Yeah this is an awesome fight. Was a big Mares fan until the Agbeko debacle, but he's gone back up in my estimations due to beating Moreno.:yep Always been a massive Ponce fan, his story is crazy.
Ever since DPDL underwent that refinement post-Juanma he hasn't been extremely exciting or anything - well not to the degree he was previously anyways - but he's become much more effective and more of an all-rounder. Gamboa is probably his only legitimate loss since then. He operates like he's stuck in quicksand, but he's much more patient, picks his shots better and definitely utilises a broader ranger of punches. Granted it's no Barrera-esque turnaround, but he's more complete and nowhere near as basic as he once was.
I'm hoping they'll meet head-on and we won't have an anti-climax reminiscent of Ponce-Gonzalez. Mares is quick enough at closing down range to force Ponce into fighting at close-quarters anyways, but he's versatile enough to not rely on that.
Ever since DPDL underwent that refinement post-Juanma he hasn't been extremely exciting or anything - well not to the degree he was previously anyways - but he's become much more effective and more of an all-rounder. Gamboa is probably his only legitimate loss since then. He operates like he's stuck in quicksand, but he's much more patient, picks his shots better and definitely utilises a broader ranger of punches. Granted it's no Barrera-esque turnaround, but he's more complete and nowhere near as basic as he once was.
I'm hoping they'll meet head-on and we won't have an anti-climax reminiscent of Ponce-Gonzalez. Mares is quick enough at closing down range to force Ponce into fighting at close-quarters anyways, but he's versatile enough to not rely on that.
