Two WBA world featherweight champions Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares won their respective fights within one event at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) scored a KO victory in the eighth round over Chris Avalos (27-6, 20 KOs), and Mares (31-2-1, 15 KOs) won a technical decision over Andres Gutierrez (35-2-1, 25 KOs) due to the serious cut of his opponent.
According to California State Athletic Commission, for a ашпре on October 14 at the StabHab Center in Carson as part of the Premier Boxing Champions boxing event on Fox channel WBA Super featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz will earn $750,000, his opponent, Chris Avalos gets 10 times less - $75,000. The latter purses are: WBA featherweight champion Abner Mares - $700,000, Andres Gutierrez $50,000, Eddie Ramirez $20,000 and Antonio DeMarco $50,000.