Round By Round Results: Abner Mares Versus Joseph Agbeko

Round 1: Mares starts off with some quick double jabs, and works some hooks to the body. Mares catches Agbeko with a two punch combination. Mares starting off round 1 pretty fast. Agbeko lands a solid two punch combination. Mares lands a nice hook and backs to the ropes and lands some nice combinations. Mares gets warned for a low blow. Mares landing repeated blows, and knocks Agbeko down in the corner. Agbeko gets a standing eight count and looks hurt. Mares unleashes multiple punches on Agbeko in the corner. Easy 10-8 round for Mares. Round 2: Mares presses forward throwing out his jab. Mares throwing left hooks freely, but may have hit Abgeko with another low blow. Agbeko looking a little slow today, and Mares gets warned for low blows again. Agbeko trying to establish his jab, and Mares working to the rib cage of Agbeko. Mares continuing to back up Agbeko, and Agbeko lands a right with his back against the ropes. Agbeko�s jabs landing more often now, and he connects with a nice straight right. Mares lands a straight right. Better round for Agbeko, and he lands a check hook as the round ends. 10-9 round for Agbeko, but close. Round 3: Both fighters starting off round 3 a little slower. Agbeko looks lighter on his feet this round, and lands some solid jabs. Mares lands a multi punch combination to the body of Agbeko. Agbeko and Mares exchange left hooks. Agbeko staying on the outside with his jabs and Mares comes in with body shots. Agbeko throwing his jabs like a piston, but when Mares comes forward to exchange he appears to get the better of him. Mares lands a nice overhand right, and follows with a quick two punch combination. Another close round, but scored it 10-9 for Mares. Round 4: Mares starts off round 4 by throwing two quick jabs to the body of Agbeko. So far it�s been the body shots of Mares against the jabs of Agbeko. Mares starting to throw more shots at the head of Agbeko, and backs him up. Mares with a hard head body combination to Agbeko. A hard right hand by Agbeko backs Mares and buckles his knees. Very hard shot by Agbeko, and he tries to follow up. Mares gets hisfeet back and answers Agbeko with some more body shots. The one shot by Agbeko should win him this round. 10-9 round for Agbeko. Round 5: This is a close fight so far. Agbeko lands a quick left jab. Mares has been landing some solid body shots, but Agbeko�s jabs have been connecting regularly. Both fighters exchange left hooks to the head again, and Mares answers with a solid left hook on Agbeko. Agbeko�s jabs are really landing nicely. Agbeko backing up Mares now, but Mares catching Agbeko with an overhand right. Mares again gets warned for a low blow, but no point is taken away. Fighters exchange in the middle, but it is tough to gauge who gets the better of the exchange. Close round again, 10-9 for Mares. Round 6: Agbeko lands the first significant punch of round 6 with a hard jab. Mares lands a hard right counter on Agbeko, and he throws a three punch combo as Agbeko backs up. Agbeko throws an overhand right that misses, and Mares lands to the body of Agbeko. Mares lands a three punch combo before clashing heads with Agbeko. Agbeko lands a hard straight right to Mares. Mares now has a cut over his eye, and Agbeko throwing more to the head of Mares. Mares lands more hard punches to the body of Agbeko which appears to hurt him, and finishes the round with Agbeko taking shots against the ropes. 10-9 round for Mares. Round 7: Mares attacks the body first and follows to the head. Mares lands a nice overhand right again on Agbeko. Mares sticking to the body this whole fight, and it is starting to open up some shots to the head of Agbeko. Mares misses on a two punch combo, and Agbeko answers with two jabs to the nose of Mares. Agbeko lands a nice hook on Mares. Agbeko lands another overhand right on Mares. Mares clearly hit Agbeko with a low blow, but the referee does nothing in response. Close round again, but scored it 10-9 for Mares. Round 8: Agbeko in the center of the ring now, and Mares on theoutside. Agbeko lands a nice jab on Mares. A brief exchange in the middle of the ring and Mares lands the better exchange. Agbeko is against the ropes, and Mares landing some nice combinations, but Agbeko lands another overhand right. Mares throwing more than Agbeko now, and Agbeko throwing more wildly. Slower round so far. Tough round to score again, but 10-9 for Mares.