales. At 33 years of age, Mares was likely on the back-nine of his career, but was going after someone many consider the best super featherweight in the world in Davis.

“Let me tell you — it must’ve sounded stupid then — but I remember telling my eye doctor, ‘Let me fight this one fight. I don’t care if I go blind.’ And the doctor got really mad and he said, ‘Abner, you’re stupid. I’m never gonna let you fight like this,’" Mares said. "But that was how bad I wanted to fight. I really wanted to fight on Saturday. I wanted to fight Gervonta. I know I could beat this guy. I know I could win. I trained really hard this week. I was pretty much done with camp, but things happen for a reason.”

Let’s all hope Mares makes a speedy recovery, and whatever the result, he chooses the best option for his long-term health. Real boxing fans know that Abner Mares has never ducked a challenge, and you can put his resume up there against any active fighter and it stands up pretty damn well.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/abn...185302778.html

[ykdadamaja]

Abner Mares reveals detached retina forced him out of fight against Gervonta Davis

When Abner Mares pulled out of his fight against Gervonta Davis last week, citing an elbow injury, the response was critical. Social media trolls and even Davis himself accused Mares of lying about the injury, so Mares decided to set the record straight on FOX’s "Inside PBC Boxing" on Sunday afternoon (full disclosure: I work as a writer and researcher for the show), revealing it was more serious than anyone knew.

Mares (31-3-1, 15 knockouts) confirmed in the show’s final segment that the elbow injury wasn’t the real reason for pulling out of the fight. Mares actually suffered a detached retina in his right eye, a much more serious and potentially career-threatening injury.



“I do have a bad elbow, but not that bad to cancel the fight,” Mares told Inside PBC Boxing host Kate Abdo in an emotional one-on-one interview. “I mainly said elbow because I was afraid. I didn't want people to know about my eye. I said if I tell people about my eye, people are gonna think that’s it, he’s not fighting anymore, it’s a red flag. I don’t know, I was scared honestly. I was scared to let the people know that I’m going through this. I don’t want people to see me as handicapped. I don’t want people to feel that I can’t fight anymore because I know I can. I just wanted to hide it. No one knew. I just recently told my manager and my promoter, no one knew. Only my family members and it was hard.”

The former three-division champion revealed that he suffered the injury in sparring on Wednesday, Jan. 23. He underwent emergency retinal detachment surgery on Jan. 30 at San Gabriel Hospital.

“I was seeing flashes, and I couldn’t see from here up,” Mares said in a video feature that preceded the interview. Mares then said his wife made him go see the doctor.

“I got hit in the eye,” Mares told Abdo. “I felt the pain, but I went through it. I still sparred. I came back on Friday for another sparring session, I got hit again. It’s a contact sport. And my eye got super red. And it was that Friday and Saturday where I started seeing clouds and just blurred vision and I told my wife and my wife was like, ‘You got to get it checked.’ I said, 'No, I’m good.' So, Monday came and I was gonna go to the gym. I had another sparring session ready for Monday. But my wife insisted to go see the doctor. So, she won and I went to the doctor. … He said, 'Abner, you have a detached retina. You’re not gonna be able to fight.'"

This is the second time Mares has suffered a detached retina in his career. The first time he suffered a detached retina, it was for his right eye in 2008. It knocked him off the undercard of Bernard Hopkins’s victory over Kelly Pavlik and was while Mares was still a rising bantamweight contender. He’s since gone on to win four world titles in three divisions and establish himself as one of the best-credentialed fighters of the last decade.

That eye injury has only kept Mares out of the ring once. He was set to face Jesus Cuellar in New York in June of 2016, but the New York State Athletic Commission wouldn’t approve Mares due to his eye history. He eventually beat Cuellar in Los Angeles that December, earning the WBA regular featherweight belt. Mares has fought in states such as California and Nevada, which are pretty strict when it comes to licensing. New York operates at the strictest levels.

Though Mares said he is confident he will fight again, he leaves his career in the hands of his doctors, saying that he will accept retirement if he’s told it’s best to stay out of the ring.

“My doctor is one of the best and if he says Abner, you’re good to go, I’m going to up there and continue to become a world champion once again,” Mares told Abdo. “And if he says no, I’m ready for retirement. But I honestly feel I’m gonna come back and I’m gonna conquer that and become a world champion once again.”

It was stirring to see a fighter like Mares use the PBC’s show on FOX to address his injury. One thing that was hard to watch was Mares talking about how much it hurt him to see the fans criticizing him for pulling out of the fight.

“[It was] more devastating knowing that when the fight was announced canceled, the messages I was receiving from people saying that I was a fake, that I was faking an injury, that it was a way to pull out of the fight when in reality people didn’t know the pain what I was going through,” Mares explained. “I’m not that type of person, I’m not that type of fighter. I always fight. I called out Davis, I wanted him. He direct messaged me saying the same thing, ‘Why did you have to fake the injury?’ That really boiled me up. I responded back, and it’s been a tough week.”

Mares was set to face Davis in the Showtime-televised main event this Saturday as he lobbied for his fourth-divisional title, which would put him amongst Mexican greats like Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales. At 33 years of age, Mares was likely on the back-nine of his career, but was going after someone many consider the best super featherweight in the world in Davis.

“Let me tell you — it must’ve sounded stupid then — but I remember telling my eye doctor, ‘Let me fight this one fight. I don’t care if I go blind.’ And the doctor got really mad and he said, ‘Abner, you’re stupid. I’m never gonna let you fight like this,’" Mares said. "But that was how bad I wanted to fight. I really wanted to fight on Saturday. I wanted to fight Gervonta. I know I could beat this guy. I know I could win. I trained really hard this week. I was pretty much done with camp, but things happen for a reason.”

Let’s all hope Mares makes a speedy recovery, and whatever the result, he chooses the best option for his long-term health. Real boxing fans know that Abner Mares has never ducked a challenge, and you can put his resume up there against any active fighter and it stands up pretty damn well.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/abn...185302778.html

Just was about to put the video of the interview up.

[walrus]

Oh shit I love mares. I know nothing about a detached retina. I gotta look up see what can be done

[powerpuncher]

Unfortunate. I have always been a big Mares fan. Hopefully his health will be fine long term. Fortunately, he wasn’t going to win this fight anyways.

[walrus]

A little about the injury

https://www.philstar.com/business/sc...d-near-sighted

[Ron Swanson]

Best health to Mares, glad that massacre didn’t happen because I like Mares.

[Master]

Oh shit I love mares. I know nothing about a detached retina. I gotta look up see what can be done

Common injury in boxing Leonard, Bruno, Julian Jackson all had it but normally can be operated on and repaired.

[Kirkland Laing]

I hope the operation is a success. Sounds like he's going to fight again though.

[Master]

Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz

Gervonta Davis kicks off his 2019 when he defends the WBA super featherweight championship against Hugo Ruiz on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Originally, Davis (20-0, 19 KOs) was supposed to take on former three-division world champion Abner Mares. But Mares pulled out last week to what had been described as an elbow injury. There was more to the story, though, as Mares revealed Sunday on "Inside PBC Boxing" that he suffered a detached retina in his right eye during a training session and that was the real reason for pulling out of the fight. Scouring for a replacement, Ruiz wound up being chosen.



Davis is one of the most exciting fighters in the sport and perhaps the best at 130 pounds. The issue with Davis has been any time he seemingly gains momentum, something happens to halt it. After demolishing Jose Pedraza to win the IBF title in January 2017, Davis followed it up four months later by going to England and stopping Liam Walsh in three rounds. Then, he got put in the high profile position to be on the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor card against Francisco Fonseca in August 2017. Davis, though, showed up missing weight by two pounds and was subsequently stripped of the belt.

He returned from an eight-month layoff and knocked down Jesús Cuellar three times to win by third-round TKO and capture the WBA belt. For reasons unknown, Davis didn't step inside the ring for the remainder of 2018 even though he made it clear on social media that he wanted to fight. The 24-year-old has vowed that starting with Saturday's clash with Ruiz that he will fight three times in 2019.

The 30-year-old Ruiz (39-4, 33 KOs) is a former bantamweight and super bantamweight champion. Most recently, Ruiz moved to featherweight and defeated Alberto Guevara by unanimous decision on the Manny Pacquiao-Adrien Broner undercard in January.

Ruiz is a solid fighter, who will provide a harder test than most think, but it's a bout Davis should win. That being said, it's a fight, so you can never fully count anyone out.

(All times Eastern.)

When is the Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz fight?
Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz commences on Saturday, Feb. 9. The main card begins at 10 p.m. Davis and Ruiz are expected to make the walk to the ring for the main event at around 12:30 a.m.

How do I watch Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz?
The Davis vs. Ruiz fight can be seen on Showtime and can be streamed on the Showtime app.

Where is the Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz fight?
Gervonta Davis and Hugo Ruiz will fight at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Davis competes in California for the first time.

Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz betting odds
According to ProBoxingOdds.com, Gervonta Davis is a -5000 favorite, which means you'll need to bet $5,000 to win $100. Meanwhile, Ruiz is a +1955 underdog, meaning if you bet $100, you could win $1,955.

Gervonta Davis record and bio
Name: Gervonta Davis
Nationality: American
Born: November 7, 1994
Height: 5-5 ½
Reach: 67 ½"
Total fights: 20
Record: 20-0 with 19 knockouts.

Hugo Ruiz record and bio
Name: Hugo Ruiz
Nationality: Mexican
Born: September 21, 1988
Height: 5-10
Reach: 72"
Total fights: 43
Record: 39-4 with 33 knockouts.

Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz fight card
Matchup Class Belt
Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz Super Featherweight WBA (Super)
Mario Barrios vs. Richard Zamora Junior Welterweight ...
Javier Fortuna vs. Sharif Bogere Lightweights ...
Erickson Lubin vs. Ishe Smith Junior Middleweight ...

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/ger...195000899.html

[dagestanboxing]

wow amazing i love it

[mambob]

Abner Mares is gearing up for a significant bout against Gervonta Davis, fueled by a determination to silence doubters who question his ability to handle Davis's power and youth. His frustration at a press conference stemmed from dismissive comments, highlighting his extensive career achievements and resilience in facing tough challenges throughout. With trainer Robert Garcia's unwavering support and strategic guidance, Mares is focused on proving his capabilities in what promises to be a pivotal fight. Despite being perceived as an underdog, Mares remains steadfast in his pursuit of a career-defining victory, emphasizing his commitment to boxing legacy and the importance of this upcoming match in his journey.






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[Master]

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I was waiting for the spam too but he has posted OK so far. Only time will tell if he is serious poster.