Video: Abner Mares looking towards bigger fights in 2015

“Leo Santa Cruz, Johnny González rematch, Lomachenko, Walters, all those fights are really interesting and I wish I could get any of them”

On the Showtime televised portion of”Royal Battle: Khan vs. Alexander,” Former three-division world champion Abner Mares scored three knockdowns en route to technical knockout over Jose Ramirez in an entertaining scrap that was halted by Ramirez’s corner after the fifth round.

Mares and Ramirez traded blows and landed quality punches, but it was the former champion who consistently got the better of the exchanges and landed the more damaging shots. Mares (28-1-1, 15 KOs), who landed 57 percent of his power shots, scored knockdowns in the first, third and fifth round, with the final knockout coming as a result of a vicious three punch combo. Ramirez (24-4-2, 15 KOs) spit out his mouthpiece while on the canvas – resulting in another point deduction – and shook his head, but beat the count and finished the round. But his corner had seen enough and wisely stopped the bout following the fifth.