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<\/a>WBA Featherweight World Championship<\/p>\nLeo Santa Cruz \u2013 125 \u00bc lbs.<\/p>\n
Abner Mares \u2013 125 \u00bd lbs.<\/p>\n
Referee: Thomas Taylor (Newport Beach, Calif.); Judges: Reynante Danseco (California), Zachary Young (California), Steve Weisfeld (New Jersey)<\/p>\n
WBC Super Welterweight World Championship<\/p>\n
Jermell Charlo \u2013 154 lbs.<\/p>\n
Austin Trout \u2013 154 lbs.<\/p>\n
Referee: Jack Reiss (Oxnard, Calif.); Judges: Tom Carusone (Connecticut), Eddie Hernandez Sr. (California), Fernando Villarreal (California).<\/p>\n
FLASH QUOTES:<\/p>\n
LEO SANTA CRUZ: \u201cI always fight for the fans. If I lose, I know I came and gave a great fight for the fans, because that\u2019s what I care most about. I want them to go home happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me this is not personal. We\u2019re both the best, and we want to prove who is the best and who is No. 1 and who is the best from L.A. There\u2019s no disrespect. Mares is a great guy and a good person; it\u2019s just business. We have to do this.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have to be smart. It\u2019s not going to be easy, because I want to please the fans and I have to make it a war and go out there and trade punches. It\u2019s going to be hard because I always try to please the fans. But I have to do it for myself too. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
ABNER MARES: \u201cI let the emotions get the best of me in the first fight, but I have more experience now than three years ago and I\u2019m a more mature fighter, and I\u2019m going to show that come tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have to give a good show; there\u2019s no way I\u2019m going to give a bad show. That\u2019s the type of style I bring, and I\u2019m ready for this. Leo\u2019s ready, I\u2019m ready, and it is now just time to show the world that we have reunited and we are both ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
JERMELL CHARLO: \u201cHe says I\u2019m little, but you know I\u2019ll be big tomorrow. My brother just told me, \u2018Do what you do.\u2019 Mell and Mall. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
AUSTIN TROUT: \u201cI just told him I was ready; he knows we\u2019ve been working and it\u2019s time to go. There\u2019s really not that much talking going on. I\u2019m going to go in there and put on the action.<\/p>\n
\u201cSize doesn\u2019t matter. You know, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. We both hit 154 on the button. Head to head. Nose to nose. I\u2019ll push around the bigger guys; I\u2019m ready for this guy. I\u2019m ready for this little guy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve felt a sense of urgency my entire career, even when I was undefeated I felt like I can\u2019t lose a fight so I\u2019ve felt that urgency my whole career and that my back\u2019s to the wall and this is what we have to do for every fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prediction? \u201cMy hand\u2019s raised!\u201d<\/p>\n